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Stay tuned: New Hauser Center events for Fall 2007 will be posted for September 2007.
Below we have listed events, upcoming seminars, conferences and speaking engagements that the Hauser Center and its staff are either sponsored or participated in from January to May 2007.
For questions about events listed please
contact
Laura Ax.
| May | Happening | Details | Sponsored By |
| 5/30/07 Hauser Center 12:00pm |
Brown bag lunch with Elizabeth Keating on "Redefining the Overhead Debate." | Elizabeth Keating is a Senior Research Fellow of the Hauser Center and Lecturer of the Harvard Law School. Please bring your own lunch. Cookies and beverages will be provided. | Hauser Center |
| 5/23-27/07 Glasgow, UK |
Dave Brown presenting at CIVICUS World Assembly | David Brown will facilitate sessions on legitimacy and accountability at the 7th annual CIVICUS World Assembly, "Acting Together for a Just World." | CIVICUS |
| 5/14/07 Hauser Center 11:30-1:00pm |
Hauser Center Works in Progress Seminar with presenter Dave Brown on "Architecture and Governance in International Advocacy NGOs and Networks: Links to Advocacy, Performance, and Accountability." |
Works in Progress Seminars are open to faculty and students from Harvard and neighboring universities and space is limited to 25 people. Contact: Klara Kabadian to confirm your attendance. | Hauser Center |
| 5/7-10/07 Harvard |
Performance Measurement for Effective Management of Nonprofit Organizations Executive Education Program. | This intensive program is developed by the Social Enterprise Initiative at Harvard Business School and the Hauser Center and is conducted by the Kennedy School Executive Education program. Application deadline is April 13, 2007. For further information, click here. | Hauser Center, HBS, and Executive Education |
| 5/7/07 Hauser Center 12:00-1:30pm |
Brown bag lunch with Kathleen Buechel, Visiting Practitioner, on "Changing Corporate Philanthropy - Moving From Charity, to Citizenship and Sustainability - One Funder's View." | For 16 years, Kathy Buechel, former president of Alcoa Foundation, was involved in shaping the community investment of Alcoa Foundation, for many years the largest asset based corporate foundation in America. She offers one funders perspective on the journey from charity to citizenship and sustainability. For Kathy Buechel's bio, click here. | Hauser Center |
| 5/2/07 Harvard Kennedy School Wiener Audit, Taubman Building 4:00 pm |
Presentation on "Peace Building and Early Childhood Education: A Critical Alliance" by Zulfu Livaneli and Ayla Gocer. | ZULFU LIVANELI - internationally acclaimed artist, peace activist, film producer and author - leads a discussion on his internationally acclaimed novel and film Bliss. AYLA GOCER, CEO, ACEV, one of Turkeys most active NGOs which is focused on improving literacy and educational standards for socio-economically underprivileged females in the country. | Kokkalis Program |
| April | Happening | Details | Sponsored By |
| 4/30/07 Hauser Center 11:30-1:00pm |
Hauser Center Works in Progress Seminar with Thomasina Borkman, George Mason University Department of Sociology and Anthropology, on "Alcoholics Anonymous and the Sober House Movement." |
Works in Progress Seminars are open to faculty and students from Harvard and neighboring universities and space is limited to 25 people. Contact: Klara Kabadian to confirm your attendance. | Hauser Center
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| 4/26/07 Harvard Kennedy School Land Lecture Hall, Belfer Building 6:00 pm |
Bill Drayton, CEO and founder, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public will present on "Ashoka 2.0: Social Entrepreneurship Revisited." | Bill Drayton discusses "Ashoka 2.0: Social Entrepreneurship Revisited. Building an institution to lead the global movement of making Everyone a Changemaker. The presentation will be moderated by Prof. Gordon Bloom, Director, Harvard SE Lab, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy. | Harvard Social Entrepreneurship Collaboratory (SE Lab) and Hauser Center |
| 4/25/07 Hauser Center 11:30-1:00pm |
Gordon Wheeler, CEO, Esalen Institute, Mark Nicolson, co-founder & Principal, Ventana Group will discuss "Esalen Institute: Founder and Board in Transition" | Esalen is a non-profit organization that has been devoted to the exploration of human potential since the 1960's. Lunch will be served at this presentation. Attendance is limited, please RSVP to Daniel Rosen. | Harvard Social Entrepreneurship Collaboratory (SE Lab) and Hauser Center |
| 4/19/07 Harvard 12:00-2:00pm |
Nonprofit Governance and Accountability Seminar presented by Nancy Kane, Professor of Management, Harvard School of Public Health, | The Seminar is part of a series of the Nonprofit Governance and Accountability Project. The Seminar is by invitation only. | Hauser Center and Harvard Law School |
| 4/16/07 Hauser Center 11:30-1:00pm |
Hauser Center Works in Progress Seminar with Alnoor Ebrahim. |
Works in Progress Seminars are open to faculty and students from Harvard and neighboring universities and space is limited to 25 people. Contact: Klara Kabadian to confirm your attendance. | Hauser Center |
| 4/2/07 Hauser Center 11:30-1:00pm |
Hauser Center Works in Progress Seminar with Emily Barman, Boston University Department of Sociology, on "Historical-Comparative Study of Measurement/Quantification in the U.S. and U.K. Nonprofit Sectors." |
Works in Progress Seminars are open to faculty and students from Harvard and neighboring universities and space is limited to 25 people. Contact: Klara Kabadian to confirm your attendance. | Hauser Center |
| March | Happening | Details | Sponsored By |
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3/22/07 Harvard Kennedy School Nye A, Taubman 12:00 - 1:00 pm |
Lucy Knight presents "The Theorist-Activist: Jane Addams and the Development of Political Consciousness." | Lucy Knight, author of Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy, will present this lecture. Please RSVP to wapp@harvard.edu | Woman and Public Policy Program and Hauser Center |
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3/21/07 Hauser Center 12:00 pm |
Hauser Center brown bag lunch with Jared (Jed) Hoffman on "Scaling-up Anti-Retroviral Treatment in 9 countries - A Faith-based Initiative." | Jed Hoffman, Chief of Party for the AIDSRelief ART Project, Catholic Relief Services, will lead a brown bag discussion. | Hauser Center |
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3/19/07 Hauser Center 11:30-1:00pm |
Hauser Center Works in Progress Seminar with Jo Ann Schneider, George Washington University Department of Anthropology, on "Federation Goals Versus Agency Autonomy in Faith-Based Organizations." |
Works in Progress Seminars are open to faculty and students from Harvard and neighboring universities and space is limited to 25 people. Contact: Klara Kabadian to confirm your attendance. | Hauser Center |
| 3/15/07 Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center, 85 West Newton St., Boston 7:00-9:00pm |
Latino event: Fine artist Miguel Luciano. | Part of a series of events to explore the creation and management of the artistic and cultural products of transnational identities and examine how they are positioned with respect to ethnic and homeland art. All events are open to the public. | Transnational Studies Initiative |
| 3/15/07 Cambridge, MA |
Symposium: Capital Ideas: Moving from Short-Term Engagement to Long Term Sustainability. | The symposium will convene a small group of funders, researchers, practitioners and others in the field to highlight promising funding practices that support building organizational capacity, long term financial health and enhanced program performance by grantees. The symposium is by invitation only. | Hauser Center and Nonprofit Finance Fund |
| 3/5/07 Hauser Center 11:30-1:00pm |
Hauser Center Works in Progress Seminar with Rachel McCleary, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, on "Private Voluntary Agencies in International Relief and Development." |
Works in Progress Seminars are open to faculty and students from Harvard and neighboring universities and space is limited to 25 people. Contact: Klara Kabadian to confirm your attendance. | Hauser Center |
| 3/1/07 Cambridge YMCA, 820 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge 7:00-9:00pm |
South Asian event: Samina Ali, author of critically acclaimed novel Madras on Rainy Days. | Part of a series of events to explore the creation and management of the artistic and cultural products of transnational identities and examine how they are positioned with respect to ethnic and homeland art. All events are open to the public. | Transnational Studies Initiative |
| February | Happening | Details | Sponsored By |
| 2/15/07 Josiah Quincy Elementary School Auditorium, 885 Washington St., Boston 7:00-9:00pm |
Asian Event: Spoken word artist Giles Li | Part of a series of events to explore the creation and management of the artistic and cultural products of transnational identities and examine how they are positioned with respect to ethnic and homeland art. All events are open to the public. | Transnational Studies Initiative |
| 2/15/07 Harvard 12:00-2:00pm |
Nonprofit Governance and Accountability Seminar presented by John DiIulio Jr. on "For What? For Whom?: Catholic Nonprofits and the Tax-Exempt Sector." | The Seminar is part of a series of the Nonprofit Governance and Accountability Project and will include a response and commentary from J. Bryan Hehir. The Seminar is by invitation only. | Hauser Center and Harvard Law School |
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2/7/07 Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Boston 6:00 pm |
Peter Dobkin Hall presents "No Margin; No Mission: Mount Auburn Cemetery as a Charitable Enterprise" as part of the Mount Auburn Cemetery 175th Anniversary celebration lecture series, Facets of Mount Auburn. | Hall will lecture on Mount Auburn Cemetery as a charitable enterprise and how non-profit organizations in 19th century Boston were founded with a mission and the imperative to be entrepreneurial. This event is free and open to the public by registering online at this site. | Mount Auburn Cemetery and The Boston Foundation |
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2/5/07 Hauser Center 11:30-1:00pm |
Hauser Center Works in Progress Seminar with Saida Hodzic, UCSF/UCB Joint Medical Anthropology Program, on "Women's NGOs, Donors, and the Postcolonial Ghanaian State." |
Works in Progress Seminars are open to faculty and students from Harvard and neighboring universities and space is limited to 25 people. Contact: Klara Kabadian to confirm your attendance. | Hauser Center |
| January | Happening | Details | Sponsored By |
| 1/29/07 Harvard |
Phillips Brooks House Association Officer's Training. | Tiziana Dearing and Jim Honan will deliver a training they designed for the officers of Phillips Brooks House Association, a student-run public service organization at Harvard. | Hauser Center and Phillips Brooks House Association |
