http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog News from the Babson College Community Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:18:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last night, November 17, about 40 people gathered to honor the many African people who traveled from Africa to the Americas, where those who survived the trip were sold into slavery. Unshackled Memory included an installation of paper boats painted in colors representing the vibrant hues of traditional Africa dress, as ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/11/18/unshackled-memory-%e2%80%93-a-truth-remembered/                                               On November 16, 2009, the OEM (Organizing for Effective Management) class met in Knight Auditorium for a challenge and hands-on lesson. They were told that NASA is their new client and that they must create a safe, cost-effective landing device for NASA’s spacecrafts. They were placed in teams, ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/11/18/nasa-the-customer-the-goal-to-create-a-safe-landing-craft/ Babson’s Center for Information Management Studies—better known as CIMS—and Boston Society for Information Management (SIM) held a Year Up ‘Class Field Trip’ today in Knight Auditorium.  About 100 young people participated in a workshop to learn:         About Babson from undergraduate admission dean Grant Gosselin, The meaning and value of networking ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/11/18/year-up-participants-get-valuable-tips-during-a-morning-at-babson/ I am near the end of a one-month trip to Asia, which included a few conference presentations and presentations at universities, as well as presenting a SEE module for Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (UNITAR) in Malaysia. The main part of my trip, however, was spent teaching ‘Entrepreneurship in China’ to ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/11/14/teaching-%e2%80%98entrepreneurship-in-china%e2%80%99-to-babson-students-in-china/   On Tuesday I attended a talk by visiting artist Elshafei Dafalla Mohamed in Sorenson Theater.  Then yesterday I was able to spend time talking to, and learning from, this remarkable man.  I was captivated by the artist/activist and fortunate for the opportunity to talk one on one.  The downside ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/11/13/artistactivist-elshafei-dafalla-mohamed/ I arrived in Narita Airport in Tokyo yesterday and was met by Yuka Nakatsumi, CEO of a new company named Miths.  Miths produces and distributes organic matcha green tea in powdered form that can be mixed with boiling water.  Each package includes 5 cup sized samples in a flat transparent ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/11/13/980/ The ISBE (Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship) conference just ended in Liverpool and I’d consider the conference quite a success.  The conference was held in the city’s Novas Contemporary Urban Centre, a venue designed as a hub for local employment and training.  The site was terrific.  It was such ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/11/08/uk-view-of-small-business-and-entrepreneurship/ "The surest way to live forever is through the giving of love, time, and money. To live today, we must earn and save; to live forever we must serve and give.”  —Roger W. Babson The third and final talk in the Wellesley Chamber of Commerce 2009 Babson College/Wellesley Bank Business Series ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/11/06/wellesley-chamber-hears-how-social-entrepreneurship-begins-to-change-the-world/ Last Friday - we held our signature event at Babson - Rocket Pitch Day. This was the 10th consecutive year for this event- and, this is absolutely the BEST of what Babson has to offer - and it symbolizes all that we are.  We had 75 student teams make their ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/11/05/rocket-pitch-day-at-babson/ Prof. William Bygrave says that "Entrepreneurship is the 'liberal arts' of a business education. It challenges students to behave both as generalists and specialists, to be creators and creative problem solvers, and to reason conceptually but to implement pragmatically."  Prof. Bygrave comments on this subject in the BusinessWeek story: "Business: ... http://blogs.babson.edu/babson_news_blog/2009/11/02/entrepreneurship-liberal-arts-of-a-business-education/