Speaker: Woody Tasch & John Lipman
Date: Nov 30, 2009
[from Larry Levenson: I recently attended the Socially Responsible Investing Conference with foundation and fund managers from across the country. One of our most captivating speakers was Wood Tasch, founder of a new non-governmental organization (NGO) called Slow Money.] Could there ever be an alternative stock exchange dedicated to slow, small, and local? Could a million American families get their food from CSAs? What if you had to invest 50 percent of your assets within 50 miles of where you live? Such questions—at the heart of slow money—represent the first steps on our path to a new economy. The Slow Money Alliance presents an essential new strategy for investing in local food systems and introduces a group of fiduciary activists who are exploring what should come after industrial finance and industrial agriculture. Theirs is a vision for investing that puts soil fertility into return-on-investment calculations and serves people and place as much at it serves industry sectors and markets. Woody Tasch is president of the newly formed NGO, Slow Money, and is Chairman Emeritus of Investors’ Circle, a nonprofit network of angel investors, venture capitalists, foundations, and family offices that, since 1992, has facilitated the flow of $130 million to 200 early-stage companies and venture funds dedicated to sustainability. He lives in northern New Mexico.
Speaker: Rushton Hurley
Date: Nov 23, 2009
Our Internet Communication Chair, Rushton Hurley, travels around the United States helping teachers to use multimedia and online tools to help better engage their students in their learning. This week, he takes a shot at teaching us how to tell the stories of what we do as we serve our communities using a digital tool that you probably already have on your computer.
Speaker: Budi Soehardi
Date: Nov 16, 2009
Our speaker is Budi Soehardi, a Rotarian who with his family has built an orphanage in Timor. His story is one of ten one can read in this year's CNN Heroes: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Impact. From these ten one will be chosen for the Hero of the Year after voting ends this Thursday. His story is powerful, and all the more so when one understands that his pilot's salary has been the principal source of support for the orphanage. This month, however, he is losing his job as a result of airline budget cuts, but believes that like so much of the experience with the orphanage, things will work out. We always ask our guests to contribute the cost of a meal toward our club's projects, but today, we ask for something more: please consider supporting Budi with your vote at the CNN website (http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cnn.heroes/).
Speaker: Dr. Francine Hardaway
Date: Nov 09, 2009
This week's meeting is by one of our own, Dr. Francine Hardaway. She describes herself as one who has been a member of Rotary, "on and off," for over a decade, but joined our club in June of 2008. Francine is well-known for the work she does to promote young businesses, and has special insights on the possibilities of entrepreneurship. As an entrepreneur, she built the largest marketing/public relations firm in Phoenix, Arizona before leaving it to join Intel, and now is a founding partner of Stealthmode (http://www.stealthmode.com/), including writing a widely-read blog on its web site. Francine was an Entrepreneurial Fellow at the Berger Center of the Eller School of Business, University of Arizona and has taught entrepreneurship at several Arizona colleges. She makes her home in Phoenix, Arizona and Half Moon Bay, California. Today you will read about her work to make entrepreneurship an avenue for young people with formidable challenges. Enjoy the program!
Speaker: Tom Hofeller
Date: Nov 02, 2009
Dr. Tom Hofeller developed the early reapportionment by computer system in the early '70s in Southern California, was co-founder of the Rose Institute at what is now Claremont McKenna College and along with his teaching and research careers worked on many campaign strategy committees, especially for Republican candidates. In 1982 he joined the Republican National Committee (RNC) in Washington D.C. as MIS director and later Redistricting Director, has assisted the U.S. House Committee on House Oversight with respect to Subcommittee on the census and became staff director of the Subcommittee in 1998. After spending 4 years in again with the RNC as Redistricting Director he was appointed by the Bush Administration to work at the Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency. He currently is a consultant on redistricting for the RNC in Washington D.C.
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