October 2010

Hillary Clinton Photo Slideshow, from 10-15-10 at The Commonwealth Club

Oct 19, 2010 @ 3:17 PM by Anonymous with [0] comments

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's visit to a Climate One program of The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco last Friday is presented in photos in the slideshow below. Photos by Ed Ritger and Sonya Abrams.
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Timothy Geithner on Recession, Recovery -- ABC7 News Video

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Photo Slideshow: Timothy Geithner at Commonwealth Club 10-18-2010

Oct 19, 2010 @ 9:48 AM by Anonymous with [0] comments
Below are photos, by John Zipperer and William F. Adams, from the program in Silicon Valley yesterday featuring U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner. The program was moderated by Sequoia Capital's Michael Moritz.
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The Commonwealth Club of California Presents “Social Entrepreneurship in America” Series

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SAN FRANCISCO – The expanding field of social entrepreneurship has prompted The Commonwealth Club to launch a year-long program “Social Entrepreneurship in America.” This series seeks to explore the different dimensions and competing philosophies within this new and rapidly growing trend. A social entrepreneur is an individual who recognizes a social problem and utilizes business principles in a venture to bring about social change and create social capital, rather than merely profit. Read more »

Ecologies and Oceans: Whales, Humans and Earth Lessons Learned from the Gulf Spill

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Tue, Oct 19 2010 - 6:00pm

Ecologies and Oceans: Whales, Humans and Earth Lessons Learned from the Gulf Spill
This program is postponed
Doug Abrams, Author, Eye of the Whale; EnvironmentalistDennis Takahashi-Kelso, Executive Vice President, Ocean Conservancy
Experts Abrams and Takahashi-Kelso take you inside the most devastating oil spill in history and its ecological impacts on Earth's systems from the Caribbean to the oceans and waterways beyond. Read more »

Chair of the Board of Governors

Anna MokAnna W. M. Mok is Managing Partner, Client Excellence at Deloitte & Touche LLP. She has served some of the largest and most prestigious clients of Deloitte. She has led and advised clients in the payments, financial services and high technology sectors and also has significant life sciences, health care, and consumer business experience. Read more »

US Secretary of Treasury Tim Geithner in Silicon Valley

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Mon, Oct 18 2010 - 1:00pm

Timothy Geithner
The State of the Economy: A Conversation with Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner
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Condoleezza Rice

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Mon, Oct 18 2010 - 12:00pm

Condoleezza Rice: Former U.S. Secretary Of State
Advance tickets sold out. Limited walk-up seating may be available at the event.
Professor of Business and Political Science, Stanford University; Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution; Author, Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family
In her first public appearance since the publication of her new family memoir, Secretary Rice provides a rare glimpse at the experiences that have shaped her world outlook and discusses her views on current issues. Read more »

What Is a Psychopath?

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Mon, Oct 18 2010 - 5:15pm

What Is a Psychopath?
Hari Murthy, Psychological Assessment Services Coordinator, San Quentin State Prison
Ponder this chilling fact: Chances are, you’ve already met at least one psychopath. Psychopathy is a diagnostic term used to classify men and women who, due to an ingrained antisocial lifestyle, display prominent interpersonal problems and a marked lack of empathy and conscience, pose a unique danger to society. They’re not all in prisons, either. The great majority live in our communities. Read more »