What is Net Impact Bristol?

1. 3 June 2014
Net Impact Bristol
Launch Event
The Birdcage - Bristol, UK - 3 June 2014

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Agenda
• What is Net Impact Bristol? Jessica Ferrow, Chair of Net Impact Bristol
• Bristol Green Capital 2015: An exciting time for local professionals
Nina Skubala, Vice Chair of Bristol Green Capital Partnership
• Activity: What do you need to aid your professional development?
• Canapes, drinks and networking
• 8pm - Close

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Contents
• Welcome
• Background
• What is Net Impact?
• What do we have planned for Net Impact Bristol?
• Meet the team
• Join us

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Background

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What is Net Impact?
Started in California in the
1990s. Now there are
chapters all over the world!
Bristol is only the second
Net Impact Professional
Chapter in the UK - the
other being in London
There are Graduate and
Student chapters in Leeds,
London, Exeter, Edinburgh,
Nottingham and Cranfield

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What is Net Impact?
We are here to provide the network and
resources to inspire emerging leaders to build
successful "impact careers" – either by working
in jobs dedicated to change or by bringing a
social and environmental lens to traditional
business roles

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Working in sustainability...
- Working in sustainability can be difficult! From
climate change to peak oil, the challenges we
face can seem overwhelming. How can we avoid
burnout?
- We have found one answer is to surround
yourself with positive people who are doing
inspiring things!
- The Net Impact Bristol professional chapter is
here to provide a like-minded community and
networking events to help drive positive change
on the job

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Does Bristol need another network?
- Many green professional networks are based on
the company not the individual
- Many events take place during working hours so
can be hard to get approval for time out of office
- Other more informal events are excellent for those in
the know but can feel ‘cliquey’ for newcomers
- We feel there is a need for something to ‘join the
dots’, and are interested to hear from you so we can
feed your ideas in and shape it accordingly!

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What do we plan to do?
• Special events
• Networking opportunities
• Skill building programmes
• Opportunities for Continuing Professional
Development
• Provide a platform for international knowledge
exchange during Green Capital year 2015
• And..........?? What else would you like to see? Tell us!

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The current Net Impact Bristol Team
° Jessica Ferrow
° Nina Skubala
° Sarah Hooper
° Emmelie Brownlee
° What skills or ideas could you bring to the table?
° We are interested to hear from you!

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Joining is easy
• Connect with us today
° www.netimpactbristol.wordpress.com
° bristolpro@netimpact.org
° @NetImpactBris
° We will add you to our mailing list (unless you tell us not to!)
• Join Net Impact Central online
° netimpact.org/join
° Basic membership is free and although US centric
gives access to some great free resources/webinars

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“The people changing the world
can be found in every industry,
in every company, in every
function. Net Impact brings
these people together.”
- Liz Abbett, Lifetime Member
Program Manager, Value Chain Compliance
and Social Responsibility | Cisco Systems

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@NetImpactBris

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Pearl Mills
West of England
Local Enterprise Partnership
Low Carbon Skills Team

15. ACTIVITY
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16. 1. What brought you
here today?
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17. 2. What do you think
you could get out of
Net Impact Bristol?
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18. 3. What do you think
you could bring to
Net Impact Bristol?
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