July 2009

New York: Fellows Meeting and Reception at the Chrysler Building

September 16, 2009, 5:30-7:00 pm Chrysler Building Blank Rome Cafeteria 405 Lexington Avenue at 42nd Street New York, New York 10174 Peter Peyser, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of RSA United States, invites you to join him and Robin Thompson, Deputy Chairman, to meet RSA Fellowship Director Belinda Lester and Head of RSA Networks [...]

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Ethical Markets: cleaner, greener 21st century economics

Hazel Henderson shares video of discussions on an ethics, sustainability and the economy at www.EthicalMarkets.tv For example, in Redefining Success the discussion is about changing scorecards of countries’ “progress” beyond money and Gross National Product (GDP) to new indicators of Quality of Life and Gross National Happiness Hazel Henderson – We are happy to pass [...]

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School’s out – for ever??

Is our approach to education completely out of date?  An Online Debate Wednesday August 5, 2009 8:30 pm London Time8.30pm UK time Is the time for tinkering over? The world has changed so much in the last 100 years yet we are using similar structures to educate our children and young people. We watch them learn complex [...]

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Building the Network

The RSA is all about connections.  We want to meet interesting groups and individuals who share the RSA’s philosophy to promote social progress. Sometimes we can benefit from examples of best practice, and in return share information about work the RSA Networks are doing.  Sometimes we share resources and events.  And sometimes Fellows collaborate with others on research and [...]

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Tomorrow’s Investor: Proxy Reform

Monday, July 27, 2009 Baruch College Conference Center 151 E. 25th Street Room 750 5:30 PM Registration 6:00 PM Program 7:00 PM Networking Reception Panel Speakers: Jeff Morgan – President and CEO, NIRI National Niels Holch – Executive Director, Shareholder Communications Coalition Speaker to be confirmed – Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals Panel [...]

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What would be your Trip to the Moon?

Talking with a prospective Fellow this morning, he told me that people have lost the ability to dream.  Jeff felt that if we were just starting out on a space program today, 40 years after the first moonwalk, it wouldn’t happen .  Jeff asks Have we lost our capacity to imagine the impossible?  What do you think?  [...]

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