Overview of the UC Davis GSM Working Professional Net Impact Chapter

1. Where Good Works

2. Contents
• Welcome to Net Impact
• The opportunity
• Net Impact and You
• Who is the network?
• What do we do?
• How to get involved
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3. Welcome to Net Impact
Net Impact is a new generation of leaders who
use our careers to tackle the world’s toughest
problems.
By doing so, we show the world it’s possible to
make a net impact that benefits not just the bottom
line – but people and planet, too.
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4. The Opportunity
MAKE DOING GOOD AN INTEGRAL PART OF YOUR JOB.
Together, we spend about half our waking hours at work each
year.
• That’s more than 250 billion collective hours.
• Yet volunteering accounts for only 3 billion hours.
What if we could spend more of our working hours
creating social and environmental change, instead of
squeezing our impact into nights and weekends?
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5. “The people changing the
world can be found in every
industry, in every company, in
every function. Net Impact
brings these people together,
helping them integrate these
values into their work.”
- Liz Abbett, Lifetime Member
Program Manager, Value Chain Compliance
and Social Responsibility | Cisco Systems
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6. Net Impact and You
Learn about careers in sustainability, corporate
responsibility, social entrepreneurship, and more.
Connect to people already making an impact in companies
large and small, nonprofits, and social ventures, to share
ideas and find out how others do it.
Lead change in your community, in your workplace, or on
your campus, while developing crucial skills to move you
forward.
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7. Who is the network?
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8. Vijesh is the Network….
Evaluated water purification in Rwanda.
Provided free, clean drinking water to
300,000 children.
Created a financially sustainable and
scalable business model.
Chapter: Net Impact Haas
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9. Jeslin is the Network….
Created a new industrial recycling stream.
Diverted 80,000 lbs. & counting of
fiberglass waste from landfill.
Saving company ~$50,000/year.
Chapter: Net Impact Minneapolis
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10. Who is in our Network?
There are many ways we can help our
community, our places of work and our
world.
Will you be the next to make an Impact?
Chapter: UC Davis Working Professional
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11. Building our network, together
Our chapter needs:
• Passionate Paying Members
• Board of Directors netimpact.org/join
• Sustainability
• Corporate Responsibility
• Social Entrepreneurship
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12. What do we do locally?
• Special Events
• Networking Opportunities
• Impact Programs
° Service Corps – Become a strategic consultant for a local non-
profit
° Board Fellows – Become a non-voting board member of a local
non-profit
° Impact at Work – Use Net Impact tools and resources to
implement activities to bring about social change in your work
and community
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13. What do we do globally?
• Annual Net Impact Conference
• Issues in Depth webinar series
• Online Career Center & Job Board
• Online member networking
• Resources & publications
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14. Important Events
Webinars: Events
May 9th: 5 must do’s for engaging May 25th: Sustainability tour of
employees in sustainability Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
May 10th: Impact at work: green
behavior in the workplace
Oct 25th- 27th: 2012 Net Impact
May 17th: Tackling world health: Conference, Baltimore, MD
Merck for mothers
May 25th: Infinite vision: The world’s
greatest business case for
compassion
June 22nd: An insider look at recruiting
Visit: http://netimpact.org/learn
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15. Joining is Easy
• Connect with your local chapter today
° https://sites.google.com/site/niucdba/
° netimpactba@gmail.com
° http://www.facebook.com/UCDavisProNetImpactChapter
• Join Net Impact online
° netimpact.org/join
° Basic membership is free
° Supporting membership gives you access to
the job board, member network, and more.
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16. Membership Benefits
• Online Member Directory privileges,
including your complete professional profile
• Publications & newsletters to stay up-to-date
• Local impact programs to build skills and
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make on-the-ground change
• Online Career Center & Job Board access
• Conference discount
• All-access pass to our weekly Issues in Depth
interactive webinar series
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17. netimpact.org/join
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