Workshop and Speaker Series

Speaker Series | Workshop Series | Cross Campus Activities | Leadership Development Initiative

In addition to formal curriculum programs, COLE offers a speaker lecture series for students and alumni. The speaker series provide both educational and networking opportunities for our constituents at Fuqua and also opportunities for collaboration with other parts of the University.

Date	Speaker
March 30, 2010	Book Talk - "Switch: How to Change Things when Change is Hard" with co-Author Dan Heath (Convened by Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE), co-sponsored by COLE)
March 19, 2008	Christine Bader, BP executive and Advisor to the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General, discusses "Business and Human Rights" Read more. (Convened by the Kenan Institute for Ethics; co-sponsored by COLE, Duke's Human Rights Center)
October 23, 2007	Anne Belec, President & CEO, Volvo North America (Sponsored by the Duke MBA Cross Continent Class of 2009 in conjunction with COLE)
March 26, 2007	Dan T. Cathy, President and Chief Operating Officer, Chick-fil-A (Sponsored by the Duke MBA Cross Continent Class of 2008 in conjunction with COLE) Click here to listen to Cathy's talk
February 1, 2006	Tom Tierney, Chairman & Co-Founder, The Bridgespan Group Click here to listen to Tierney's talk
February 24, 2005	Ben Cohen, co-founder, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
November 11, 2004	John Morgridge, Chairman of the Board, Cisco Systems Click here to listen to Morgridge's talk
October 27, 2004	Ben Cohen, co-founder, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Click here to listen to Cohen's talk
September 23, 2004	Alan D. Schwartz, President & co-CEO, Bear Stearns & Co., and Chairman, Fuqua Board of Visitors
September 21, 2004	Michael Chu, Managing Director & Founder, Pegasus Venture Capital
September 18, 2004	Jacquelines Willis, Hong Kong Commissioner to the US