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DPNI Book Club - The Responsibility Revolution

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (MT)

Denver, CO

DPNI Book Club - The Responsibility Revolution

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Please join us for a casual evening of discussion with fellow sustainability professionals. We'll be focusing on the ideas presented in Jeffrey Hollender's new book The Responsibility Revolution: How the Next Generation of Businesses Will Win.
 
You have plenty of time to pick up the book now and start reading! The Responsibililty Revolution is available at most bookstores, including Tattered Cover, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.
 
Not enough time for reading these days? No problem! Reading the book is NOT a requirement for this book club. We'll present the major ideas to get the conversation rolling.
 
If you're planning to attend, please RSVP so we have an idea of how many to expect. This free event is open to both Net Impact members and non-members.
 

 

A synopsis of the book from the Tattered Cover website:

"How to create a company that not only sustains, but surpasses-that moves beyond the imperative to be 'less bad' and embrace an ethos to be 'all good'.

From the Inspired Protagonist and Chairman of Seventh Generation, the country's leading brand of household products and a pioneering "good company," comes a one-of-a-kind book for leaders, entrepreneurs, and change agents everywhere. The Responsibility Revolution reveals the smartest ways for companies to build a better future-and hold themselves accountable for the results. Thousands of companies have pledged to act responsibly; very few have proven that they know how. This book will guide them. The Responsibility Revolution presents fresh ideas and actionable strategies to commit your company to a genuine socially and environmentally responsible business and culture, one that not only competes but wins on values.

  • Points the way for innovators and influencers to generate trust by becoming transparent, elicit people's passion and creativity, turn customers into collaborators, transform critics into allies, rewrite the rules and reinvent business
  • Shows how to build a socially and environmentally responsible yet genuinely good company and an authentic brand
  • Drawing on groundbreaking interviews with real-world change leaders, Hollender and Breen present lessons and insights from the "good company"' parts of big companies like IBM and eBay, trailblazers like Patagonia and Timberland, and emerging dynamos like Linden Lab and Etsy

The Responsibility Revolution equips people with the tactics, models, and mind-sets they need to compete in a world where consumers now demand that companies contribute to the greater good."

 

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Common Grounds
1550 17th Street, Suite 110
Denver, CO

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (MT)


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Net Impact is an international nonprofit organization with a mission to inspire, educate, and equip individuals to use the power of business to create a more socially and environmentally sustainable world. Spanning six continents, our membership makes up one of the most influential networks of professionals and students in existence today. Net Impact members are current and emerging leaders in CSR, social entrepreneurship, nonprofit management, international development, and environmental sustainability who are actively improving the world. For more information, including membership information and to subscribe to Net Impact's Leading Business newsletter, visit www.netimpact.org