EWMBA eZine - Week of January 22, 2009

EWMBAA Committees

Welcome back to the Spring Semester!

As you consider finalizing your class schedule, also think about what EWMBAA Committees you might want to join. Applications to join committees will be available in upcoming weeks.

Below are brief descriptions of what each committee does.

(1) ACADEMIC AFFAIRS: Works to resolve a wide range of academic and administrative issues with the EWMBA program office and Haas school administration.

(2) ADMISSIONS: Helps the school admissions office to attract the best applicants and welcome newly admitted students. Helps integrate first-year students into the school and promotes the concerns of first year students.

(3) ALUMNI RELATIONS: Promotes communications and interaction among current students and the Haas Alumni Network and individual alumni. Promotes Haas EWMBAs among business leaders, and enhances the exposure of EWMBAs to the business community.

(4) CAREER SERVICES: Advocates improvements to the range and quality of career-management and job-search services available through the Career Center to EWMBA students.

(5) COMMUNICATIONS: Facilitates communications and the flow of information among EWMBA students and other groups in the Haas community through our online newsletter, website and other appropriate channels.

(6) COMMUNITY SERVICE: Facilitates the involvement of EWMBA students in community-service activities, and works to recognize the contribution of volunteers.

(7) SOCIAL: Organize social and networking events for students, including with students in other programs or with alumni.

(8)*NEW* TECHNOLOGY: This new committee will work closely with Haas IT to improve student experiences for all technology related aspects including web services, computing, and off-site access.

Look for the applications soon and in the mean time, ask yourself – which of these areas are you most passionate about and where could you make a difference?

- Your EWMBAA Executive Committee – Anlei, Vijay, Amy, Abe

Update your CalNet ID

It’s time to update your CalNet ID. Go here to make this mandatory change. The deadline to do this is January 31, 2009.

Saturday Classes

Know where you’re going and print this location schedule out: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/EWMBA/SPR09SAT.htm. Inevitably, someone will be in the wrong place Saturday morning and we don’t want it to be you.

EVENTS

Schwab Charitable Speakers - Corporate Foundations: Strategy & Impact
Date: Tuesday, January 27
Time: 5:00 – 6:15 PM
Location: Wells Fargo Room (light refreshments will be served)

** RSVP by January 23rd at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=N6Cp7Tn8_2bB0BuB7f0x7F0g_3d_3d

Moderator: Kim Wright-Violich, President, Schwab Charitable

Panelists:
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, President, Charles Schwab Foundation
Bobbi Silten, Chief Foundation Officer, GAP Foundation
Tim Silva, Senior Vice President, Regional Community Development Director for the Greater Bay Area Region, Wells Fargo.


Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum
Prediction Markets: Entrepreneurial Opportunities In Fortune Telling
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2009
Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Location: Andersen Auditorium

Wouldn't it be great to know the future? Imagine being able to accurately forecast future sales, assess the likelihood of success for a new startup or anticipate how well stocks will perform. Now we don't need to rely on fortune tellers, palm readers or tarot cards. Enter prediction markets - "smart" markets capable of accurately predicting outcomes of uncertain future events by harnessing what author James Surowiecki coined "the wisdom of crowds." They have been used to predict Oscar winners, the 2008 Presidential election and corporate strategies, among other things. This month's Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum takes a fresh look at this new crystal ball. Our panel of experts will focus on the usefulness and accuracy of different prediction strategies - from prediction market software to experimental economics which replicates market and business scenarios in the lab. You won't want to miss this window into the future, especially given how volatile these days have been.

Our distinguished panel includes:
· Kay-Yut Chen, principal scientist at Hewlett-Packard
· Mat Fogarty, co-founder and CEO of Xpree
· Kirill Makharinsky, co-founder of YouNoodle.com

Student pre-registrations must be received by Tuesday, January 20th 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 your 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.
For more information about the Forum, please visit our website at http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/bef/jan09forum.html.

Sign up for the Lester Center mailing list at: http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/main/contact.html


Peers@Haas
Date: Sunday, February 1
Time: 8:30AM – 12:30PM
Location: Bank of America Forum, Haas

Peers@Haas is one of the programs in our suite of experiential learning opportunities offered at Haas. Peers@Haas will provide you with an opportunity to achieve positive, long-term measurable change in one behavior you identify to elevate your leadership potential.

Marshall Goldsmith (http://www.marshallgoldsmithlibrary.com/), a coach for CEOs of many of the world’s leading companies, a prominent speaker and educator, and the well-known author of many books and articles on leadership. His most recent book, “What Got You Here Won't Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful,” has been ranked among the top 5 best sellers in management and leadership books on Amazon.com. He is one of the foremost authorities on how to help leaders achieve positive, measurable changes in their own behavior and in the behavior of their teams.

After attending this lively and valuable workshop, you can then decide whether you want to make a deeper commitment during the semester-long Peers@Haas program.

To sign up to attend the workshop, please click http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=gFtjDxuItik8RvWBFJhh5Q_3d_3d and fill out the brief sign-up survey.
Continental breakfast will begin at 8:30 am; the workshop will begin at 9 am.

Clean Tech Speaker Series: Can China Go Green?
JUCCCE - Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy
Date: Thursday, February 5
Time: 12:30PM – 2PM
Location: Haas – Room TBD
Please RSVP at http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB228QGV2P3K6

For questions on this event, please email Limiao_cheng@mba.berkeley.edu or Emily_smith@mba.berkeley.edu

- Is it possible for China to go big and go green at the same time?
- How can international collaboration be more effective in climate change talks?
- Why has JUCCCE become a leading energy non-profit organization in China in a short year and a half?
- What international clean tech volunteer opportunities are there with JUCCCE?

Speaker Peggy Liu is the Chairperson of JUCCCE. She was named one of Time Magazine' s 2008 Environmental Heroes. Peggy was an advisor to the Clinton Global Initiative 2008 Energy & Climate Change working group. Most recently, Peggy was COO of Mustang Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund in Shanghai, China. Peggy, an active alumna of MIT, created the MIT Forum on the Future of Energy in China from which JUCCCE was formed. In the 1990's Peggy was known as an Internet executive and pioneer in Silicon Valley. Peggy has a B.S. from MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. She has been in non-profit leadership positions for most of her life.

The Joint US-China Cooperation on Clean Energy (JUCCCE) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to accelerate the greening of China through international collaboration on impactful programs. JUCCCE programs focus on delivering near-term results in areas of greatest impact to transform the way China uses and creates energy. Established in 2007, JUCCCE has offices in San Francisco, Shanghai, and Beijing. For more information, please visit http://www.juccce.com/.