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January 25, 2008

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Monthly Web Calendar

Jan 30 – Los Angeles
Networking Social Mixer

Jan 30 – Campbell, CA
Restaurant Connect

Jan 30-Feb 1 – Palo Alto
Global Technology Symposium

Jan 31 – San Francisco
Launch of SF Chapter of Women MBAs

Feb 6 – San Francisco
Luncheon with CEO Tom Epley

Feb 9 – Haas
Health Care Conference

Feb 18 – Taipei
Reception with Dean Campbell

Feb 19 – Seattle
Evening with Professor Schultz

Feb 20 – Hong Kong
Reception with Dean Campbell

Feb 23 – Singapore
Reception with Dean Campbell

Feb 26 – Shanghai
Reception with Dean Campbell

Feb 25-26 - San Francisco
Posper Online User Conference

Feb 27 – Atherton
Haas Celebration in South Bay

Feb 28 – Tokyo
Reception with Dean Campbell

Mar 1 – Haas
Women in Leadership Conference

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Mar 19 – San Francisco
Haas Celebration in SF at Gap, Inc.

April 26 – Haas School of Business
Reunion Conference - Clean Tech Innovation

May 13 – San Francisco
Business Forecast Luncheon with Robert Reich

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N E W S	Careers	Learning
Alumnus and Wife Give $1 Million to Haas Fund The Haas School's new socially responsible investment fund will soon start trading, thanks to a $1 million donation from Haas alumnus Al Johnson, BS 62 and MBA 69, and his wife, Marguerite. Full Story Conference to Focus on Future Challenges in the Health Care Business The complex future of the health care industry — from biomedical breakthroughs and election-year politics to cutting-edge information technologies — will be examined at the second Haas Business of Health Care Conference on Saturday, February 9, at the Haas School. Full Story Conference to Focus on Women 'Making their Mark' The 12th Annual Haas Women in Leadership Conference on March 1 will focus on women making their mark in both their career and personal lives. Along with panel discussions focusing on industry-specific issues and interactive workshops, the conference will feature three diverse keynote speakers: Laura Alber, President of Williams-Sonoma, Inc.; Cammie Dunaway, Executive VP Sales & Marketing, Nintendo; Alice Waters, Chef and Author, Proprietor Chez Panisse. Register / Get Info Haas Undergraduate Team Wins PricewaterhouseCoopers Case Competition A team of Haas undergraduates won the top prize in PricewaterhouseCoopers' annual xACT (extreme accounting) Campus Competition, a challenge that gives students exposure to real world accounting and auditing issues. Full Story Financier to Deliver Commencement Address J. Richard Fredericks, chairman of Dionis Capital and a former US Ambassador, will deliver the commencement address at the Berkeley-Columbia Executive MBA graduation ceremony next month. Full Story Peers@Haas Launches 2008 Program Berkeley MBA participants in Peers@Haas will spend this spring building leadership capacity after the 2008 program launches soon, with help from executive coach and best-selling author Marshall Goldsmith. Full Story Prof. Receives Honorary Degree from Tech Institute Professor John Quigley was one of two UC Berkeley faculty members awarded an honorary doctor's degree by Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology. Full Story Berkeley MBA Students Place Second A team of Berkeley MBA students placed second in an inaugural business plan competition focusing on microfinance in Sub-Saharan Africa. Full Story Come Back to Berkeley for the Reunion Conference Save the date, Saturday, April 26, for the annual Reunion Conference for All Alumni, featuring private industry speakers and faculty discussing "Clean Tech Innovation." Speakers and sessions are being developed and more info about the topics will be announced soon. Special activities that weekend are planned for MBA classes of 58, 63, 68, 73, 78, 83, 88, 93, 98, and 03. See Reunion page for details.
News	C A R E E R S	Learning
For the Manager: Performance Agreements to Increase Personal Accountability Conducting a performance interview and providing feedback are only the start – the "front end" tasks of performance management. However, the middle and back ends of this process are just as critical. Full Story For the Job Seeker: How to Survive Dinner with a Wine-Snob Boss by Michael Mattis So, you invited your boss over for a big holiday dinner of prime rib. The problem? Your boss is a total oenophile, a cork dork, a wine geek. In this Crash Course, we quickly cover a few basics, then we show you how to find the perfect wine pairings for your menu, pour like a sommelier, and avoid the rookie mistakes that can spoil everything. Full Story
News	Careers	L E A R N I N G
Activity-Based Costing and Management Activity-based costing is a cost-modeling system based on the relationship between resources consumed in the business process and the activities that go into that process. The implications for better understanding the true costs of your company's products or services include more strategic pricing, enhanced customer relationship management, and more effective cost reduction strategies and supplier selection, just to name only a few. If you haven't yet fully explored what ABC can do for your company, CalCPA's Financial Leadership Forum and UC Berkeley are offering a comprehensive seminar on Feb. 8, for finance executives and high-level corporate decision-makers. Register Today Market Research for Decision Makers April 7-11 at the Haas School The Market Research Program at the UC Berkeley Center for Executive Development is designed to provide Marketing and Product Management Professionals with the latest, most effective market and design research strategies and tools. Successful and profitable marketing and product development depends on using the right tools to ask and answer the right questions. Participants will learn: Whether, when, and why to conduct research. What types of marketing questions can be answered best with what types of research. How to integrate research in the product development process. How to make the most profitable product, price, promotion, and place decisions. How to design surveys and interviews for optimal results. How to use the abundance of available customer data in making marketing and product decisions. More Info: Visit our website, or contact Kim Fisher 415-637-4913 or Bart Decker 510-642-916 Also, learn more about our upcoming Product Management Program. All programs are 15% off for Haas alumni!
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