Updated 02/26/08

Seminars and Conferences of Interest

Contact Paula Kopka to have your seminar/conference announcements posted here.  Please include name, date, time, location, and topic.

Date:  Tuesday, March 25th (noon-1pm)
Speaker:  Susan Katz Froning, President & CEO of Nonprofit Enterprise at Work
Topic: Brown Bag Lunch: Myths and Realities of Working for a Nonprofit
Location:  Dana Building, Room 1028

The School of Natural Resources and Environment and the UM Career Center invite you to attend a session exploring the "Myths and Realities of Working for a Nonprofit."   

If you are considering a possible career with a nonprofit but not sure what to expect or just interested in learning more--this session will provide you with a good understanding of what it's really like to work for a nonprofit and to dispel myths surrounding this sector.  This will be an interactive session and students will have an opportunity to ask questions.

Susan Katz Froning is the President & CEO of Nonprofit Enterprise at Work (NEW) in Ann Arbor.  She joined NEW in 2000 from Ford Motor Company where she spent fourteen years representing Ford in international and US transactions, rising to the position of Assistant General Counsel for the company.  In her first year at NEW, Susan developed the popular BoardConnect program which connects nonprofit boards with potential volunteer board members and provides them with training to be effective board members. In addition to her CEO duties, Susan continues to work closely with area nonprofit boards and has served on the boards of Emerson School, Arts Alliance of Ann Arbor and the National Ginsberg Center Advisory Board.  Susan received her law degree from Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and her undergraduate degree in political science from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Date: Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 4:00-5:30 p.m. 
Speaker: Susanna Loeb, Stanford University
Topic: "Teacher Labor Supply Decisions  and Effectiveness in the Classroom"         
Location: TBD 

February 6 – 10, 2008
CALL for PAPERS, PLENARY SESSION IDEAS, AND PARTICIPATION
*ORGANIZATION SCIENCE WINTER CONFERENCE—2008*

Theme: ON the ORGANIZATION SCIENCE of EXTREME EVENTS
We are very pleased to announce the Fourteenth Anniversary Organization Science Winter Conference (OSWC-2008).  OSWC-2008 is  sponsored by Organization Science in order to stimulate theory and understanding about organizations through experimentation and boundary-crossing conversation. It combines the leading-edge ideas of  strategy and organization scholars, executives, entrepreneurs, and interested non-business scholars, in a community-enhancing setting. 

The time and place are February 6 – 10, 2008 at the Resort, 400 Squaw Creek Rd., Olympic Valley, California.