MBAs Lend Their Skills to Nonprofit Boards

You're receiving this newsletter because you've requested it from us. Having trouble reading this email? View it on your browser. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe. MBA Express Dec 14, 2011 This Week's Top Story Saving the World MBAs Lend Their Skills to Nonprofit Boards Programs that pair MBAs with nonprofits that need their skills are giving students a way to obtain board experience and have a social impact More Top Stories MBA Journal: B-School Update MBA Journal: B-School MythBuster "The team-building exercise for which I had such disdain helped me enter the academic year more confident and closer to my classmates" Newsmaker Q&A Public Relations: Coming to a B-School Near You The Public Relations Society of America is trying to bring corporate communication and reputation management into the MBA curriculum, where a new study suggests it's sorely lacking Blog: Business School, Explained Check out our video blog for tips and expert advice on choosing the right B-school and making the most of your time there Business School Forum Connect with fellow students and recent alumni of the MBA program you're about to start, and start networking before you arrive on campus 'Tis the Season to Analyze Gift-Giving Here are a few examples of the kind of studies business school faculty are undertaking to help retailers better understand their customers, and to help buyers shop smarter. This newsletter is a FREE service provided by BusinessWeek.com. To sign up for other newsletters, cancel delivery, change delivery options or change your e-mail address, please go to our Newsletter Preferences page. If you need other assistance, please contact Customer Service or contact: Dustine Peterson Bloomberg Businessweek Customer Rights 2005 Lakewood Drive, Boone, IA 50036 dpeterson@cds-global.com To learn more about how BusinessWeek.com applies this policy, you can contact our Marketing Department. This week in MBA Express Dear Reader: By now it should be no secret that the most recent generation of b-school students, members of the famously idealistic Millennial generation, want to use their MBAs to fix the world's problems. So it should also come as no surprise that more of them are gravitating toward programs that allow them to do just that-while still in school. As Alison Damast writes, these so-called Board Fellows programs place MBAs on nonprofit boards and require them to do a project that utilizes their business skills, such as analyzing the organization's fund-raising efforts or developing marketing or social media plans. The organizations benefit from the students' skills and youthful enthusiasm; the students get to put their classroom learning to a real-world test and indulge their inner idealist. As a way to solve two problems in a single stroke, that's hard to beat. Louis Lavelle, Business Schools Editor, Bloomberg Businessweek Louis Lavelle Advertisement Business School Resources Business Schools Rankings and Profiles Tool: Compare Businesss Schools Business Schools Calendar Blog: Getting In Advertisement Unsubscribe Manage Subscriptions Change your E-Mail Marketting Department Privacy Policy Terms of Use Copyright 2009-2011 by BLOOMBERG L.P. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED