Tulane Premiere Dates on Research Channel

Burkenroad Symposium on Business and Society: Social Entrepreneurship: Creating Change

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Airdates - Central:February 17 @ 10:00am & 4:00pm

on Channel 76, Cox cable, and Channel 901 Bellsouth Americast

Sometimes the world's social problems can not or should not be addressed by government. Enter the Social Entrepreneur. These innovative people have found solutions to many problems by combining their social expertise with business acumen to create new organizations that are, as London School of Business Dean Laura Tyson describes them, 'a new kind of business hero.' She defines social entrepreneurs as 'one driven by a social mission, a desire to find innovative ways to solve social problems.' The 2004 Burkenroad Symposium addresses the issue with three scholars who, having written extensively on the subject, share examples of how social entrepreneurs have changed the world.

Speakers: Art Brief, host; Lawrence Martin Chair of Business; director, William B. and Evelyn Burkenroad Institute, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane UniversitySusan Davis, founding member, Grameen Foundation USADavid Bornstein, author, "How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas"J. B. Schramm, founder, College Summit