In January, the organizing team of the Green Innovators in Business Network (GIBN) held three calls in an effort to gather feedback about how to grow and nurture GIBN. These calls generated a number of interesting ideas on how to provide ongoing support to -- and encourage collaboration among -- green innovators in business. We also discussed how to expand the GIBN network and ways to improve the GIBN Solutions Labs events. Overall, the conversation calls proved to be so thought-provoking and useful that we have decided to continue them throughout the year.

Growing GIBN Conversations are held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month in 2011.

These calls will focus on the topics that are most compelling to you -- a network of green innovators in business -- and draw on your experience and ideas. Some of these topics may be a continuation of the themes that emerged during Solutions Labs events. Others may be suggested during the conversations or during other GIBN calls and events.

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Next Call: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 @ 3pm ET
Topic: Carol Sanford will talk about her book "The Responsible Business"
Call-in Information: Phone: (760) 569-9000 ; Code: 160031#


Past 2011 Growing GIBN Calls

February Topic: Strategies for Engaging your Colleagues and your Company's Leadership in Sustainability

March Topic: Evidence for Sustainability: Trends in Benchmarking and Reporting

April Topic: Portfolios for Sustainability with Diversey's Jeramy Lemieux

May Webinar: A Deeper-dive on Expanding Sustainability Initiatives with Jeramy Lemieux

May Topic: Getting Sustainability Initiatives Funded at your Organization

June Webinar: Triple Bottom Line Measurement & Benchmarking Network with Farron Levy

June Topic: Open Innovation - The EDF-Innocentive Eco-Challenge Series

July Topic: Increasing the Impact of the GIBN Solutions Labs: Focus on Intrapreneurs

August Topic: Social Media Tools for Sustainability in Business

September Topic: Employee Engagement in Sustainability Efforts

October Topic: Removing Barriers to Energy Efficiency

November Topic: The Business of Innovation