BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID:207@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160407T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20160407T181500 DTSTAMP:20231222T084334Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/worldmatters-social-ent erprise/ SUMMARY:WorldMatters: Can Business Change the World? Using Social Enterpris e to Solve Community Problems DESCRIPTION:\n\nThis program is presented as a part of WorldMatters\, a ser ies engaging Alaska's young leaders in global dialogue.\n\n\nJoin us at 4: 30pm for a social mixer with our guest speakers prior to the program start at 5:15pm. Beverages and light snacks will be available for purchase from Cyrano's Cafe. Please note that the Cyrano's Cafe only accepts cash.\n\n\ n\n\nOnline registration for this program is closed. Tickets may be purcha sed at the door.\n\nSpeaker Bios:\n\nDr. Yaso Thiru\, Professor of Account ing and Management\, Alaska Pacific University\nYaso teaches business at A laska Pacific University and as an educator\, would like to inspire her st udents to make a difference. After years of teaching accounting in the con text of profit maximization alone\, Yaso now explores how profits can be a tool for social and environmental justice. She focuses on problems in the community that would take entrepreneurial interventions to solve\, drawin g on her managerial accounting background. Yaso researches\, learns from\, and works with social entrepreneurs\, writing about what makes them succe ssful and how they impact their community\, and contributing to global res earch attempting to model social enterprises. She is inspired by social en trepreneurs and seeks to inspire others by sharing their stories.\n\n  \;\n\nEric McCallum\, President\, Arctic Wire Rope &\; Supply\nEric McC allum has extensive experience and has acted as a mentor in both business and philanthropy. He acts as an angel investor in market solutions to addr ess poverty and climate changed\, and is the guarantor and board member fo r MCE Social Capital (www.mcesocap.org) an innovative lending institution that has made $100 million of micro loans placed throughout the world by l everaging guarantees. He is also leading other Anchorage businesses in loo king at commercial energy efficiency as the cheapest form of new energy wi th superior return on investment when compared to other investments.\n\nMo derated by Corey Hester\, Communications &\; Program Director\, Anchora ge Chamber of Commerce\nCorey Hester is currently Communications &\; Pr ograms Director for the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce\, and Editor of thei r Advancing Anchorage MAG. He was first published as a journalist while wo rking for the Anchorage Daily News at age 16. Since then he has been featu red in numerous statewide publications. Corey is one of the most knowledge able people in Alaska on the “Millennial Generation” having founded bo th the largest student-run organization and the largest young professional organization in Alaska. He also helped pioneer the concept of Geotourism in Alaska in 2013 after working with various tourism executives looking to boost rural tourism opportunities. He helped create the Alaska Geotourism Charter and was co-chair of the organization\, which comprised dozens of tourism businesses and executives from around the state. In 2015\, he gave the first TED talk on geotourism in the world. Corey is an active member of the Board of Directors for Visit Anchorage and the Alaska World Affairs Council\, and is also the president of the Anchorage Downtown Community C ouncil. He’s a proud alum of East High School\, graduated with honors fr om the University of Alaska Anchorage with a B.A. in Journalism\, and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s HBX program.\n\n\n\nThe WorldMatt ers Series is sponsored by\n\n       \n\n \;\n\nThank you to our generous venue sponsor:\n\n\n\nThe WorldMatters Series is presented in pa rtnership with\n\n                         \n\n  \;\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/08/WorldMattersLogo-Draft.jpg CATEGORIES:WorldMatters LOCATION:Cyrano's Theatre Company\, 411 D St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, Uni ted States GEO:61.218267;-149.88908400000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=411 D St\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99501\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Cyrano's Theatre Company :geo:61.218267,-149.88908400000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anchorage X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anchorage BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20160313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0900 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:AKDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR