The Aspen Institute Business and Society Program is now seeking nominations for the 2010 Class of First Mover Fellows. The Institute is conducting a global search, seeking exceptional innovators within business. Successful candidates will be high potential business professionals who have demonstrated an ability - and passion - for innovating new products, services, or business models that lead to business growth and lasting positive social impacts.

The First Movers Fellowship is designed as both a leadership development opportunity for the Fellows and an organizational development strategy for the companies that send Fellows to the program. Fellows will join a dynamic community of innovators, affording them a lifelong source of encouragement, collaboration and support. They will also build capacity to innovate, lead and connect their professional and personal aspirations.

Participating companies that help their Fellows work on projects of strategic significance and that integrate lessons from the fellowship into their own leadership development efforts will also benefit. They can expect to achieve higher levels of integration of financial and social value as core strategic priorities as a result of their involvement in the fellowship program.

Online nominations are accepted at www.aspeninstitute.org/firstmoversnomination. (Self nominations are not accepted.) This site also provides further information about the selection criteria. The deadline for nominating candidates is January 27, 2010. To learn more about the Fellowship and the inaugural class of Aspen Institute First Movers, please visit: www.aspeninstitute.org/firstmovers

The First Movers Fellowship has been developed by the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program, whose mission is to equip business leaders for the 21st century with a new management paradigm-the vision and knowledge to integrate corporate profitability and social value. Founded in 1950, the Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization that fosters enlightened leadership, the appreciation of timeless values and ideas, and open-minded dialogue on contemporary issues.

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