AIM 2 Flourish Workshop SCC FAC ULT Y

AIM 2 Flourish Workshop SCC FAC ULT Y CO NFERENCE 2018 MEGAN B UCHTER JUNE 25, 2018

Business as an Agent of World Benefit The Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit believes in a world where business can excel, human beings can flourish, and nature can thrive.

Agenda 1 | Introduction to AIM 2 Flourish 2 | How to Use AIM 2 Flourish 3 | Benefits of AIM 2 Flourish 4 | Questions & Answers

AIM 2 Flourish is… • A flexible, professor-facilitated curriculum supporting business as an agent of world benefit and the UN Global Goals • A student assignment to learn about the power of business to do good and do well • A UN-supported platform that recognizes untold stories of profitable business innovations, discovered and written by business students • A global community of business students, professors and business leaders • A worldwide resource for sharing stories about business innovations • A catalyst for positive business change • A celebration—Annual Flourish Prizes

AIM 2 Flourish Professor Resources • Teach Business as an Agent of World Benefit • Teach the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development • Teach Appreciative Inquiry Interview Techniques

The AIM 2 Flourish Assignment Students interview business leaders, finding untold stories about innovations that are changing the world. These innovation stories live on AIM 2 Flourish. com, where our community celebrates their favorites. We celebrate the best-of-the-best stories, and the innovators, professors, and students who made it all happen with annual Flourish Prizes.

AIM 2 Flourish Criteria: Innovation • • • The company is a for-profit company The innovation makes money or benefits the business The innovation is embedded in the business, not just philanthropy The innovation has positive impact The innovation is scalable or replicable

AIM 2 Flourish Criteria: UN Global Goals The innovation helps to achieve one or more of the 17 UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development

AIM 2 Flourish Criteria: Interview What makes AIM 2 Flourish stand out is that students conduct a “strengths-based” Appreciative Inquiry interview with a business leader to learn first-hand what inspired a good-for-the-world innovation.

The AIM 2 Flourish Workflow Compose Professor Review Editorial Review Final Review

Incorporating AIM 2 Flourish • Sample syllabi located on the Professor Resources page • Graduate, undergraduate, high school • Individual or groups • A few weeks to a whole semester • Unique assignment or part of a bigger project • Suggest businesses or let students find them on their own • Local or global companies

AIM 2 Flourish Benefits • Flexible, easy-to-adapt to a variety of class types • Your students will: • Learn about leaders that do good & do well • Create a lasting relationship with a local business leader • Sharpen their business interview skills • Join the UN Sustainable Development Goals movement • The best-of-the-best will be recognized and celebrated with the annual Flourish Prizes

“The AIM 2 Flourish initiative has allowed me to see how the dreams of a more constructive and committed business sector come true, and to inspire so many young people so that they can contribute to the construction of a better world. ” Professor Gustavo A Yepes Lopez, Universidad Externado de Colombia

The AIM 2 Flourish Student Experience “Through the interview I had, I learned about the profound effects that a product that does good in the world has on the employees that make it. Not only did Paint Shield help give Sherwin Williams a market advantage but it also gave the employees more meaning in their work and increased employee engagement. ” – Weatherhead MBA Student Andrew Davis after his interview with Sherwin-Williams Vice President of Product Innovation - Paint Stores Group Marketing, Steve Revnew

The AIM 2 Flourish Prizes • 17 Prizes – one for each UN SDG • Awarded every Spring for stories published the previous year • Evaluated by a distinguished jury • Celebrate professors, students, and business leaders

AIM 2 Flourish Local Celebrations • Celebrate local business success • Celebrate students, professors, universities

Join Us! • More than 6, 300 Members • More than 5, 500 Students • 60 countries • Almost 100 Universities

Learn More! CONTACT MEGAN BUCHTER AT MEGAN@AIM 2 FLOURISH. COM FOR MORE INFORMATION