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The Element: A New View of Human Capacity

In conversation with Rick Wartzman, director, Drucker School of Management
Thursday, January 29, 2009
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The author of Out of Our Minds: Learning to Be Creative overcame polio to become one of the world's leaders in the development of creativity in business, education and human resources. Hear him hold forth on the potential and capacity of truly \"human\" resources.

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Fresh Approaches to Branding and Marketing

In conversation with Lisa Napoli, journalist
Thursday, March 5, 2009
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Resnick, who is one of Working Woman's Top 50 U.S. Women Business Owners began her career at the age of 19, when she founded a full-service advertising agency. She is behind the marketing success of brands such as POM Wonderful, Fiji Water and Teleflora. She and her husband Stewart also own Paramount Farms and Paramount Citrus Companies, making them the largest farmers of tree crops in the U.S.

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When Markets Collide: Investment Strategies in the Age of Global Economic Change

In conversation with David Lazarus, business columnist, Los Angeles Times
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
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Global investment guru El-Erian is published widely on international economics and financial topics, has served as Managing Director of Salomon Smith Barney/Citigroup in London and has enjoyed a 15-year career at the International Monetary Fund. He previously served as President and CEO of Harvard Management Company and as a member of the faculty of Harvard Business School.

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Creative Capitalism: A Conversation with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Other Economic Leaders

In conversation with Mark Lacter
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
00:51:59
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Meet Michael Kinsley...TIME magazine columnist, and noted journalist who discussed his just-released book, Creative Capitalism at the ALOUD Business Forum in December. Nothing short of a revolution in thinking, Creative Capitalism is a collection of interviews and essays with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and other key financial figures discussing the need to reinvent capitalism to benefit the world's poorest citizens. The book is intended to fuel debate, raise questions and inspire action. Kinsley was for many years the editor of The New Republic, host of CNN's Crossfire and founded Slate, the nation's first online magazine. He also served as the editorial page editor for The Los Angeles Times.

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Philanthrocapitalism

In conversation with Ira Jackson, Dean of the Drucker School of Management
Thursday, November 20, 2008
01:02:06
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After building two Fortune 500 companies from the ground up, Eli Broad is devoting his full time and attention to philanthropy that uses entrepreneurship to advance the public good in education, science and the arts. In his book, Philanthrocapitalism, Matthew Bishop and co-author Michael Green examine how social investors, such as Broad, are using business acumen to reshape the way charitable giving is taking place.

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Building Experiences

In conversation with Charles Crumpley, Editor, <i>Los Angeles Business Journal</i>
Co-sponsored by
Thursday, November 6, 2008
01:11:00
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Considered one of the top 100 influential people in Southern California (Los Angels Times), Tim Leiweke is a visionary leader at the forefront of change in downtown Los Angeles, creating a dining and entertainment district with Staples Center and LA Live. The collection of companies owned or operated by AEG are considered to be one of the world's leading presenters of sports and entertainment programming.

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The Post-American World

In conversation with author Reza Aslan
Co-sponsored by by the Council of the Library Foundation, City National Bank and KPMG LLP.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
01:05:20
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\"This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else,\" begins the new work by Zakaria, editor of Newsweek International and one of our most distinguished thinkers.

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Fareed Zakaria was named editor of Newsweek International in October 2000, overseeing all Newsweek's editions abroad. He also writes a regular column for Newsweek, which appears in Newsweek International and often The Washington Post.

Creating a World without Poverty

In conversation with Rick Wartzman
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
01:19:30
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What if you could harness the power of the free market to solve the problems of poverty, hunger, and inequality? To some, it sounds impossible. But the Nobel Peace Prizewinner who invented micro-credit is doing exactly that. Yunus's \"Next Big Idea\" offers a pioneering model for nothing less than a new, more humane form of capitalism.

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Muhammad Yunus was born in Chittagong, a seaport in Bangladesh. The third of fourteen children, he was educated at DhakaUniversity and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study economics at Vanderbilt University. He then served as chairman of the economics department at Chittagong University before devoting his life to providing financial and social services to the poorest of the poor. He is the founder and managing director of Grameen Bank and the author of the bestselling Banker to the Poor. Yunus and Grameen Bank are winners of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize.

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