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Ashoka Exchange 2012 Student Planning Committee

Posted by Anonymous on March 23, 2011 at 1:32 PM MST

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ASU is hosting the Ashoka Exchange February 2012, and we are looking for committed student leaders to help ASU plan an unforgettable conference.

The Ashoka Exchange is designed to facilitate connections between diverse individuals involved in building social entrepreneurship courses, programs, and partnerships in higher education. We estimate 400 participants from over 100 universities will attend the Ashoka Exchange.
The goals of the Exchange are to:

  • -Fuel quality, growth and innovation in social entrepreneurship education
  • -Push disciplinary boundaries and promote interdisciplinary connections
  • -Boost applied research agendas
  • -Enhance educational returns both in and out of the classroom
  • -Create new career paths and employer connections
  • -Develop partnerships between campuses and with social entrepreneur practitioners
Student feedback will be important for workshop development, evening networking activities, TEDxAshokaU, among other components of the conference.
 
Requirements to participate:
  • Able to attend the following meetings:
    • Wednesday, April 13 and April 27, 12 p.m. - 1p.m. in the Fulton Center room 245-1 on the Tempe campus (If you are not a Tempe student you have an option to call in to the meeting.)
    • Twice a month in fall 2011 (dates to be determined)
  • Preference will be given to freshman or sophomore students but others may apply.
 
If you are interested in attending the Ashoka Exchange, please submit the following information to Regina.Duran@asu.edu by 5 p.m. on April 1, 2011.
 
Name:
 
Major/College/Year in School:
 
Clubs/Jobs/Volunteer Work that Relate to Social Entrepreneurship and/or event planning:
 
Please describe your interest in advancing social entrepreneurship at ASU (250 words).
 
Please describe your interest in helping plan the Ashoka Exchange 2012. (250 words)
 
As part of the Ashoka partnership, we are looking to expand our network at ASU – and you can help. Please list any faculty or student group advisors who engage in social entrepreneurship work.  We will invite them to be a part of our efforts.
 
What ideas do you have to strengthen social entrepreneurship at ASU? What groups or departments could we partner with that are not currently involved with social entrepreneurship but might be interested in joining us if they learned more?
 
Please describe one "big outside the box idea" you have for the Ashoka Exchange. Ideas can range from a speaker to invite, a workshop suggestion, an evening activity, a strategy about how to use technology, etc.
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