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Club News in Brief
Support for Environmental issues
in Mexico
On November 14, 2007, the Wharton
Club of Mexico City held a cocktail
party and art auction to support Global
Healing AC, a not-for-profit organization
that is focused on environmental
issues in Mexico. “The assistance
was great and we remember the events
of a very active year of the Mexico City
Club in 2007,” wrote Club President Oscar R. Diaz Flores, WG’96.
Alumni of Multiple Business
Schools Converge for Mixer in India
An alumni mixer, the first of its
kind, with alumni from Harvard,
Wharton, Chicago, Stanford, and
MIT (Sloan), was held at The Dome,
Hotel Intercontinental, Mumbai on
July 27, 2007. The Wharton Club of
India took the lead in getting the other
clubs to participate. Building on the
success of the event, a second mixer
was held for alumni of the same business
schools as well as Kellogg at The
Wink, Hotel President, Mumbai on
January 25, 2008.
In between those two events, the
club held an interesting panel discussion
on “Implications of the Emergence
of India” on October 25, 2007, at
Oberoi Hotel, Mumbai. Visiting leaders
from Wharton shared some of the
exciting new initiatives at Wharton
and also their perspectives on emerging
India. The panel included Wharton
management professor Michael Useem,
Vice Dean of Executive Education
Tom Colligan, and Executive Director
and Editor-in-Chief of Knowledge@
Wharton, Mukul Pandya.
New Jersey Hosts Improv Workshop
On Tuesday, January 29, members of the
Wharton Club of New Jersey (WCNJ)
and their guests gathered for an out-of
the-box event that entertained and enlightened all. The program, Improv for
Business, received ratings from those in
attendance that were among the highest
in the club’s six-year history. Led by
learning development consultant and
master of improvisation Eric Brunner,
participants loosened their ties, removed
their jackets, and interacted in ways they
(most likely) never had before — à la the
popular improvisational TV program Whose Line Is It Anyway? According to Ken Wolf, W’87, WCNJ President and
event co-chair, “Eric brought out the
hidden thespian in all of us, but in a way
that had direct applicability to our professional
lives. He helped us find ways to
be more creative, spontaneous, and accepting
and encouraging of others in the
workplace, with the goal of producing
more positive business outcomes. And
he did so in a highly participatory way,
resulting in what most would agree was
our most uproarious event ever.”
Many WCNJ events focus on hard
skills like finance, management, and
marketing. However, it’s often the events
that cater to the softer side of business
that are the most interactive and memorable.
”Increasing member-to-member
interaction is one of our primary goals as
a club,” said Membership Vice President Jess Germansky, W’80, EMTM’02.
“Events like these are critical to meeting
those goals and helping our members to
build stronger relationships.”
WCNJ highly recommends this
event to other clubs looking for an evening
of fun, interaction, and professional
development — all wrapped up
in one.
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