EWMBA eZine - Week of November 13, 2008

Spring Electives

Bidding starts Monday, November 17!

Time to ask your questions at the Discussion Forum and to help your peers figure out the pros and cons of next semester’s electives.
http://haasewmbaa.freeforums.org

Special NetImpact membership rates for EWMBAS!

NetImpact is the club at Haas committed to social impact. Membership gets you special weekly newsletters, access to NetImpact events (BOSS Happy Hours, Career Fairs, Speakers, Capitalism Next, etc.), opportunity for leadership positions in the club, and much much more.

For more information about Net Impact: http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/netimpact/
If you have any questions, please email Melanie_Lieberman@haas.berkeley.edu or Heejung_Kim@haas.berkeley.edu.

EVENTS

>play conference 2008
Date: Saturday, November 15Time: All day; event starts at 8 AMLocation: Bank of America ForumWebsite: www.playconference.orgInterested in learning more about the impact that technology and digital media innovation is making in a variety of markets and industries?Organized entirely by student members of the Digital Media and Entertainment Club at Haas, >play brings together creative professionals, industry leaders, and academics to discuss the trends and challenges that face technology and digital media industries. Now in its fourth year, the conference continues to provide networking opportunities, engaging discussions, and sneak peeks at the latest technology.Please e-mail Monica Khan (monica_khan@mba.berkeley.edu) if you have any questions.


CEO Spotlight Event – Steve Rendle, North Face presented by the GM&S Club
Date: Monday, November 17Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm**Location: Wells Fargo Room
How: Signup information and costs http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=170133
Steve Rendle’s secrets to leading The North FaceEver wonder what it takes to become a successful business leader? The 2nd annual CEO Spotlight event gives you the opportunity to learn from those who have taken risks, made difficult decisions, balanced work and family, and become successful leaders along the way.
Agenda6-7pm: ** For GM&S Club Members only – see below for membership information ** - Reception with Steve Rendle and Haas alums in General Management, Corporate Strategy, and Business Development roles - Complementary appetizers and wine, Raffle for 2 North Face Fleeces
7-9pm: Keynote with Steve Rendle
Membership Registration: http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/sgm/join.html
For more information, please contact the Haas General Management & Strategy Club at gms@haas.berkeley.edu.

Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series- Internet Marketing and Business Strategies
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Location: Stanley Hall, Room 105

The Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series brings to UC Berkeley and the Haas School of Business the best practitioners from the Berkeley and Silicon Valley community to speak about the practical aspects of entrepreneurial activity.

The now-famous RIP Good Times Sequoia slide deck calls for "Survival of the Quickest" and "Preserve Capital" with a must-have product, established revenue model, market uptake and profitability. What does this mean for today's entrepreneurs starting up a business in the aftermath of the financial meltdown with credit tight and venture capitalists exhorting their portfolio companies to hoard cash and make cuts?

In this session, you will:
-Find out why Web 2.0 startups are typically 30x cheaper to bootstrap to profitability and 10x faster to cash positive than their Web 1.0 predecessors. This is why Web 2.0 startups often don't need to take venture funding to get to cash-flow positive and get profitable and/or acquired.
-Figure out how to:
a. monetize, multiply and leverage existing customer and partner networks with non-advertising-based revenue streams
b. effectively use open, multi-device, cross-network and collective user cost structures
c. revenue-share rather than disrupt large industry players with distribution platforms.
-See what's different about the ROI, milestones, financials and sections of a Web 2.0 business plan.
-Adapt your own company plan and situation analysis to becoming cash flow positive and validating customer and market uptake as soon as possible.

Benefit from the insights and consulting best practices of best-selling author and former Haas professor, Amy Shuen, excerpted from Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide.

The program will start with food and networking at 6:30. The presentation will open at 7:00pm. There is no pre-registration for this event. For more information about the Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series, call 510-642-4255 or email lester@haas.berkeley.edu.



Schwab Charitable Philanthropy Speakers
Date: Wednesday, November 19
Time: 7pm to 8:30pmLocation: Wells Fargo Room

Inaugural Speaker: Matthew Bishop
Mr.Bishop is the co-author of the new book PhilanthroCapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World and New York bureau chief of The Economist magazine.

RSVP at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=znIXcplXz6OSRIkhgCPIEQ_3d_3d



Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum: 4th Annual UC Berkeley+Intel Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge
Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Time: 6:00-8:30pm
Location: Andersen Auditorium

In conjunction with Global Entrepreneurship Week, we invite you to join us at the Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum as more than 20 of the best technology-based international teams compete for prizes in the final round of the 4th Annual Intel+UC Berkeley Entrepreneurship Challenge. The Lester Center has partnered with Intel Corporation to create the premier global, technology-focused, business plan competition. The teams represent universities in Russia, Mexico, China, Brazil, Singapore, Israel, India, Germany, Chile, Poland, Turkey, Japan and the US. This diverse group of student teams will bring with them some of the brightest new ideas in the world! Don't miss this exciting event where the eight finalists will present their plans -- and the winners will be announced. This competition is made possible by a generous grant from Intel Foundation under the sponsorship of the Intel® Higher Education Program - a worldwide collaboration between Intel and 150 universities in 34 countries - providing students with access to world class research leadership, direct technology support and technology entrepreneurship skills to help move the resulting technology expertise and knowledge to the local economies. For more information about the Forum, please visit our website at: http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/bef/nov08forum.html
The Forum is FREE to students!

To pre-register, please email lester@haas.berkeley.edu and include the following information:
Your Name
Year Major and Year in School
Your Phone Number
All pre-registrants will receive one FREE drink (alcohol for 21 and over only). Additional drinks are $5 each.
Pre-registration closes at 5pm on Tuesday, November 18th. All registrations after that time must be completed on-site.


2nd Annual Berkeley Finance Conference
Date: Friday, November 21
Time: 8:30 am – 6:30 pm
Location: Haas School of Business
Registration: www.berkeleyfinanceconference.org
Contact: piyush_jamkhandi@mba.berkeley.edu

“Navigating Through Financial Turbulence”
With the current historic and turbulent times, the Berkeley Finance Conference offers a unique opportunity to listen to the leading experts in the industry outlining the effects and opportunities presented by the current financial turmoil. Please partake in the networking and the discussions held by the leaders of the finance industry.

Keynote Speaker:
• Rohit Bhagat, Chief Operating Officer, Barclays Global Investors

Featured Speakers
• Mark Zanoli, Managing Director, J P Morgan
• Aneta Marcheva Key, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Co.

Panels:
• Investment Management
• Venture Capital
• Corporate Finance
• Investment Banking
• Private Equity
• Real Estate

Free admission for volunteering on the day of the event. If interested, please contact: jenny_herbert@mba.berkeley.edu or felipe_gomez@mba.berkerley.edu


Haas Big Game BBQ 2008
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm: BBQ in the Haas Courtyard
12:30 pm: Cal vs Stanford football game
Registration: http://haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/biggame

All Haas alumni, students and guests are invited to the Haas 2008 Big Game BBQ on Saturday, November 22nd. Join us in the Haas Courtyard for our traditional pre-game barbeque.

The Big Game is back on campus this year and the football team is on a roll! Come celebrate at Haas before heading over to Memorial Stadium to watch Cal take back the Axe. Note: Football tickets are not available through the Haas School.

The Haas Courtyard is the perfect location to gather with Haas alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students before the game with an all you can eat BBQ (Compadres caterers!), refreshments and live music.

$25 Alumni and friends
$15 Faculty/Staff/Students
$10 Children (5-17 years old)

***Pre-registration is required. This event will sell out!***
***Deadline is Nov 14th! ***

For questions, please contact the Alumni Relations Office at 510-642-7790.

NOTE: Prices listed above DO NOT include football tickets. To purchase football tickets call 1-800-GO-BEARS.


Berkeley Business Plan Competition and GSVC Mixer
Date: Monday, November 24Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pmLocation: Wells Fargo Room
Want to be an entrepreneur? Want an opportunity to showcase your next billion dollar idea? The UC Berkeley Business Plan and Global Social Venture Competition are the right place for you! Come join us at our annual mixer to hear more about what the competitions are all about and meet like-minded entrepreneurs, discuss your business ideas, and form teams.

Business Plan Competition
The 11th Annual 2008 UC Berkeley Business Plan Competition is the marquee entrepreneurship event at Berkeley. This competition nurtures entrepreneurial spirit, thought, and action across the greater UC Berkeley community by offering the best resources for aspiring entrepreneurs to make ideas reality. $45,000 in prize money will be awarded to the finalists with the best business plans. For more information, please visit: http://bplan.berkeley.edu or reach us at bplan@haas.berkeley.edu

Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC)
The Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC) is the largest social venture competition in the world and is open to businesses and business ideas that have positive social and environmental impacts. Each year, entrant teams from around the world compete for over $45,000 in prizes on the basis of their venture's financial sustainability and social return on investment. Nearly 25% of past GSVC entrants are now operating companies. For more information, please visit: http://socialvc.net or reach us at gsvc@haas.berkeley.edu

Haas Volunteering Event at Ronald McDonald House
Date: Thursday, November 27, 2008
Time: 10:30 am - 1 pm
Where: Ronald McDonald House


Haas Healthcare Association Fall Mixer
Date: Wednesday, December 3
Time: 7:30PM-8:15PM
Location: Wells Fargo Room

If you have experience in Healthcare or would like to learn more about the industry, please join us for the Haas Healthcare Association Fall Mixer. This will be an opportunity for EWMBA students and Full-Time MBA students who are interested in Healthcare to get to know each other better, discuss relevant topics, and have some fun. We hope to see you soon.

If you would like to RSVP or ask any questions, please contact Steve Love at steve_love@mba.berkeley.edu.

EWMBA eZine - Week of November 6, 2008

Greetings from the EWMBAA Career Services Committee

The purpose of the Career Services Committee of the EWMBAA is to enable EWMBA students to successfully identify, investigate and achieve their career goals. We are the voices of our fellow students. We communicate major issues with our ability to be in position for our next career move by communicating and working closely with the EWMBA Career Services and bringing workshops and presentations closer to the EWMBA students. In the past year, we've launched three great initiatives and events such as the Careers in Finance Panel managed by Kae Huang and Sai Natarajan, the Founders Forum organized by Kelly Lu, as well as the Focus on the Firm series launched by Laiq Chughtai.

Future initiatives will include informal dinners with EWMBA alumni, further improving accessibility of career events by providing webcast presentations and call-in line for off-site attendees. We will also explore collaboration with other organizations and institutions around the bay area to co-organize and co-sponsor career events.

Kae Huang
Co-Chair, Career Services Committee

Spring Electives

Bidding is about to get on its way. Do you know what electives you want to take?

Time to ask your questions at the Discussion Forum and to help your peers figure out the pros and cons of next semester’s electives.

Save the date: Ronald McDonald House Thanksgiving Volunteering Event

We had one of the best turnouts last month at the SF food bank volunteering event (click link for photos). Let's keep up the momentum in giving back to the community! Please join us to prepare thanksgiving meal for families whose seriously illl children are receiving treatment at a nearby hospital. The event will be in San Francisco on Thanksgiving day Thurs 11/27 from 10:30am to 1pm. To sign-up, stay tuned for an evite in the coming week.

EWMBAA Elections

It’s time to hold our own annual elections for the Evening and Weekend MBA Association (EWMBAA). The offices below are open for the 2009 calendar year.

Below are brief descriptions of the four offices:

President: Serves as representative and spokesperson for the association; presides over association meetings; and ensures that the decisions of officers are excluded; represents the EWMBA student population at a variety of Haas-wide functions; communicates regularly with the EWMBA Program Office staff. Please note that this position requires flexibility in your schedule and the ability to come to Haas during the day for special meetings or events.

Vice-President: Assists the president, and assumes the responsibilities of the president in the president’s absence. This position serves as a lead liaison to the Full-time MBA Association.

Treasurer: Maintains the accounts of the association, handles the receipts and disbursements of the association funds, and presents financial reports to the board.

Secretary: Maintains the integrity of the bylaws and processes of the association; conducts elections and referenda; records the minutes of association meetings; and assumes the responsibilities of the vice-president in the vice-president’s absence.
Leadership of Haas committees is also a key part of each executive role. Each officer typically oversees two of the following student committees during the year: Academic Affairs, Admissions and Orientation, Alumni Affairs, Career Services, Communications, Community Services, and Social.

If you are interested in running for one of these offices, please e-mail your intention to dhiren_bhatia@mba.berkeley.edu by 6:00pm, Wednesday, November 12, 2008. In your e-mail subject line, include EWMBA ELECTIONS, your name and the office you wish to run for. For example “EWMBA: Dhiren Bhatia: Secretary.” Those who register by the deadline will receive instructions for submitting candidacy materials.

The current EWMBAA officers listed below are happy to speak with you if you have any questions about a particular position:
+President, Jasmin Young (jasmin@mba.berkeley.edu)
+Vice-President, Krupa Singampalli (krupa_singampalli@mba.berkeley.edu)
+Treasurer, Amandeep Juneja (amandeep_juneja@mba.berkeley.edu)
+Secretary, Dhiren Bhatia (dhiren_bhatia@mba.berkeley.edu)

4th Annual Haas Diversity in Business Conference
Date: Friday, November 7
Time: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: International House

“Beyond Labels: Diversity in Thought and Action”

Please join us for an amazing lineup of keynote speakers, panelists, and networking opportunities for both students and professionals.

For more information: http://diversity.haas.berkeley.edu
Online registration: http://diversity.haas.berkeley.edu/2008/registration.html
Keynote Speeches by: Ronnie Lott and Harris Barton
For more information, please contact Daisuke Tanaka at daisuke_tanaka@mba.berkeley.edu.


Speaking to the Media with Emmy award-winning Dan Mogulof, Executive Director of UC Berkeley’s Media Affairs
Date: Friday, November 7
Time: 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Location: S489

Whatever career path you may be pursuing, an understanding of how the media works is essential. The Haas Leadership Club is therefore offering MBA students a high level overview of media relations and a chance to learn some key aspects of speaking to a reporter. Interested participants will also have the opportunity to speak to a reporter and cameraman using the short case materials provided on Wednesday. Places are very limited.

1. Review of the media today
2. Overview of communications best practices
3. You and the media
4. Opportunity for those interested to practice being interviewed on camera (after 2pm)

***Final sign up here***
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=gw83bNVna3mAauYwqn1krQ_3d_3d

$5 for members; $15 for non-members. All revenues go towards funding the cost of this event (camera equipment, lunch, HBS case study) and expanding the range of future events we organize.

Leadership Club membership is still only $20 and lasts the entire academic year!

Please contact john_woods@mba.berkeley.edu with any questions



>play conference 2008

Date: Saturday, November 15Time: All day; event starts at 8 AM
Location: Bank of America Forum
Website: www.playconference.org
Interested in learning more about the impact that technology and digital media innovation is making in a variety of markets and industries?Organized entirely by student members of the Digital Media and Entertainment Club at Haas, >play brings together creative professionals, industry leaders, and academics to discuss the trends and challenges that face technology and digital media industries. Now in its fourth year, the conference continues to provide networking opportunities, engaging discussions, and sneak peeks at the latest technology.Volunteering gains you free admission in exchange for a few hours of your time to help event organizers on the day of the event.Please e-mail Monica Khan (monica_khan@mba.berkeley.edu) if you would like to be a volunteer or have any questions.



CEO Spotlight Event – Steve Rendle, North Face presented by the GM&S Club
Date: Monday, November 17Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm**
Location: Wells Fargo Room
How: Signup information and costs http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=170133

Steve Rendle’s secrets to leading The North FaceEver wonder what it takes to become a successful business leader? The 2nd annual CEO Spotlight event gives you the opportunity to learn from those who have taken risks, made difficult decisions, balanced work and family, and become successful leaders along the way.
Agenda6-7pm: ** For GM&S Club Members only – see below for membership information ** - Reception with Steve Rendle and Haas alums in General Management, Corporate Strategy, and Business Development roles - Complementary appetizers and wine7-9pm: Keynote with Steve Rendle
Membership Registration: http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/sgm/join.html
For more information, please contact the Haas General Management & Strategy Club at gms@haas.berkeley.edu.


Schwab Charitable Philanthropy Speakers
Date: Wednesday, November 19
Time: 7pm to 8:30pmLocation: Wells Fargo Room

Inaugural Speaker: Matthew Bishop
Mr.Bishop is the co-author of the new book PhilanthroCapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World and New York bureau chief of The Economist magazine.

RSVP at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=znIXcplXz6OSRIkhgCPIEQ_3d_3d


2nd Annual Berkeley Finance Conference
Date: Friday, November 21
Time: 8:30 am – 6:30 pm
Location: Haas School of Business
Registration: www.berkeleyfinanceconference.org
Contact: piyush_jamkhandi@mba.berkeley.edu

“Navigating Through Financial Turbulence”
With the current historic and turbulent times, the Berkeley Finance Conference offers a unique opportunity to listen to the leading experts in the industry outlining the effects and opportunities presented by the current financial turmoil. Please partake in the networking and the discussions held by the leaders of the finance industry.

Keynote Speaker:
• Rohit Bhagat, Chief Operating Officer, Barclays Global Investors

Featured Speakers
• Mark Zanoli, Managing Director, J P Morgan
• Aneta Marcheva Key, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Co.

Panels:
• Investment Management
• Venture Capital
• Corporate Finance
• Investment Banking
• Private Equity
• Real Estate

Free admission for volunteering on the day of the event. If interested, please contact: jenny_herbert@mba.berkeley.edu or felipe_gomez@mba.berkerley.edu


Haas Big Game BBQ 2008
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm: BBQ in the Haas Courtyard
12:30 pm: Cal vs Stanford football game
Registration: http://haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/biggame

All Haas alumni, students and guests are invited to the Haas 2008 Big Game BBQ on Saturday, November 22nd. Join us in the Haas Courtyard for our traditional pre-game barbeque.

The Big Game is back on campus this year and the football team is on a roll! Come celebrate at Haas before heading over to Memorial Stadium to watch Cal take back the Axe. Note: Football tickets are not available through the Haas School.

The Haas Courtyard is the perfect location to gather with Haas alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students before the game with an all you can eat BBQ (Compadres caterers!), refreshments and live music.

$25 Alumni and friends
$15 Faculty/Staff/Students
$10 Children (5-17 years old)

***Pre-registration is required. This event will sell out!***
***Deadline is Nov 14th! ***

For questions, please contact the Alumni Relations Office at 510-642-7790.

NOTE: Prices listed above DO NOT include football tickets. To purchase football tickets call 1-800-GO-BEARS.

EWMBA eZine - Week of October 30, 2008

Win a Keg for your Cohort

On their way to the Pac 10 Title, our Bears face off against the Oregon Ducks this Saturday. What’s that mean for you? It’s time for a Duck Hunt, complete with a multipart competition to win a keg for your cohort!

What kind of competition? Details coming, but here are 2 things you need to know right now:

· The more people from your cohort, the better
· There will be duck piñatas (this alone should be a selling point)

Come out this Saturday and join GOLD at 10:00am this Saturday, November 1st! See details about the tailgate below.

Where is the Discussion Forum?

Forget where our discussion forum is located? Here’s the link:
http://haasewmbaa.freeforums.org/

It’s also at the bottom of every eZine. So go and post to your heart’s delight.


Admissions Volunteers Needed

2nd and 3rd years we need you to help out as part of our Information Sessions for prospective students.

Date:Tuesday, December 2, 7-8:30pm, Berkeley, C230
Sign up for participating during your class break time.

Email Molly Kihanya (mkihanya@haas.berkeley.edu)


Volunteers for the Diversity Workshop 11/8

The Admissions Office is looking for VOLUNTEERS to help out at the Haas Diversity Workshop on Saturday, November 8. You can take part at anytime throughout the day: morning, lunch, or at the afternoon reception.

What’s the Diversity Workshop? The event is an annual day-long program co-sponsored by Diversity Conference committee and Admissions, and is targeted at prospective applicants that may come from diverse backgrounds.
For a tentative agenda visit: http://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/workshop08.html

If you are interested and available, please contact Ashley Wang at ashley_wang@mba.berkeley.edu. We need the most VOLUNTEERS to help out during LUNCH.

Haas Tailgate – Oregon Ducks vs. Cal Bears

Date: Saturday, November1Time: 10am (Breakfast and Coffee) until Kickoff
Location: Haas Courtyard
Cost: Recommended donation is $15 per person – a great value for the money!

All proceeds go to Haas for Students, which provides Fellowships to MBA ‘10ers (or dual-degree ‘09ers) who choose nonprofit summer internships.

Please send your $15 per person donation, more if you like, via PayPal (bank account or credit card) to HaasforStudents@haas.berkeley.edu by Friday midnight. Please double-check the spelling before you submit payment.

Zoomerang RSVP link to also complete by Friday midnight: https://mail.haas.berkeley.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=042a2036af9241da8098e74817b242dc&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.zoomerang.com%2fSurvey%2f%3fp%3dWEB228EWKMU36F


WIL Professional Development Event: Things I wish I knew at the Start of My Career
Date: Thursday, November 6Time: 6:30 - 8:00 pm (pizza will be served)Location: Cheit 320
Please RSVP online: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2fPhOQTveeHrp1rFo2BK1kA_3d_3d
Please contact Alex Levich (alexandra_levich@mba.berkeley.edu) for further questions.
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UPCOMING EVENTS

4th Annual Haas Diversity in Business Conference
Date: Friday, November 7
Time: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Location: International House

“Beyond Labels: Diversity in Thought and Action”

Please join us for an amazing lineup of keynote speakers, panelists, and networking opportunities for both students and professionals.

For more information: https://mail.haas.berkeley.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=ea0ea4056cf344c7a1e4cc948af7640d&URL=http%3a%2f%2fdiversity.haas.berkeley.edu
Online registration: http://diversity.haas.berkeley.edu/2008/registration.html
Keynote Speeches by: Ronnie Lott and Harris Barton
For more information, please contact Daisuke Tanaka at daisuke_tanaka@mba.berkeley.edu.


>play conference 2008
Date: Saturday, November 15
Time: All day; event starts at 8 AM
Location: Bank of America Forum
Website: http://www.playconference.org/

Interested in learning more about the impact that technology and digital media innovation is making in a variety of markets and industries?Organized entirely by student members of the Digital Media and Entertainment Club at Haas, >play brings together creative professionals, industry leaders, and academics to discuss the trends and challenges that face technology and digital media industries. Now in its fourth year, the conference continues to provide networking opportunities, engaging discussions, and sneak peeks at the latest technology.Volunteering gains you free admission in exchange for a few hours of your time to help event organizers on the day of the event.Please e-mail Monica Khan (monica_khan@mba.berkeley.edu) if you would like to be a volunteer or have any questions.


CEO Spotlight Event – Steve Rendle, North Face presented by the GM&S Club
Date: Monday, November 17
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm**
Location: Wells Fargo Room
How: Signup information and costs will be available soon
Steve Rendle’s secrets to leading The North FaceEver wonder what it takes to become a successful business leader? The 2nd annual CEO Spotlight event gives you the opportunity to learn from those who have taken risks, made difficult decisions, balanced work and family, and become successful leaders along the way.

Agenda 6-7pm: ** For GM&S Club Members only – see below for membership information **

- Reception with Steve Rendle and Haas alums in General Management, Corporate Strategy, and Business Development roles
- Complementary appetizers and wine7-9pm: Keynote with Steve Rendle
Membership Registration: https://mail.haas.berkeley.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=ea0ea4056cf344c7a1e4cc948af7640d&URL=http%3a%2f%2fgroups.haas.berkeley.edu%2fsgm%2fjoin.html
For more information, please contact the Haas General Management & Strategy Club at gms@haas.berkeley.edu.


2nd Annual Berkeley Finance Conference
Date: Friday, November 21
Time: 8:30 am – 6:30 pm
Location: Haas School of Business
Registration: www.berkeleyfinanceconference.org
Contact: piyush_jamkhandi@mba.berkeley.edu

“Navigating Through Financial Turbulence”
With the current historic and turbulent times, the Berkeley Finance Conference offers a unique opportunity to listen to the leading experts in the industry outlining the effects and opportunities presented by the current financial turmoil. Please partake in the networking and the discussions held by the leaders of the finance industry.

Keynote Speaker:
• Rohit Bhagat, Chief Operating Officer, Barclays Global Investors

Featured Speakers
• Mark Zanoli, Managing Director, J P Morgan
• Aneta Marcheva Key, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Co.

Panels:
• Investment Management
• Venture Capital
• Corporate Finance
• Investment Banking
• Private Equity
• Real Estate

Free admission for volunteering on the day of the event. If interested, please contact: jenny_herbert@mba.berkeley.edu or felipe_gomez@mba.berkerley.edu


Haas Big Game BBQ 2008
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm: BBQ in the Haas Courtyard
12:30 pm: Cal vs Stanford football game
Registration: http://haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/biggame

All Haas alumni, students and guests are invited to the Haas 2008 Big Game BBQ on Saturday, November 22nd. Join us in the Haas Courtyard for our traditional pre-game barbeque.

The Big Game is back on campus this year and the football team is on a roll! Come celebrate at Haas before heading over to Memorial Stadium to watch Cal take back the Axe. Note: Football tickets are not available through the Haas School.

The Haas Courtyard is the perfect location to gather with Haas alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students before the game with an all you can eat BBQ (Compadres caterers!), refreshments and live music.

$25 Alumni and friends
$15 Faculty/Staff/Students
$10 Children (5-17 years old)

***Pre-registration is required. This event will sell out!***
***Deadline is Nov 14th! ***

For questions, please contact the Alumni Relations Office at 510-642-7790.

NOTE: Prices listed above DO NOT include football tickets. To purchase football tickets call 1-800-GO-BEARS.

EWMBA eZine - Week of October 23, 2008

Admissions Volunteers Needed

2nd and 3rd years we need you to help out as part of our Information Sessions for prospective students.

Dates:
Tuesday, November 4, 6:00 – 7:30 pm, San Francisco Grand Hyatt
Tuesday, December 2, 7-8:30pm, Berkeley, C230
Thursday, December 4, 6:30 – 8:00 pm, Redwood City, Sofitel

Email Molly Kihanya (mkihanya@haas.berkeley.edu)

You’ve got mail!

Have you checked your mailbox lately? And yes, I said MAILBOX, not INBOX! Check it out!

We’ve taken some of your ideas from the media survey you recently completed and have created an “office flyer” for you to post in the cafeteria, at the water cooler, or anywhere else your colleagues & friends are bound to see it. We’ve placed a couple of these flyers in your mailbox and, with application deadlines fast-approaching, we hope you will help us spread the word about the EWMBA at the Haas School of Business by taking them to work with you - they should fit right over those silly Stanford ads you told us about.

Thanks for the help and keep the ideas coming!

--- Admissions

Volunteers for the Diversity Workshop 11/8

The Admissions Office is looking for VOLUNTEERS to help out at the Haas Diversity Workshop on Saturday, November 11. You can take part at anytime throughout the day: morning, lunch, or at the afternoon reception.

What’s the Diversity Workshop? If you aren't already familiar with the Diversity Workshop, the event is an annual day-long program co-sponsored by Diversity Conference committee and Admissions, and is targeted at prospective applicants that may come from diverse backgrounds. The workshop is meant to provide attendees with a well-rounded perspective of the Berkeley MBA via speakers, panels, and networking opportunities that incorporate alums, current students, faculty, and staff. So far we already have more than 100 people signed up, so it’s going to be very exciting!

For a tentative agenda visit: http://mba.haas.berkeley.edu/workshop08.html

If you are interested and available, please contact Ashley Wang at ashley_wang@mba.berkeley.edu. This is a great way to meet with prospective students and share your thoughts about the best Part-Time Program in the Bay Area – the EWMBA at the Haas School of Business. We need the most VOLUNTEERS to help out during LUNCH. Please join us and let us know as soon as possible if we will see you there.

Note: Cal Football Game

The EWMBAA Social Committee is planning a pre-game mixer for the upcoming Cal football game – Saturday, November 1, 2008. If you plan to attend, please email Mandar (mandar_shinde@haas.berkeley.edu).

EVENTS

Leading Through Innovation Executive Seminar Series:
Steve W. Martin, Founder of Heavy Hitter Sales Training Program
Date: Sunday, October 26
Time: 9AM to 1:30PM
Location: Andersen Auditorium

Please join author Steve W. Martin as he explains what is truly at the heart of sales: how to build relationships and how to persuade skeptics to believe you. Steve will cover the following topics in this interactive half-day workshop:

• Determining Political Power
• Influencing an Organization at Various Levels
• Understanding How People Communicate
• Selling Strategic, Operational, Political, and Psychological Value
AND MUCH MORE….

Register by clicking this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Hsut1DU7h8dC6OPSxFUgwg_3d_3d
Please register by October 19, 2008.

Attendees will receive a copy of Steve’s leading book about sales, Heavy Hitter Selling: How Successful Salespeople Use Language and Intuition to Persuade Customers to Buy.

If you have questions, please e-mail pamela_riley@haas.berkeley.edu.



Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series: Intellectual Property, Licensing and Legal
Date: Tuesday, October 28
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Location: Stanley Hall, Room 106

The Best Practices Series brings to UC Berkeley and the Haas School the best practitioners from the Berkeley and Silicon Valley community to speak about the practical aspects of entrepreneurial activity. The series provides a gathering spot for people from Berkeley and the community who are engaging in entrepreneurial activities. There are nine sessions that approach topics from opportunity recognition to financing and are supported by the Berkeley Business Plan Competition and the Global Social Venture Competition.

We are told that tremendous portion of the value of companies comes not from the physical plant and equipment, but is derived from intangible assets. New ventures increasingly rely on intangible assets as a differentiating factor. What are the underlying intellectual property rights that make this possible? What is a patent, a copyright, a trademark? What intellectual property strategies should the new venture employ?

Our evening will feature: Bryan Sinclair and Pedro Suarez of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

The Entrepreneurial Best Practices Series is open to the public and starts with a short mixer with refreshments at 6:30pm. For a complete list of 2008-2009 Series topics, visit our website at http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/resources/bestpractices.html.

No pre-registration is required. For more information contact us at lester@haas.berkeley.edu or 510.642.4255.


Haas Big Game BBQ 2008
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm: BBQ in the Haas Courtyard
12:30 pm: Cal vs Stanford football game
Registration: http://haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/biggame



2nd Annual Berkeley Finance Conference
Date: Friday, November 21
Time: 8:30 am – 6:30 pm
Location: Haas School of Business
Registration: www.berkeleyfinanceconference.org
Contact: piyush_jamkhandi@mba.berkeley.edu

“Navigating Through Financial Turbulence”
With the current historic and turbulent times, the Berkeley Finance Conference offers a unique opportunity to listen to the leading experts in the industry outlining the effects and opportunities presented by the current financial turmoil. Please partake in the networking and the discussions held by the leaders of the finance industry.

Keynote Speaker:
• Rohit Bhagat, Chief Operating Officer, Barclays Global Investors

Featured Speakers
• Mark Zanoli, Managing Director, J P Morgan
• Aneta Marcheva Key, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Co.

Panels:
• Investment Management
• Venture Capital
• Corporate Finance
• Investment Banking
• Private Equity
• Real Estate

Free admission for volunteering on the day of the event. If interested, please contact: jenny_herbert@mba.berkeley.edu or felipe_gomez@mba.berkerley.edu


Haas Big Game BBQ 2008
Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008
Time: 10:00 am - 12:30 pm: BBQ in the Haas Courtyard
12:30 pm: Cal vs Stanford football game
Registration: http://haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/biggame

All Haas alumni, students and guests are invited to the Haas 2008 Big Game BBQ on Saturday, November 22nd. Join us in the Haas Courtyard for our traditional pre-game barbeque.

The Big Game is back on campus this year and the football team is on a roll! Come celebrate at Haas before heading over to Memorial Stadium to watch Cal take back the Axe. Note: Football tickets are not available through the Haas School.

The Haas Courtyard is the perfect location to gather with Haas alumni, friends, faculty, staff and students before the game with an all you can eat BBQ (Compadres caterers!), refreshments and live music.

$25 Alumni and friends
$15 Faculty/Staff/Students
$10 Children (5-17 years old)

***Pre-registration is required. This event will sell out!***
***Deadline is Nov 14th! ***

For questions, please contact the Alumni Relations Office at 510-642-7790.

NOTE: Prices listed above DO NOT include football tickets. To purchase football tickets call 1-800-GO-BEARS.

EWMBA eZine - Week of October 16, 2008

Discuss this: How to improve the portfolio of elective courses at Haas?

Discuss this on the forums at http://haasewmbaa.freeforums.org!

Dear Fellows,

Do you want more high-quality courses for selection? Do you want more high-profile faculty teaching EWMBA? Do you want popular courses being offered every semester? Do you hate to see a popular instructor leaving EWMBA? Do you hate to see a poor instructor teaching a popular subject? Do you hate to see your first round bidding ends with nothing?

I am sure many of you, like me, have strong feelings on those questions, especially prior to the 3rd year. But after 2 years at Haas, very likely you are gradually becoming numb to those questions and getting used to the status-quo; the bottomline is you now have 3000 points to bid.

But sometimes you may still wonder who really cares about the course evaluation, who really listens to the students feedback on course bidding, and who I can count on to convey my voice on electives courses to the school or program office.

As EWMBAA Academic Affairs Committee, we want to be an effective bridge connecting the students and the program office as well as the school. We feel free forum is an ideal channel for our students to frankly share and exchange thoughts on anything related to the courses and teaching. We will then collect and report students concerns and suggestions to PO and school to improve academic performance at Haas.

Having said that, I encourage you to share whatever you like or dislike your learning experience at Haas, and if possible, provide suggestion on how to improve the portfolio of elective courses.

Best Regards,

SmokedFish
Representing EWMBAA Academic Affairs Committee

Reminder: EWMBAA Group Football Tickets

The EWMBAA Social Committee, together with the Berkeley/Columbia Executive MBA Program, has put together another opportunity for you to attend an upcoming Cal football game – Saturday, November 1, 2008. Purchase your tickets from a block of reserved seats and enjoy a Saturday with your fellow MBA students.

**The EWMBAA Social Committee is planning a pre-game mixer (more details to follow).

All seats are priced at $34.00 and can be ordered at the following link. Timing for these games has not yet been confirmed.

https://www.groupticketwindow.com/groupticket/college/cal/group

UserID: berkeleymba
Password: mba

Please contact Tim Gaherty (gaherty@haas.berkeley.edu) if you have any questions.

Reminder: EWMBA Annual Volunteer Day 2008

The EWMBA Program Office and EWMBAA Community Service Committees would like to invite you to our Annual Volunteer Day on Sunday, October 19th, from 9-12pm.

Our event for this year will be at the San Francisco Food Bank, 900 Pennsylvania Ave., San Francisco. This is a great event where all EWMBA students, as well as program staff members, come together for the day to spend some time out to volunteer for a worthy cause.

We will be helping to sort, pack and distribute healthy food to those in need. Lunch will be held for the volunteering group right after the event.

We have a few spots left, please RSVP as soon as possible via evite (you should have received an evite) or contact Tim Gaherty (gaherty@haas.berkeley.edu), Jenn Elliott (jenn_elliott@mba.berkeley.edu) or Ken So (kenneth_so@mba.berkeley).

Look forward to seeing you there!


Reminder: MPAR Roommates
If you are attending the MPAR (aka Mid Program Academic Retreat), don’t forget to submit your roommate preference(s) on time to Siu Yung.

If you want to save face or are too shy to approach people directly, Anlei has been “kindly volunteered” to coordinate an unofficial, strictly private "MPAR roommate wanted" list. This list will be shared only with those who are on it. So that you can make your own arrangements.

Ben
(Maintainer of the list for MPAR ’08)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Dean Lyons Meet Up
Date: Saturday, October 18
Time: 8:00am
Location: C230

Weekend students, come chat with Dean Lyons.



Want to be an Entrepreneur? Want to know what VC’s look for?
Date: Saturday, October 18
Time: 12:00 – 1:00pm
Location: F320

You are all invited to attend the Entrepreneurship Forum Saturday October 18th, where several successful entrepreneurs will share their experiences. Speakers will include Jon Gillespie-Brown, Mike Tzamaloukas, and Eiso Vaandrager, to be moderated by Professor Naeem Zafar from the Entrepreneur class.

Jon Gillespie-Brown – Jon is the founder of Nalpeiron, is a serial Entrepreneur and has been an Entrepreneur in residence/Mentor for the London Business School for 7 years and more recently for Stanford and UC Berkeley University. Jon’s book "So you want to be an entrepreneur" published by Wiley is available from Amazon now with all the proceeds going to Grameen foundation to help grow more entrepreneurs.

Mike Tzamaloukas – Mike is the founder of Dash Navigation. Dash Navigation connects people to the information that empowers them in their cars. The company is located in Sunnyvale, Calif. and is funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, Skymoon Ventures, Crescendo Ventures, Artis Capital and ZenShin Capital Partners. With the launch of its first product, Dash Express, the company hopes to help bring revolutionary change to the automotive GPS category.

Eiso Vaandrager – Eiso is currently an associate at e2cleantech, a Dutch fund focused on clean technology start-up companies in the Netherlands. He founded Formula Zero, a company focused on fuel cell racing. He was part of a team that built the first Dutch solar car, which won the World Solar Challenge in 2001.

For more information, please contact Kelly Lu at kelly_lu@mba.berkeley.edu.


Walk for and Sponsor Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
Date: Saturday, October 18
Time: 10 AM followed by Octoberfest
Location: Crissy Field, San Francisco

Raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for diabetes and the complications it can cause. How can I help?There is a few ways you can help. (1) You could join the Haas team as a walker. If you choose this option, you will raise funds and walk along with your fellow Haas mates or family members! (2) Sponsor a Haas walker by donating towards the cause (This is a tax deductible donation).
Walk details available at http://walk.jdrf.org or call 415-997-0360.
Contact Professor John O’Brien at obrien@haas.berkeley.edu for more information.


Saturday Social
Date: Saturday, October 18
Time: 4:00pm
Location: Bear’s Lair Brew Pub

We will be heading to Bears Lair around 4 pm for some mid-semester relaxing before the cold gets us. Join us for some socializing. The economy is out and cold, so the Social team will pay the bills on this one.


EWMBA Annual Volunteer Day
Date: Sunday, October 19
Time: 9AM to Noon
Location: San Francisco Food Bank, 900 Pennsylvania Ave, SF

Come Volunteer with your fellow EWMBAs and the Program Office Staff! Evite will follow shortly.


Wednesday Social
Date: Wednesday, October 22
Time: Evening class break time
Location: BOA Forum Area

We are trying to cover the maximum weekday population. Sadly beer is not an option for our weekday socials, and we have replaced it with ice cream. Trying to get you a last taste of summer.



Announcing the Third Annual Evening of Networking with Haas Alumni in San Francisco
Date: Thursday, October 23
Time: 6-9pm
Location: Hyatt Regency San Francisco (Embarcadero), Bayview Room

The Haas Alumni Network, San Francisco , invites you to join alumni, current students and faculty for the Third Annual Evening of Networking with Haas Alumni Network in San Francisco.

Last year's event was a great success, with over 400 Bay Area alumni and Haas graduate students coming together to make meaningful connections at this group networking event. Participants will have the opportunity to converse in groups based on their industry affiliation or interest. Alumni from various business sectors, class years and backgrounds will serve as industry experts, mingling and sharing insights with other alums as well as current Haas students.

This event is brought to you by The Haas Alumni Network, San Francisco, Walter A. Haas School Alumni Relations, Haas Career Services, the MBAA and the Evening Weekend MBA Program.

Registration and complete event details: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=167047

This event will sell out. Please register early!

For more information, please contact Charlene Son at charlene_son@alumni.haas.org.


Thursday Social
Date: Thursday, October 23
Time: Evening class break time
Location: Wells Fargo Room

We are trying to cover the maximum weekday population. Sadly beer is not an option for our weekday socials, and we have replaced it with ice cream. Trying to get you a last taste of summer.


Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum: The Current Economic Turmoil and the Entrepreneur: The Impact on New Venture Financing and Survival
Date: Thursday, October 23
Time: 6:30 - 8:45 pm
Location: Andersen Auditorium, Haas School of Business

Join us on Thursday, October 23 for a special edition of the Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum as we turn our attention to the immediate difficulties of our capital markets and how they impact economic opportunity for today's emerging entrepreneurs.

Jerry Engel, Executive Director of the Lester Center, will ask the tough questions and offer his own views. Our distinguished panel will address the financial crisis from their own unique points of view, based on their areas of expertise. There will also be an extended question and answer session to give you a chance to have your questions addressed. Our panel includes:

James Wilcox~ Kruttschnitt Family Professor of Financial Institutions, Haas School of Business
Mike Gridley~ Principal, Industry Ventures
Garrett Gruener~ Co-Founder, Alta Partners
Brian Atwood~ Co-Founder, Versant Ventures

This Event is FREE to students!

Student pre-registrations must be received by Tuesday, October 21st at 5pm by following the instructions below. All registrations after that time must be completed on site on the day of the event.

To pre-register, email lester@haas.berkeley.edu. In your email, please include:
• Your name
• Your major and year in school
• Your phone number
• All pre-registrants will receive one FREE drink! (Beer or wine for students over 21 only). Additional drinks are $5 each.



Leading Through Innovation Executive Seminar Series:
Steve W. Martin, Founder of Heavy Hitter Sales Training Program

Date: Sunday, October 26
Time: 9AM to 1:30PM
Location: Andersen Auditorium

Please join author Steve W. Martin as he explains what is truly at the heart of sales: how to build relationships and how to persuade skeptics to believe you. Steve will cover the following topics in this interactive half-day workshop:

· Determining Political Power
· Influencing an Organization at Various Levels
· Understanding How People Communicate
· Selling Strategic, Operational, Political, and Psychological Value
AND MUCH MORE….

Register by clicking this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Hsut1DU7h8dC6OPSxFUgwg_3d_3d
Please register by October 19, 2008.

Attendees will receive a copy of Steve’s leading book about sales, Heavy Hitter Selling: How Successful Salespeople Use Language and Intuition to Persuade Customers to Buy.

If you have questions, please e-mail pamela_riley@haas.berkeley.edu.


2nd Annual Berkeley Finance Conference

Date: Friday, November 21
Time: 8:30 am – 6:30 pm
Location: Haas School of Business
Registration: www.berkeleyfinanceconference.org
Contact: piyush_jamkhandi@mba.berkeley.edu

“Navigating Through Financial Turbulence”
With the current historic and turbulent times, the Berkeley Finance Conference offers a unique opportunity to listen to the leading experts in the industry outlining the effects and opportunities presented by the current financial turmoil. Please partake in the networking and the discussions held by the leaders of the finance industry.

Keynote Speaker:
• Rohit Bhagat, Chief Operating Officer, Barclays Global Investors

Featured Speakers
• Mark Zanoli, Managing Director, J P Morgan
• Aneta Marcheva Key, Associate Principal, McKinsey & Co.

Panels:
• Investment Management
• Venture Capital
• Corporate Finance
• Investment Banking
• Private Equity
• Real Estate

Free admission for volunteering on the day of the event. If interested, please contact: jenny_herbert@mba.berkeley.edu or felipe_gomez@mba.berkeley.edu

EWMBA eZine - Week of October 9, 2008

Dean Lyons Meet Up

Dean Lyons will meet up with weekend students at 8am on Saturday, October 18th at Haas. The location is Room C230. Please come by and chat with him.

3rd Annual Evening of Networking with Haas Alumni

The Haas Alumni Network, San Francisco, invites you to join alumni, current students and faculty for the Third Annual Evening of Networking with Haas Alumni Network in San Francisco.

EWMBA Discussion Forum
The forum is running and we have over 100 members. Anybody with a '@mba.berkeley.edu' e-mail address can get access to this forum.

Register at: http://haasewmbaa.freeforums.org/profile.php?mode=register
Remember that the quality of a Haas MBA comes from the folks who participate in the program. Similarly, what you can get out of the forums will come from the number of participants. So please sign up!

If you have discussion forum experience and would like to help out, please contact Ben (benchong@mba.berkeley.edu).

Student-Alumni Dinner Series: Brand Management/Consumer Marketing

Date: Thursday, October 9
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Restaurant TBD—Near BART in Downtown San Francisco
Cost: $25 to offset the cost of the meal and drinks, due prior to the dinner, co-sponsored by the EWMBAA
RSVP: kelly_kennedy@mba.berkeley.edu

For the next installment of our new Student-Alumni Dinner Series, the Alumni Relations Committee is pleased to invite you to our Brand Management/Consumer Marketing dinner.

This is a casual dinner for six EWMBA students to get to know two successful alumni in the field and find out what a Brand Management career is really like! RSVP early, space is limited.

Featured Alumni:
Jennifer Okanes ‘03—Brand Manager at Clorox
Alvin Young ‘07—Associate Brand Manager at Del Monte


Dean Lyons Meet Up

Date: Saturday, October 18
Time: 8:00am
Location: C230

Weekend students, come chat with Dean Lyons.


Want to be an Entrepreneur? Want to know what VC’s look for?

Date: Saturday, October 18
Time: 12:00 – 1:00pm
Location: F320

You are all invited to attend the Entrepreneurship Forum Saturday October 18th, where several successful entrepreneurs will share their experiences. Speakers will include Jon Gillespie-Brown, Mike Tzamaloukas, and Eiso Vaandrager, to be moderated by Professor Naeem Zafar from the Entrepreneur class.

Jon Gillespie-Brown – Jon is the founder of Nalpeiron, is a serial Entrepreneur and has been an Entrepreneur in residence/Mentor for the London Business School for 7 years and more recently for Stanford and UC Berkeley University. Jon’s book "So you want to be an entrepreneur" published by Wiley is available from Amazon now with all the proceeds going to Grameen foundation to help grow more entrepreneurs.

Mike Tzamaloukas – Mike is the founder of Dash Navigation. Dash Navigation connects people to the information that empowers them in their cars. The company is located in Sunnyvale, Calif. and is funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, Skymoon Ventures, Crescendo Ventures, Artis Capital and ZenShin Capital Partners. With the launch of its first product, Dash Express, the company hopes to help bring revolutionary change to the automotive GPS category.

Eiso Vaandrager – Eiso is currently an associate at e2cleantech, a Dutch fund focused on clean technology start-up companies in the Netherlands. He founded Formula Zero, a company focused on fuel cell racing. He was part of a team that built the first Dutch solar car, which won the World Solar Challenge in 2001.

For more information, please contact Kelly Lu at kelly_lu@mba.berkeley.edu.


Walk for and Sponsor Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)

Date: Saturday, October 18
Time: 10 AM followed by Octoberfest
Location: Crissy Field, San Francisco

Raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for diabetes and the complications it can cause. How can I help?There is a few ways you can help. (1) You could join the Haas team as a walker. If you choose this option, you will raise funds and walk along with your fellow Haas mates or family members! (2) Sponsor a Haas walker by donating towards the cause (This is a tax deductible donation).
Walk details available at http://walk.jdrf.org or call 415-997-0360.
Contact Professor John O’Brien at obrien@haas.berkeley.edu for more information.


EWMBA Annual Volunteer Day
Date: Sunday, October 19
Time: 9AM to Noon
Location: San Francisco Food Bank, 900 Pennsylvania Ave, SF

Come Volunteer with your fellow EWMBAs and the Program Office Staff! Evite will follow shortly.


Announcing the Third Annual Evening of Networking with Haas Alumni in San Francisco

Date: Thursday, October 23
Time: 6-9pm
Location: Hyatt Regency San Francisco (Embarcadero), Bayview Room

The Haas Alumni Network, San Francisco , invites you to join alumni, current students and faculty for the Third Annual Evening of Networking with Haas Alumni Network in San Francisco.

Last year's event was a great success, with over 400 Bay Area alumni and Haas graduate students coming together to make meaningful connections at this group networking event. Participants will have the opportunity to converse in groups based on their industry affiliation or interest. Alumni from various business sectors, class years and backgrounds will serve as industry experts, mingling and sharing insights with other alums as well as current Haas students.

This event is brought to you by The Haas Alumni Network, San Francisco, Walter A. Haas School Alumni Relations, Haas Career Services, the MBAA and the Evening Weekend MBA Program.

Registration and complete event details: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=167047

This event will sell out. Please register early!

For more information, please contact Charlene Son at charlene_son@alumni.haas.org.



Leading Through Innovation Executive Seminar Series:
Steve W. Martin, Founder of Heavy Hitter Sales Training Program
Date: Sunday, October 26
Time: 9AM to 1:30PM
Location: Andersen Auditorium

Please join author Steve W. Martin as he explains what is truly at the heart of sales: how to build relationships and how to persuade skeptics to believe you. Steve will cover the following topics in this interactive half-day workshop:

· Determining Political Power
· Influencing an Organization at Various Levels
· Understanding How People Communicate
· Selling Strategic, Operational, Political, and Psychological Value
AND MUCH MORE….

Register by clicking this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Hsut1DU7h8dC6OPSxFUgwg_3d_3d

Please register by October 19, 2008.

Attendees will receive a copy of Steve’s leading book about sales, Heavy Hitter Selling: How Successful Salespeople Use Language and Intuition to Persuade Customers to Buy.

If you have questions, please e-mail pamela_riley@haas.berkeley.edu.

EWMBA eZine - Week of October 2, 2008

Admissions Volunteers Needed

2nd and 3rd years we need you to help out as part of our on-campus Information Sessions for prospective students.

Email Molly Kihanya (mkihanya@haas.berkeley.edu) if you have time from 7:30 – 8:15 pm or so to help out on:
10/21, Tuesday, 7-8:30pm, C230
11/3, Monday, 7-8:30pm, C230
12/2, Tuesday, 7-8:30pm, C230

EWMBA Annual Volunteer Day

The EWMBA Program Office and EWMBAA Community Service Committee would like to invite you to our Annual Volunteer Day on Sunday, October 19th, from 9-12pm. Our event for this year will be at the San Francisco Food Bank (900 Pennsylvania Ave. SF). This is a great event where all EWMBA students, as well as program staff members, come together for the day to spend some time out to volunteer for a worthy cause. Lunch will be provided for the group right after the event. You should receive an evite shortly with the detail. Look forward to seeing you there!

- Community Service Committee

First Year OSKI Cohort Reps

Don’t worry, we haven’t forgotten the Oski Reps for you first years. Here you go:

Oski Cohort Reps
Amber Ulrich amber_ulrich@mba.berkeley.edu
Kishore Konakanchi kishore_konakanchi@mba.berkeley.edu
Dharini Ramakrishnan dharini_ramakrishnan@mba.berkeley.edu


EWMBA Discussion Forum
The forum is running and we have over 100 members. Anybody with a '@mba.berkeley.edu' e-mail address can get access to this forum.

Register at: http://haasewmbaa.freeforums.org/profile.php?mode=register
Remember that the quality of a Haas MBA comes from the folks who participate in the program.

Similarly, what you can get out of the forums will come from the number of participants. So please sign up!

If you have discussion forum experience and would like to help out, please contact Ben (benchong@mba.berkeley.edu).

Events This Week

Thursday, October 2
*NEW* Social Impact Week: Alumni Networking Event

Friday, October 3
*NEW* Warren Buffet Trip Application Due to the Finance Club

Saturday, October 4
Haas Homecoming

Upcoming Events

Monday, October 6
Dean’s Speaker Series: Forum on Financial Turmoil – Panel Discussion

Tuesday, October 7
Haas Leadership Club: What is corporate leadership?: A discussion of leadership training at Goldman Sachs with Dean Rich Lyons

Thursday, October 9
Student-Alumni Dinner Series: Brand Management/Consumer Marketing

Saturday, October 18
*NEW* Walk for Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)

Sunday, October 19
*NEW* EWMBA Annual Volunteer Day

Sunday, October 26
*NEW* Leading Through Innovation Executive Seminar Series:
Steve W. Martin, Founder of Heavy Hitter Sales Training Program


To plan or check out new events, visit the Haas Calendar:
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/calendar/


EVENTS THIS WEEK

Social Impact Week: Alumni Networking Event
Date: Thursday, October 2
Time: 6:30PM – 8PM
Location: Wells Fargo Room

Register at: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=167330 (It's free!)

The Net Impact Club on campus would like to invite you to come hear Haas alum Kristin Groos Richmond speak about her experience as founder and CEO of Revolution Foods (http://www.revfoods.com/). Mingle with students interested in social and environmental impact and meet alumni interested in or working in the fields of corporate social responsibility, social enterprise, clean energy, international development, non-profit, education, and more.


Warren Buffet Trip Application Due to the Finance Club
Date: Friday, October 3, 2008
Time: Due by 11:59pm

The Haas Finance Club is sponsoring the Warren Buffet trip to Omaha, Nebraska on November 21, 2008.

Application link with detailed selection criteria and trip information is located at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=z6xuHcZ6tL39edKWSOUWnQ_3d_3d

Mr. Warren Buffet has especially encouraged women to participate in this trip.

You must be a member of the Haas Finance Club to join this trip. Membership is open to all Haas students in every program.

Feel free to contact Zach Chan (Zach_chan@mba.berkeley.edu) and me (AlanJen@mba.berkeley.edu) with questions.


Haas Homecoming
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008
Time/Location: Lecture Series: 9:00am-10:45am, Andersen Auditorium
Fiesta Lunch: 10:45am-12:30pm, Haas Courtyard

Alumni and guests of the Haas School will reunite for a festive day back on campus. The annual Haas Homecoming Celebration kicks off with a workshop presentation "2.0 Technology Strategies." Haas will then host a special lecture by NEW Dean Rich Lyons discussing the state of the school. The day's activities include our pre-game Mexican Fiesta Luncheon in the Haas Courtyard with live music and special activities for kids. Then, it's off to Memorial Stadium to watch the Golden Bears defeat the Arizona State Sun Devils. Join us for a great day. All Haas alumni, faculty, students and guests are encouraged to join us!
Register by Monday, September 22 at: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/homecoming
Should you have any questions or need more information, please contact Meg Roundy, Assoc. Director, Student-Alumni Relations: meg@haas.berkeley.edu
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UPCOMING EVENTS

Dean’s Speaker Series: Forum on Financial Turmoil – Panel Discussion
Date: Monday, October 6
Time: 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Wells Fargo Room

A light dinner will be served. Seating is first-come, first-served.
7:35 p.m. Welcome and introductions by Dean Rich Lyons
7:40 p.m. Panel Discussion
- Prof. Hayne Leland, Arno Rayner Professor of Finance and Management
- Prof. Nancy Wallace, California Chair of Real Estate and Urban Economics
- Prof. Jim Wilcox, Kruttschnitt Family Professor of Financial Institutions
8:00 p.m. Q& A

Haas Leadership Club: What is corporate leadership?: A discussion of leadership training at Goldman Sachs with Dean Rich Lyons
Date: Tuesday, October 7
Time: 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Location: Cheit 220

Details: All Haas is welcome. Lunch will be served (we'll try to get better pizza this time) Leadership Club members: free. Non-members: $5. Also note - if you do not sign up for the club soon, you will be removed from the mail list. ;-)
RVSP: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZMVlxxLaC1L0WrL4Bgy_2bWg_3d_3d
1Membership dues go to subsidize lunches and further content. To become a member, put $20 in Usman Khalid's box.

For more information, please contact Will Wright (will_wright@mba.berkeley.edu), John Woods (john_woods@mba.berkeley.edu), Michael Chou (michael_chou@mba.berkeley.edu), Sumeet Verlekar (sumeet_verlekar@mba.berkeley.edu), or Usman Khalid (usman_khalid@mba.berkeley.edu).


Student-Alumni Dinner Series: Brand Management/Consumer Marketing
Date: Thursday, October 9
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Restaurant TBD—Near BART in Downtown San Francisco
Cost: $25 to offset the cost of the meal and drinks, due prior to the dinner, co-sponsored by the EWMBAA
RSVP: kelly_kennedy@mba.berkeley.edu

For the next installment of our new Student-Alumni Dinner Series, the Alumni Relations Committee is pleased to invite you to our Brand Management/Consumer Marketing dinner.

This is a casual dinner for six EWMBA students to get to know two successful alumni in the field and find out what a Brand Management career is really like! RSVP early, space is limited.

Featured Alumni:
Jennifer Okanes ‘03—Brand Manager at Clorox
Alvin Young ‘07—Associate Brand Manager at Del Monte


Walk for and Sponsor Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF)
Date: Saturday, October 18
Time: 10 AM followed by Octoberfest
Location: Crissy Field, San Francisco

Raise funds for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), a non-profit organization dedicated to finding a cure for diabetes and the complications it can cause.

How can I help?
There is a few ways you can help. (1) You could join the Haas team as a walker. If you choose this option, you will raise funds and walk along with your fellow Haas mates or family members! (2) Sponsor a Haas walker by donating towards the cause (This is a tax deductible donation).

Walk details available at http://walk.jdrf.org/ or call 415-997-0360.
Contact Professor John O’Brien at obrien@haas.berkeley.edu for more information.


EWMBA Annual Volunteer Day
Date: Sunday, October 19
Time: 9AM to Noon
Location: San Francisco Food Bank, 900 Pennsylvania Ave, SF

Come Volunteer with your fellow EWMBAs and the Program Office Staff! Evite will follow shortly.

Leading Through Innovation Executive Seminar Series:
Steve W. Martin, Founder of Heavy Hitter Sales Training Program
Date: Sunday, October 26
Time: 9AM to 1:30PM
Location: Andersen Auditorium

Please join author Steve W. Martin as he explains what is truly at the heart of sales: how to build relationships and how to persuade skeptics to believe you. Steve will cover the following topics in this interactive half-day workshop:

• Determining Political Power
• Influencing an Organization at Various Levels
• Understanding How People Communicate
• Selling Strategic, Operational, Political, and Psychological Value
AND MUCH MORE….

Register by clicking this link: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Hsut1DU7h8dC6OPSxFUgwg_3d_3d
Please register by October 19, 2008.

Attendees will receive a copy of Steve’s leading book about sales, Heavy Hitter Selling: How Successful Salespeople Use Language and Intuition to Persuade Customers to Buy.

If you have questions, please e-mail pamela_riley@haas.berkeley.edu.

EWMBA eZine - Week of September 25, 2008

First Year Cohort Reps
Do you have a program issue that you would like to address but don't know who to talk to? Your cohort rep can help facilitate communication between first year EWMBA students and the EWMBA Association. Cohort reps communicate important information and announcements to you, and they are available to receive feedback regarding the program and transmit it to the appropriate committees.

Don't be shy. Talk to your reps and let them know what is on your mind so the EWMBA Association can take action to improve your experience at Haas.

Axe Cohort Reps
Tim Lee - tim_lee@mba.berkeley.edu
Naveen Prasanna - naveen_prasanna@mba.berkeley.edu

Blue Cohort Reps
Rahul Awasthy - rahul_awasthy@mba.berkeley.edu
Thomas Fitzpatrick - thomas_fitzpatrick@mba.berkeley.edu
Vikas Meka - vikas_meka@mba.berkeley.edu

Gold Cohort Reps
Divyang Agrawal - divyang_agrawal@mba.berkeley.edu
Shourya Basu - shourya.basu@mba.berkeley.edu

EWMBA Discussion Forum
The forum will serve as a single repository to maintain discussions pertinent to the b-school life of the Haas EWMBA community.
Currently, there's no single system that stores various topics of interest to the EWMBA students. While individual years maintain their own YahooGroups, there's no sharing of information across the spectrum. Moreover, none of the existing solutions (including the YahooGroups) maintain threads of conversation by interest areas. This forum will enable faster access to relevant information. For example, individuals interested in career related topics can directly jump to that folder and search for specific threads. The forum will also serve as a living repository of events and experiences (with courses, professors, school life etc).
Anybody with a '@mba.berkeley.edu' e-mail address can get access to this forum. Others can neither browse nor post topics. All posts will be moderated by the EWMBAA communications committee.

Go to http://haasewmbaa.freeforums.org/profile.php?mode=register
Enter the basic profile information. Please ensure that you enter your Haas e-mail address. Once, you get a confirmation e-mail (within 48 hours), you are ready to contribute.
The 48 hour delay is due to having a human being (Ben) at the other end to approve sign-ups. If you have discussion forum experience and would like to help out, please contact Ben (benchong@mba.berkeley.edu).

Remember that the quality of a Haas MBA comes from the folks who participate in the program. Similarly, what you can get out of the forums will come from the number of participants. So please sign up!

NetImpact Social Week
Events will be held the week of 9/29 to 10/3. Check out page 3 of this link http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/netimpact/Newsletter/09.22.2008.pdf for more details about the Keynote speaker, Will Rosenzweig, Founder of the Republic of Tea, speaking Monday night, the club mixer Thursday night, and other scheduled events.

Events This Week

Saturday, September 27
*NEW* Haas for Students Tailgate

Tuesday, September 30
*NEW* Israel Trek 2009

All Week - Net Impact Social Week (see details above)

Upcoming Events

Saturday, October 4
Haas Homecoming

Thursday, October 9
*NEW* Student-Alumni Dinner Series: Brand Management/Consumer Marketing


To plan or check out new events, visit the Haas Calendar:
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/calendar/


EVENTS THIS WEEK

Haas For Students Tailgate
Date: Saturday, September 27, 2008
Time: 12:30pm-3:00pm (game time)
Where: Haas Courtyard

You are invited to a Haas for Students Tailgate, organized by the first-years in Oski.

(From Jason Hirschhorn, the new Oski Cohort Community Rep.): Oski wears a size 15 shoe and drinks through a hole in his right eye. A cohort named after this guy will put on a legit tailgate. Come and see for yourself and do what you've wanted to do all year: Be a part of Oski for a day, support Haas for Students and prepare yourself for the afternoon's game with quality food and beverage.

Food: Gourmet burgers, sausages, chips, veggies, and more.
Drinks: Premium beer, wine and soft drinks

Proceeds: Go to Haas for Students, which provides Fellowships to your MBA ‘10 classmates who choose nonprofit summer internships.
Cost : Recommended donation is $15 per person – a great value for the money!

To pay, please send your $15, more if you like, via PayPal (bank account or credit card) to HaasforStudents@haas.berkeley.edu by Friday 9 AM. Please double-check the spelling before you submit payment.

To Make Donations for Multiple People – Log on to your PayPal account and send $15 for each person to HaasforStudents@haas.berkeley.edu, and include guest names in the online RSVP (below).

ONE MORE THING - Confirm your attendance: If you are definitely coming, please confirm your attendance by completing this survey via Zoomerang by 9 AM on Friday so we know how much food to buy. It will take 20 seconds of your time. In addition to sending payment on PayPal, you MUST RSVP by 9 AM Friday if you plan on attending.


Israel Trek 2009
Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Time: 7:45-8:10pm
Where: C110

Israel Trek 2009 is kicking off... join us for a brown bag for information about the most talked about trek of the year.

On January 3 to 13, 2009, we will be visiting Israel, meeting political, business leaders, visiting historical and holy sites and gaining an understanding of Israel, its culture and people, and the opportunities for doing business in Israel. We would be presenting the high level itinerary and answer any questions at 7:45-8:10 on Tuesday 9/30 in C110 and same time on 10/1 in C135.

If you cannot make the brown bag and are interesting joining, please sign up with alexandra_levich@mba.berkeley.edu and drop a deposit check for $300 (made out to the Jewish Business Club) in Shai Alfandary’s (FTMBA) mailbox.

Please email Shai Alfandary (shai_alfandary@mba.berkeley.edu) or Ariel Rak (ariel_rak@mba.berkeley.edu) with any questions!


UPCOMING EVENTS

Haas Homecoming
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008
Time: Lecture Series: 9:00am-10:45am, Andersen Auditorium
Fiesta Lunch: 10:45am-12:30pm, Haas Courtyard

Alumni and guests of the Haas School will reunite for a festive day back on campus. The annual Haas Homecoming Celebration kicks off with a workshop presentation "2.0 Technology Strategies." Haas will then host a special lecture by NEW Dean Rich Lyons discussing the state of the school. The day's activities include our pre-game Mexican Fiesta Luncheon in the Haas Courtyard with live music and special activities for kids. Then, it's off to Memorial Stadium to watch the Golden Bears defeat the Arizona State Sun Devils. Join us for a great day. All Haas alumni, faculty, students and guests are encouraged to join us!
Register by Monday, September 22 at: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/homecoming
Should you have any questions or need more information, please contact Meg Roundy, Assoc. Director, Student-Alumni Relations: meg@haas.berkeley.edu

Student-Alumni Dinner Series: Brand Management/Consumer Marketing
Date: Thursday, October 9
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Restaurant TBD—Near BART in Downtown San Francisco
Cost: $25 to offset the cost of the meal and drinks, due prior to the dinner, co-sponsored by the EWMBAA
RSVP: kelly_kennedy@mba.berkeley.edu

For the next installment of our new Student-Alumni Dinner Series, the Alumni Relations Committee is pleased to invite you to our Brand Management/Consumer Marketing dinner.

This is a casual dinner for six EWMBA students to get to know two successful alumni in the field and find out what a Brand Management career is really like! RSVP early, space is limited.

Featured Alumni:
Jennifer Okanes ‘03—Brand Manager at Clorox
Alvin Young ‘07—Associate Brand Manager at Del Monte


DID YOU KNOW?
Get to your favorite Haas weblinks faster by updating your Quick Links on the bottom right corner of the Haas Homepage http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/.

EWMBA eZine - Week of September 18, 2008

The Social Committee
Welcome to the new Haas family additions and howdy to everyone. The year has already started and we have not done a whole lot of fun yet. Well! Let’s change that!
We closed down on a neat little welcome to the oldies on Saturday, September 13th, where we had a decent mix of 2nd and 3rd year folks socializing. To benefit the first year newbies, we have one about to hole up at Bears Lair this coming Saturday, September 20th. If you are going to be in Berkeley, I am hearing it’s going to be a tear. And a couple of our first year socialites are going to pull it off too - hear hear for Carmen and Shourya.
Beyond the welcome socials, we have a tentative list. And yes, we are definitely doing a 'Guys Nite Out'..tsk tsk. Who am I kidding?
Here is what we anticipate doing:
- Two evening socials. Yes! we do get hate mail from the weekday guys
- One tailgate in plan, we will announce that ahead of time
- Two tandem weekend socials - oldies and newbies
- Peer hiring social event (this might be by invitation, but still pending)
- Year end party
And we would love to hear from you, so do let us know if you want help in pulling off something together that drives the Haas network. Alright! O&O from our side. Go Haas! Go Bears!
Always Partying!!

- Mandar for The Social Committee


Events This Week

Saturday, September 20
Haas Welcome Social - Berkeley

Wednesday, September 24
Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative Fall BBQ

Upcoming Events
Saturday, October 4
Haas Homecoming

To plan or check out new events, visit the Haas Calendar:
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/calendar


EVENTS THIS WEEK

Haas Welcome Social - Berkeley
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2008
Time: 6:10pm
Where: Bear’s Lair, Lower Sproul, Berkeley Campus
Hosted by Carmen Chan Carmen_chan@mba.berkeley.edu and Mandar Shinde mandar_shinde@mba.berkeley.edu.

Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative Fall BBQ
Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Time: 4 to 7pm
Where: Campanile Esplanade

The BERC Fall 08 BBQ is coming up! This is a big one.

Please take a moment to fill out this quick survey by 9/20 to help give us a better idea of how many will be coming. Also, we would love to have volunteers. If you didn’t sign up already at the General Membership meeting, you can either sign up via the survey or bounce me a mail.

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB2289CH7FBVU


UPCOMING EVENTS

Haas Homecoming
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008
Time: Lecture Series: 9:00am-10:45am, Andersen Auditorium
Fiesta Lunch: 10:45am-12:30pm, Haas Courtyard

Alumni and guests of the Haas School will reunite for a festive day back on campus. The annual Haas Homecoming Celebration kicks off with a workshop presentation "2.0 Technology Strategies." Haas will then host a special lecture by NEW Dean Rich Lyons discussing the state of the school. The day's activities include our pre-game Mexican Fiesta Luncheon in the Haas Courtyard with live music and special activities for kids. Then, it's off to Memorial Stadium to watch the Golden Bears defeat the Arizona State Sun Devils. Join us for a great day. All Haas alumni, faculty, students and guests are encouraged to join us!

Register by Monday, September 22 at: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/homecoming

Should you have any questions or need more information, please contact Meg Roundy, Assoc. Director, Student-Alumni Relations: meg@haas.berkeley.edu


DID YOU KNOW?
As a student, you qualify for very attractive student discounts on computer hardware and software. For example, you can get a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS3 for just $209. Very nice for us marketing types (or wannabes) who need to do rapid prototyping for collateral purposes or to communicate with those pesky engineers!
Check out the Scholar’s Workstation. It is an on-campus store and you can also order online at: http://www.tsw.berkeley.edu/

EWMBA eZine - Week of September 11, 2008

First Year Bloggers Wanted

The Life@Haas blog http://www.berkeleyewmbastudents.blogspot.com/ features an insider’s view of the life of EWMBA students at Haas for prospective students.

We’re looking for some first years to join the bloggers to share a combination of academics, career opportunities, social events, and your perspective of work/school/life balance.

To apply, please email the following to Anlei Lee anlei_lee@mba.berkeley.edu:
1. Interests ( Careers interests / Clubs that you are involved with, anything else interesting) (so that we show a well balanced picture of Haas)
2. Writing Sample or Link to your Blog (if you have one)


EWMBAA Group Football Tickets

Join your fellow EWMBA students and show your Cal Spirit! The EWMBAA Social Committee, together with the Berkeley/Columbia Executive MBA Program, has reserved a block of seats for two upcoming Cal football games this fall – Saturday, October 4, 2008 & Saturday, November 1, 2008. If you’re a lifelong fan or attending your 1st Cal football game, these will be great opportunities to cheer on the Cal team and enjoy a Saturday with your fellow MBA students.

**As an extra benefit, Saturday, October 4th is the Haas Homecoming Celebration and you will be able to participate in all the exciting events at Haas before the game. On Saturday, November 1, the EWMBAA Social Committee will plan a pre-game mixer (more details to follow).

All seats are priced at $34.00 and can be ordered at the following link. Timing for these games has not yet been confirmed.

https://www.groupticketwindow.com/groupticket/college/cal/group

UserID: berkeleymba
Password: mba

Please contact Tim Gaherty (gaherty@haas.berkeley.edu) if you have any questions.

Haas Leadership Club
The Haas Leadership Club is a group interested in defining and practicing leadership. Last year, we had some great successes including the Graduate Business Conference in April 2008. We've put together a line up for Fall 08 that will give us more of what Leadership Communications and the Leadership class started. Besides a natural interest, we're also looking for a small group of Full-Time and Evening & Weekend MBAs with commitment and passion who can eventually take over the club and steer it into the Spring and Fall of 09.
This Fall, we expect to be hosting events including:
Ø A media communications seminar session: professional insights on how to speak to the media (includes practice in front of a camera and mock press statement)
Ø Rich Lyons on leadership & leadership development at Goldman Sachs
Ø Practical exercises in Leadership
Ø Communication on the spot in a corporate and personal setting
Ø Leadership club movie: The Endurance - Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
Ø The Second Haas MBA Great Debate (subject TBD)
Ø Great speeches with Bill Sonnenschein: a chance to observe and learn the leadership styles of famous leaders

We also encourage non members to join our events, however, there will be a small fee to cover
the expense of hosting that event.

For more information, contact John Woods (john_woods@mba.berkeley.edu) or Will Wright(will_wright@mba.berkeley.edu). http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/leadersathaas/index.htm

Events This Week

Friday, September 12
*NEW* Berkeley-Columbia MBA Speaker Series: Krishna Kolluri
Saturday, September 13
*NEW* Haas Welcome Social – South Bay

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, September 17
*NEW* Haas Alumni Network: Taste of Haas

Thursday, September 18
Focus on the Firm: Boston Consulting Group

Saturday, September 20
*NEW* Haas Welcome Social - Berkeley

Saturday, October 4
*NEW* Haas Homecoming

To plan or check out new events, visit the Haas Calendar:
http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/calendar/


EVENTS THIS WEEK

Berkeley-Columbia MBA Speaker Series: Krishna Kolluri
Date: Friday, September 12
Time: 12pm
Location: Anderson Auditorium

The Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA Program is pleased to have Krishna
‘Kittu’ Kolluri, General Partner of New Enterprise Associates, speak at Haas. This lecture is open to the Haas School community and seats will be available on a first come, first serve basis.


Haas Welcome Social - Berkeley
Date: Saturday, September 13
Time: 4:15pm
Where: Red Robin, across from the Santa Clara Sun Campus
Hosted by Mandar Shinde mandar_shinde@mba.berkeley.edu.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Haas Alumni Network ”Taste of Haas”
Date: Wednesday, September 17
Time: 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Location: Williams-Sonoma Union Square Store, 340 Post Street, San Francisco

You are cordially invited by the Haas Alumni Network to our second annual 'TASTE OF HAAS,' a gala event featuring premier wineries, gourmet restaurants and premium specialty Bay Area food providers.

REGISTRATION: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid
$60 per person for early registration by September 3, 2008 $75 per person for registration after September 3rdNote: Attendees will receive a $25 gift certificate good at any Williams-Sonoma store. There will be a 10% discount offered for purchases made at the event.

Focus on the Firm: Boston Consulting Group
Date: Thursday, September 18
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: S489

Starting this month, the Career Services committee is organizing a series of events to highlight leading consulting firms. Each event will feature a Berkeley Alum from the featured firm who will provide an insider’s view of consulting in general and the firm in particular. Think of this as a mini firm-night with all of the information and none of the pressure. We are delighted to kick-off this series of events with Arif Janjua, Partner, Boston Consulting Group, San Francisco.

In order to maximize the return for all attendees, we encourage only those individuals to attend who are committed to consulting and who have used the resources available on CareerNet to obtain a reasonable understanding of this career path.

Bio:
Arif Janjua - Partner, Boston Consulting Group, San Francisco
Arif joined BCG in 2005. He is active in BCG’s Technology and Communications Practice Area. Arif has over 25 years experience in operational management and consulting in the high technology and services related industries. He has held many roles throughout his career. Prior to joining BCG Arif served as CEO of idrive, a storage services company, as President of Consumer Services at Infospace, and as Director of Marketing at Gould Electronics. His consulting experience includes leading the High Technology practice at A.T. Kearney, and serving as Managing Director of the worldwide Technology and Communications Practice at Strategic Decisions Group. Arif received his Bachelors and Masters in Electrical Engineering from the University of Windsor, Canada, and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley.


Haas Welcome Social - Berkeley
Date: Saturday, September 20, 2008
Time: 6:10pm
Where: Bear’s Lair, Lower Sproul, Berkeley Campus
Hosted by Carmen Chan Carmen_chan@mba.berkeley.edu and Mandar Shinde mandar_shinde@mba.berkeley.edu.


Haas Homecoming
Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008
Time: Lecture Series: 9:00am-10:45am, Andersen Auditorium
Fiesta Lunch: 10:45am-12:30pm, Haas Courtyard

Alumni and guests of the Haas School will reunite for a festive day back on campus. The annual Haas Homecoming Celebration kicks off with a workshop presentation "2.0 Technology Strategies." Haas will then host a special lecture by NEW Dean Rich Lyons discussing the state of the school. The day's activities include our pre-game Mexican Fiesta Luncheon in the Haas Courtyard with live music and special activities for kids. Then, it's off to Memorial Stadium to watch the Golden Bears defeat the Arizona State Sun Devils. Join us for a great day. All Haas alumni, faculty, students and guests are encouraged to join us!
Register by Monday, September 22 at: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/alumni/homecoming
Should you have any questions or need more information, please contact Meg Roundy, Assoc. Director, Student-Alumni Relations: meg@haas.berkeley.edu


DID YOU KNOW?
By showing your Student ID to Chipotle on Telegraph, you can get a FREE drink. That’s right. It’s FREE. Another perk of being a Cal student.