What can you expect from the New England BLD?
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BLD New England is an all-day conference dedicated to the development of the B Economy in our region. By strengthening individual B Corps and the connections between them and stakeholders in our community, we build a stronger movement. The event is Co-hosted by B Local Boston and organized by a volunteer committee of Certified B Corporations and others dedicated to the B Economy.
This year's theme is "INSPIRE." Learn more about BLD here. Special thanks to KSV for creating this fantastic video from BDLNE 2018! |
2019 BLD New England Agenda
08:00 - 08:45 - Registration
09:00 - 09:15 - Welcome
09:30 - 10:45 - Breakout Session 1
11:00 - 12:15 - World Cafe
12:30 - 01:30 - Lunch
03:15 - 04:30 - Breakout Session 3
05:15 - 05:30 - Group Photo and Mural Viewing
05:30 - 07:30 - Reception: Sponsored by Encore Renewable Energy
09:00 - 09:15 - Welcome
09:30 - 10:45 - Breakout Session 1
- Simple Yoga + Walking in Nature (Dining Room)
Outdoor / Personal Development with Suzanne Mcdowell
Prepare yourself for the day by combining simple stretches and easy yoga postures with a nature walk and quiet intropsection. Modifications may be available for a variety of physical abilities. Please wear comfortable clothing: attendees may use bathrooms for changing. Bring your own mat, if you'd like. Storage cubbies are available. - B Corp Learning Lab (Great Room)
Facilitation / Company Development with Joe Laur & Cissa Dieleman
Are you new to the B Corp movement, or just want to connect with other B Companies and explore and learn together deeper pathways into the territory? Join us for a facilitated, collaborative conversation around key questions and insights around being a B Corp. We'll draw on each other’s innate experienced wisdom to address questions, learn from each other, and leverage small group discussions to build community connections. - Emotional Intelligence in the Team Environment (Meditation Room)
Workshop / Company Development with Drew Bonfiglio
Explore the baseline principles and components of Emotional Intelligence (EQ), including self-awareness, self-regulation, social awareness and relationship building. Engage in exercises to develop our own EQ and improve EQ across your team. - Fearless Communications: Supercharge Your Sustainability Messaging (Education Room)
Workshop / Company Development with Jackie Herskovitz Russell & Hayley Reissfelder
In order for companies to truly leverage their sustainable missions, products, or systems, they must first answer the question, “So what?”. Learn "the how" and "the why" of effective story telling to create compelling messaging that generate results for their companies, projects, or products. - Interactive Mural Painting Session (Front Lawn)
Activity / Community Development with Sokoki Studios
Roll your sleeves up and join Chinon Maria and Sebastian Mitre for a collaborative mural painting. Materials and smocks will be provided.
11:00 - 12:15 - World Cafe
12:30 - 01:30 - Lunch
- Interactive Mural Painting Session
- Using Nature as Inspiration - A Walk and Group Reflection (The Porch)
Outdoor / Personal Development with Simon Renault & Jake Elliott
Join Simon Renault and Jake Elliot for an afternoon hike and some light exercise outside to spark some inspiration. This session offers you the opportunity to take a break from your busy day while taking a silent walk on the beautiful grounds of Alnoba. The walk will be followed by a facilitated discussion about nature as a source of inspiration on a personal and organizational level. - The Love Economy Presents a B Corp Love Fest: An Invitation to Explore Your Most Brilliant Self, Company & Community (Dining Room)
Workshop / Company Development with Lori Hanau & Julie Fahnestock
In this interactive group experience, we tap into love for ourselves and imagine our most brilliant, compassionate workplaces to "B the Change we wish to make in this world". Join us to create authentic connections as we explore business as a vehicle for love. - Businesses Acting on Rising Seas & Social Capital in the Face of Climate Change (Education Room)
Workshop / Community Development with Kristin Kelleher
When it comes to climate impacts we must acknowledge the vulnerabilities of our local businesses–the foundation of our economic vitality and our communities–to secure and resilient future. Learn how you can prepare your business, be part of a network to facilitate recovery, make your hometown stronger, and take action. - Why do you really want that? Negotiation Skill Building (Meditation Room)
Workshop / Company Development with Justin Wright
This session is an intensive skills development workshop designed to improve participants’ ability to hear through demands, complaints and indirect communication. Participants will acquire tools for translating positional statements into positive, future-focused needs. The session will focus on listening skills designed to support successful negotiations. Participants will have the opportunity to apply the tools their own B Corp contexts! - We The Change: Women Leading Business for Good (Great Room)
Storytelling / Community Development with Sara Schley & Susan Leger-Ferraro
Come find out what the 'B Corp Women CEOs' have been cooking up. Sara and friends will give an update on the gathering of over 100 B Corp CEO women at Eileen Fisher that took place last month. She will introduce their WeTheChange Declaration and their commitments to action. - Interactive Mural Painting Session (Front Lawn)
Activity / Community Development with Sokoki Studios
Roll your sleeves up and join Chinon Maria and Sebastian Mitre for a collaborative mural painting. Materials and smocks will be provided.
03:15 - 04:30 - Breakout Session 3
- Embodying Leadership (The Porch)
Outdoor / Personal Development with Sarah Lipton
In this workshop, you will be guided through energizing techniques to refresh your experience of embodiment, direct you to connect with the natural world, and as a group, discover how to embody leadership in your work and life. - B–coming Effective Climate Advocates: 21st Century Tools for the Pro-Climate Business (Education Room)
Workshop / Community Development with Tim Cronin
In this workshop you will discover new avenues your B Corp can take to support the progress being made in clean energy, emissions reductions, and climate adaptation at the local, state, and federal level. You’ll walk away with effective tools for engaging your company and employees in pro-social climate advocacy, and an understanding of the ability to leverage your B Corp brand in the fight against climate change. - Running Effective Meetings! (Meditation Room)
Facilitation / Company Development with Justin Wright & Emily Hall Warren
Whether you run an entire company or a small team, learn more about how to run effective meetings! Bring an example of a real meeting that you have coming up and leave with a solid plan for running your next meeting. - Innovative Ways to Help Employee Thrive (Great Room)
Storytelling / Company Development with Ashley Larochelle, Molly Flynn, Jess Baum, Stephanie Manners, Emma Johnson
An interactive workshop where participants will brainstorm best practices and think differently to innovate new ways that we can help our employees to thrive! The workshop will be inspired by the stories of three companies leading the way on creative and employee well being. - Building a Local Vote Every Day Campaign (Dining Room)
Storytelling / Community Development with Ann Hoogenboom, Carey Underwood, Nick Managan, Rooney Castle
Use design thinking to enable collaboration among B Corps to create a greater impact. - Interactive Mural Painting Session (Front Lawn)
Activity / Community Development with Sokoki Studios
Roll your sleeves up and join Chinon Maria and Sebastian Mitre for a collaborative mural painting. Materials and smocks will be provided.
05:15 - 05:30 - Group Photo and Mural Viewing
05:30 - 07:30 - Reception: Sponsored by Encore Renewable Energy
The B Corp Handbook for sale at BLDNE!
We are excited to announce that we'll be selling copies of the freshly released
B Corp Handbook, by Ryan Honeyman and Dr. Tiffany Jana. The book is the authoritative guide to the what, why and how of B Corp Certification. Now in its second edition, the Handbook has been expanded and updated to include a much stronger focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). All proceeds from the sale of this book will go towards funding DEI specific content for BLDNE 2019 and beyond.
Special thanks to Flip Brown of Business Culture Consultants for making this possible.
We are excited to announce that we'll be selling copies of the freshly released
B Corp Handbook, by Ryan Honeyman and Dr. Tiffany Jana. The book is the authoritative guide to the what, why and how of B Corp Certification. Now in its second edition, the Handbook has been expanded and updated to include a much stronger focus on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). All proceeds from the sale of this book will go towards funding DEI specific content for BLDNE 2019 and beyond.
Special thanks to Flip Brown of Business Culture Consultants for making this possible.