eHAN - Haas Alumni Network e-newsletter

December 14, 2007

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E V E N T S

Monthly Web Calendar

Dec 15 – Taipei
Year End Party

Dec 17 – New York City
Haas Winter Celebration

Dec 30 - Oakland
Raiders vs. Chargers

Jan 12 – Haas
Winter Careerfest

Jan 17 – Petaluma
Alumni Mixer

Jan 23 – Oakland
Haas Celebration at Dreyer’s

Feb 18 – Taipei
Reception with Dean Campbell

Feb 20 – Hong Kong
Reception with Dean Campbell

Feb 23 – Singapore
Reception with Dean Campbell

Feb 26 – Shanghai
Reception with Dean Campbell

Feb 27 – Atherton
Haas Celebration in South Bay

Feb 28 – Tokyo
Reception with Dean Campbell

SAVE THE DATE

Feb 27 - Haas Celebration in the South Bay at Menlo Circus Club

Mar 19 - Haas Celebration in SF at Gap, Inc.

April 26 - All Alumni Reunion Conference

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N E W S

Careers

Learning

Prof. Philip Tetlock

Prof. Tetlock Wins Prestigious Grawemeyer Award
Professor Philip Tetlock won the 2008 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order for the ideas in his book, Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know? Full Story

Berkeley MBAs Claim Third Victory in Elite Eight Brand Case Challenge
For the third consecutive year, a team of Berkeley MBA students took first place in the Elite Eight Brand Management Case Challenge, an invitation-only competition hosted by the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. Full Story

Anderson and Su Win Schwabacher Awards
Assistant Professors Cameron Anderson and Xuanming Su have been named the 2008-2009 Schwabacher Fellows, the highest honor bestowed on junior faculty by the Haas School. Full Story

Dean Campbell Names Five New Faculty Fellows
Dean Tom Campbell has honored five associate professors as the Haas School's first Barbara and Gerson Bakar Faculty Fellows: Christopher Hennessy, Richard Stanton, Steve Tadelis, Catherine Wolfram, and Florian Zettelmeyer. Full Story

Get iPhone Wallpaper Featuring Haas Scenery
Haas is now offering free photo downloads to be used as iPhone wallpaper. More Info

Tradeshows Feature Students' Product Designs
Twenty-seven potential products, from a solar-heated wetsuit to sustainably made underwear sporting social justice slogans, will be unveiled at two tradeshows highlighting the work of students enrolled in two Haas School design courses. Full Story

Prof. Spiller to Lead International Economics Society
Professor Pablo Spiller will serve as president-elect of the International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE) next year and become president in 2009, when he will host the group's annual conference at the Haas School. Full Story

New Fellowships Offered for Nonprofit Center
Berkeley MBA students will have a rare opportunity to work in the venture philanthropy world with the 2008 launch of three new Silicon Valley Social Venture Fund (SV2) fellowships, offered through the Haas School's Center for Nonprofit and Public Leadership. Full Story

New Entrepreneurship Network Seeks Innovations
A program that cultivates biomedical innovations into commercially viable companies is seeking new projects that originate at UC Berkeley or UC San Francisco. Full Story

Please note: eHan will be on break for the holidays. Watch for the next issue on January 24th.

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Learning

HAN MBA Alumni Career Services presents:
Haas MBA Winter Careerfest
Saturday, January 12, 9:30am-3:30pm
At the Haas School

This event is free of charge to MBA alumni and students. Parking is not provided. More Parking Info
Concurrent sessions include:
10:00am-11:30am: Career Shifting for Engineers or Improvisational Networking
11:30am-12:30pm: Lunch and Etiquette Workshop
12:30pm-2:00pm: Improvisational Networking or Branding Yourself for the Internet
2:00pm-3:30pm: Effective Interviewing or Resumes and Cover Letters
Registration / More Information

Deal With Details First To Make a Partnership Work
Swept up in the excitement and all the expectations, many people jump too hastily into relationships. And the result often isn't pretty. That's just as true in business relationships as it is in personal relationships. Too many people think they know a friend or colleague well enough to start a business together, only to discover they don't. The key to success is as simple as it is complex: homework. Prospective partners need to work out a host of details before they take that fateful step. And they need to consult professionals in drafting a contract that spells out how everything will work, and what happens if it doesn't. Full Story

Alfa Fellowship Program
The Alfa Fellowship is a high-level program that enables outstanding young American professionals (ages 25-35) to work for ten months at Russian business enterprises, media outlets, government and non-government institutions, and civil society organizations. Related travel expenses, a three-week seminar program in Moscow, monthly stipends, and housing are included. Key goals of the Alfa Fellowship Program are expanding networks of American and Russian professionals, developing greater intercultural understanding, and advancing U.S./Russian relations. The application deadline is tomorrow, December 15. More Info

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L E A R N I N G

Pricing for Profitability in the Information Age
UC Berkeley Center for Executive Development
Four-Day Course: January 14, 15 and February 11, 12

Companies leave millions, sometimes billions, of dollars on the table every year through sub-optimal pricing practices.
This pricing course will equip you with proven and new techniques for assessing, formulating, and monitoring pricing strategies in this new era. The course is led by Teck Ho, one of the Haas School's most charismatic professors and a well-known expert in the field of pricing. He won the Best Teacher of the Year Award three years in a row and consults for many of the Fortune 500.

Fee: $5,445
Corporate Offer: Three for the price of two from one firm.
Location: The Haas School

Details and Registration
If you have any questions or would like to register a group, call (510) 642-9167 or (415) 637-4913.

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