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Learn from Vermont’s Leading Businesses in Innovative Summer Program
Learn from Vermont’s Leading Businesses in Innovative Summer Program
Published 04-09-07
Submitted by University of Vermont Continuing Education, The
BURLINGTON, VT "“ April 9, 2007 - Vermont is home to some of the most innovative businesses. Learn from their experiences through case studies and hands-on learning.
Are you interested in doing business in a socially and environmentally responsible way? Learn how to impact your organization through a systems approach to economics, leadership, human resources and marketing. Join a community of business professionals and advanced students, who are committed to learning, applying and sharing best business practices. Develop tools and knowledge to operate a socially responsible business. Network with nationally recognized business leaders and discover their strategies for success.
The University of Vermont announces registration is now open for Sustainable Business: Practices in Support of People, Profits and Principles on the Burlington campus this summer. This program is a highly interactive, hands-on, applied approach to business featuring both the experiences of the expert practitioner along with dynamic faculty. This approach links theory to practice through the use of case studies highlighting the challenges facing Vermont's leading socially responsible businesses.
This weeklong program runs Monday through Friday, July 9 through 13, 2007.
Participants will learn and apply principles of designing, organizing, and managing based on sustainability. Living case studies will support hands-on learning in order to integrate theory and practice. Leading practitioners and university faculty team-teach the program.
Complete information, including online registration, is available on the program's website http://uvm.edu/sustainablebusiness. Enroll in the Sustainable Business Professional Certificate Program or enroll individual, day-long seminars. Graduate credit is also available.
SESSION DATES and TOPICS
Monday, July 9: Ecological Economics: Integrating Social, Built, Natural, and Human Capital in our World
Tuesday, July 10: Introduction to Sustainable Venturing and Marketing
Wednesday, July 11: Values-Led Leadership: Winning with Principles from the Inside Out
Thursday, July 12: Creating a Workforce Management Strategy through Socially Responsible Business Practices
Friday, July 13: Research in Action
Featured faculty include:
LUNCH TIME & EVENING SPEAKER SERIES
Each luncheon features an expert practitioner and business leader exploring the day’s featured topic. Each evening features a panel of academic experts and community leaders discussing the impact of socially and environmentally responsible business practices.
This interdisciplinary program draws on the unique resources of the University of Vermont including the Gund Institute for Ecological Economics, the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, the School of Business Administration, and the Vermont Business Center. This program features Vermont's most innovative and successful organizations including Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Ben and Jerry's Homemade, Inc., and Vermont Businesses for Social Responsibility.
For more information, visit the program's website: http://uvm.edu/sustainablebusiness or call the University of Vermont at (802) 656-2085 or toll free at (800) 639-3210.
University of Vermont Continuing Education, The
University of Vermont Continuing Education, The
The University of Vermont Continuing Education program is pleased to announce Sustainable Business Practices in Support of People, Profits and Principles. This five-day, intensive summer program offers you the opportunity to learn and apply new principles of designing, organizing and managing a business based on sustainability.
