October 18, 2007 by (permalink)
"Entrepreneurship in Non-Profits and NGOs" is the title of the third workshop in a series of five that explores the application of entrepreneurial principles in a variety of settings beyond startup ventures. The workshop will be held at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 18, in Bowen Hall Auditorium.
Francis Pandolfi '65, the featured guest speaker for this workshop will focus on the application of entrepreneurial principles to NGOs and non-profits as a means of helping these organizations achieve their objectives.
The series was conceived by longtime entrepreneur and business school professor Julian Lange '65, a professor of entrepreneurship and public policy at Babson College. Professor Lange is currently serving as the inaugural Dean's Professor in Entrepreneurship in the Princeton University Center for Innovation in Engineering Education. Events in the series, sponsored by the Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, are free and open to the public.
About Francis Pandolfi '65
Francis P. Pandolfi is a Partner in the consulting firm Social Enterprise Strategies Group, LLC, which assists NGOs in improving their focus and efficiency.
In 1997 Mr. Pandolfi was designated as the first-ever Chief Operating Officer for the USDA Forest Service in Washington, D.C.
Previously he was the President and CEO of Times Mirror Magazines. The company's magazines included Golf, Yachting, Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, and many others.
Mr. Pandolfi was also with CBS Publications as Vice President, Group Publisher of the Special Interest Magazine Group including Road & Track, World Tennis, Audio, and over 40 newsstand periodicals and annuals.
He received his BSE degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Mr. Pandolfi is an Honorary Trustee of the National Environmental Education and Training Foundation and a Trustee and officer of The National Recreation Foundation. He has also, in the past, served as a Trustee of the National Audubon Society, a member of the National Council of the World Wildlife Fund, a Trustee of Trout Unlimited, The Aldo Leopold Foundation, the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, and he was on the Advisory Council of the American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. He was also on the Board of Trustees of the Recreation Roundtable, the Direct Marketing Association, the Magazine Publishers of America and the Advertising Council.
In 1993, Mr. Pandolfi received the Chevron Conservation Award, the nation's oldest and most prestigious conservation award. He also received the annual Distinguished Service Award of New York's South Street Seaport Museum and the 1993 Colorado Ski Country President's Award recognizing his leadership in the environmental arena. In 1999 he was honored by the National Ski Areas Association for his work in conservation.
About Dr. Julian Lange
Lange earned a bachelor's degree in economics from Princeton, an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard. He is the founder and president of the Chatham Associates management consulting firm. Previously, he served as president and CEO of Software Arts, Inc., which created VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet. His research interests include financing high-growth entrepreneurial ventures and the entrepreneurial challenges and opportunities presented by the Internet.
About the workshop series: Harnessing the Power of Entrepreneurship
The five workshops feature discussions with leaders who have used the entrepreneurial process to effect major changes in government, large corporations, not-for-profit organizations, higher education and economic development. The sessions will explore how the central themes of the entrepreneurial process -- including opportunity recognition, leveraging resources and creating value for stakeholders -- can be applied in business and non-business contexts to achieve objectives and build value.
See the full details for all of the workshops.
Additional events in the series, all occurring at 4:30 p.m., will take place Nov. 8 and Nov. 13. Future guest speakers include Francis P. Pandolfi '65, consultant to non-profits and NGOs and former chief operating officer of the U.S. Forest Service; Princeton Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel; Princeton professor of genomics David Botstein and director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics; Princeton computer scientist and director of the Center for Information Technology Policy Edward Felten; and Walter Skowronski, president of Boeing Capital Corporation and senior vice president of The Boeing Company.