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Host: & Producer Attorney, Business & Policy Consultant, Mary Kay Elloian, M.B.A., J.D., Esq.
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Select Business Shows:
♦ Going Dark or Getting Personal? The Battle Between Data, Privacy & Intrusion
Guests: Bruce Schneier, International Security & Encryption expert & Harvard Fellow, & Attorney David O'Brien, Sr. Research Attorney at Harvard Law School--Berkman Center for Internet & Society
Discussion: of the high-profile Apple iPhone case, and the business model that entails computer security, privacy, and protection privileged information and company secrets. This is one program the business community and individuals alike - won't want to miss!
♦ Takers, Makers and the 47%–The New Wave of Safety Netters Catapulting out of Poverty and Into New Age Entrepreneurs
Guest: Dr. Gareth Olds, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Business Administration-Entrepreneurial Management-Harvard Business School
♦ Environmental Series: Dirty Little Secrets the Oil & Gas Industry Doesn't Want You to Know!
From Dirty Fossil Fuel to Clean Renewable Energy - Creating 'State-Based' Infrastructures that Promote In-State Job Growth While Benefiting the Local Environment. Discussion focus on Renewable Energy Infrastructures that Can Make States Energy Independent While Creating In-State Jobs to Stay
Guest: Dr. Anthony Ingraffea, Ph.D., Professor of Engineering, Cornell University; President of Physicians, Scientist and Engineers for Healthy Energy
♦ Environmental Series: Dirty Little Secrets the Oil & Gas Industry Doesn't Want You to Know!
'Fracking Our Future' - From Pipelines to Profits to a Community Near You...
Guest: Guest: John Rumpler, Esq., Sr. Attorney for Environment America
Discussion on the Pipelines to Profits: How the Oil & Gas Industry Takes Aim at Our Most Pristine Land & Precious Natural Resources: From Fracking to Pipelines--to Water and Watersheds--Could these practices create the next Superfund sites of the future? One in a series on 'Fracking Our Future: Dirty Little Secrets the Oil & Gas Industry Doesn't Want You to Know'
♦ LEEDing By Design: How Eco-Friendly 'Sustainable' Green Building Standards Can be Friendly to the Environment and the Bottom Line
Guest: Chris Schaffner, P.E., LEED Fellow, The Green Engineer, Inc. (a Certified B Corp.)
♦ 'B' Certified: The Beneficial 'B-ing' That is Sweeping Across Massachusetts & the Nation
Guest: Erik Trojian, Director of Policy at B Lab, New York City, NY; PA & CA. Discussion on Innovative business practices to foster sustainability using a Benefit Corporation Business Model & guidance and assistance of a Benefit Directors to oversee progression towards an authentic Triple Bottom Line Business Models of people, planet & profits. Purpose: for corporate differentiation, market recognition and segmentation, for progressive growth-oriented businesses development.
Discussion on Third Party B-Certification, What it is and How it Enhances the Statutorily Created Benefit Corporation Mission.
♦ The Carbon-Nation of America: Politics & Policies and the New Global Crisis...Stemming the Crisis State by State
Guest: MA State Senator Michael Barrett, Co-Sponsor of the Massachusetts State Carbon Tax Bill
Discussion: updating fiscal policies that encourage states, nations, and polluters to become more socially and environmentally responsible for their own contributions to the ongoing Carbon Crisis.
♦ Occupy Wall Street From Within--Transformation from Obstructionism to Activism--the Movement to Reclaim Our American Values & Our Economy
Guest: Dr. Mark Albion, Former Dean of Harvard Business School and Professor of Economics & Marketing, Faculty Founder of Net Impact, Author and NY Times Best Selling Author. Dr. Albion is the the founder of six companies, was named 2010 Entrepreneur of the year, He has co-founded More Than Money Careers, Benefit LLC to enable growing youth to achieve social impact jobs upon graduate, to infiltrate Wall St. with the social values to make the necessary changes from within. Dr. Albion holds five degrees, including a joint PhD in Business & Economics from Harvard University and Harvard Business School.
♦ Join Us For a TWO Part Series with Dr. Terry Mollner, Board Member of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. Discussion on 'Social Responsibility' - Common Good Capitalism & Common Good Investing' $$$:
Common Good Investing & Common Good Capitalism: the Next Layer in the Maturation of • Socially Responsible • Impact • All Investing & Their Effect on Wall Street.
Part 1 of 2: Common Good Investing: A New Path To Common Good Capitalism
Part 2 of 2: Common Good Capitalism: The Inevitability of Common Good Investing
Guest: Dr. Terry Mollner, a Founder of Calvert Social Investment Funds and the Calvert Foundation, Pioneer of the First Socially Responsible Mutual Funds, Chair of the Trusteeship Institute and Stakeholders Capital, Board Member of Ben & Jerry's, and Author & Lecturer on Common Good Investing.
Dr. Terry Mollner, will join the Host of The Legal Edition, Massachusetts Attorney & Business Consultant Mary Kay Elloian, in a Discussion on 'Socially Responsible Investing.' Dr. Mollner will draw on his Decades of Experience as a 'Pioneer in Social Responsible and Impact Investing' since the 1970's. Additional Discussion will Include an In-depth Analysis of the History and Evolution of 'Common Good Investing,' and how Common Good Capitalism will Inevitably Emerge in the Private Sector and 'Fully Funded' by Wall Street, and be Embraced by Corporations to Ensure their Own Survival.
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♦ ‘Benefitting Our Children After College’–Innovations in Job Creation & Employment for the New Millennium & Beyond
Former Massachusetts Treasurer, Steve Grossman, will join the Host of The Legal Edition, Massachusetts Attorney & Business Consultant Mary Kay Elloian in a Discussion on Fiscal Responsibility, Innovation, Job Creation & Employment to Combat the Rising Number of College Grads still seeking employment in Massachusetts, and around the nation. This is an Eye Opener for New Grads & Employers seeking ways to put new Life and Energy into their Corporations and Businesses.
Discussion will include Enterprising ways to Harness the Innovative Ideas, Skills, and Enthusiasm of New Grads, while Kick-Starting their Careers, Stimulating Innovation, and Creating a New Business & Innovation Paradigm.
♦ The New Benefit Corporation Act Adopted in Massachusetts & Around the Nation--"To 'B' or Not To 'B' & What's In the Benefit" ...How The New Benefit Corporation Legislation Allows Corporations to be Socially, Environmentally Responsible & Profitable at the Same Time.
Discussion:
How This New Entity Will Affect The Missions of New, Growth & Expanding Corporations & Those That Rely On Them. Focus: The New Era Of Socially Responsible Entrepreneurs.
Guests:
Attorney William H. Clark, Jr., Partner with Drinker Biddle & Reath, Philadelphia, PA, Corporate & Securities Practice & Drafter of the Model Benefit Corp. adopted in Massachusetts & around the nation.
Local Guests include Executives from: Dimagi, Inc., Cambridge, MA, & Dancing Deer Baking Co., Inc., Boston, MA.
This is one show that 'New Entrepreneurs' as well as 'Established Business Executives' won't want to miss!
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♦ Developing a Business in Massachusetts with the Small Business Administration as Your Guide.
Discussion:
How the SBA Can Help Small Businesses Get Funding, Get Off The Ground & Keep on Going!
Guest:
Lisa Gonzalez Welch, Economic Development Specialist with the U.S. Small Business Administration, Boston, MA
♦ ‘The Fiscal Cliff and the New Tax Rules: How They Affect You, Your Family, Your Business & Your Job
Discussion:
How The New Tax Laws of 2013 Will Affect You, Your Business & Your Job.
Guest: Marcy L. Fink, CPA, PC, Burlington, MA
Tax Expert & Certified Public Accountant
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Show Format:
The Legal Edition Host, Attorney Mary Kay Elloian interviews scholars and experts in their respective fields of Law, Business & Policy--providing current educational topics to viewers across the Nation.
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