Newswise — "Adding Value to Your Business: How Spirituality Improves Profits and Well-Being" is the focus of Babson College's Eighth International Symposium on Business and Spirituality.
The March 22, 2005 symposium is designed to reveal specific and practical methods to transform the current business environment into one that uplifts the human spirit while respecting the bottom line.
Speakers and panelists include the following persons.
"¢ Ben Cohen, co-founder and former CEO of Ben and Jerry's and current president of TrueMajority.org and of Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, a group of 1000 business leaders working to fund social needs at no additional taxpayer expense.
"¢ Linda Mason, founder and President of the Bright Horizons Family Solutions, the nation's largest provider of employer-sponsored early childhood education, operating over 480 child development centers in thirty-eight states and serving over 55,000 families.
"¢ Julius Walls, Jr., of Greyston Bakery and the Greyston Foundation, a values driven network of not-for-profit and for-profit organizations founded to help transform the lives of individuals, families and communities.
"¢ Erik Muten and Tim Holcolm of DramaWorks Interactive, a consulting company that uses the power of theatre to simulate the personal and interpersonal contexts for good decision-making.
"¢ Rick Goossen, CEO of M & A Capital Corp. and professor of entrepreneurial strategy and finance at Trinity Western University (Canada).
"¢ Sylvia LaFair, Creative Energy Options, Inc.
"¢ Janet Britcher, President of Transformation Management.
"¢ Linda Brown-San Martin, Gospel Choir Director, Lesley University and Regis College.
"¢ Musical Ensemble's Michelle Herrera Foster and Ben Sheppard.
Aaron Feuerstein, former president and CEO of Malden Mills Industries, Inc. will present the Aaron Feuerstein Spirituality and Business Award during the closing ceremony.
Visit http://www.babson.edu/events/spiritualityandbusiness for details and registration, or email: Spirit&[email protected], or telephone: 781-239-5631.
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