BGI Presentation 2010

Bainbridge Graduate InstituteChanging Business for Good


Sustainable Business

Education for the New Economy


What Makes BGI Unique?

People

Programs

Process

Purpose


Purpose

Mission: To prepare students from diverse

backgrounds to build enterprises that arefinancially successful, socially responsibleand environmentally sustainable.


Programs

MBA in Sustainable Business• Hybrid format at Islandwood, Bainbridge Island• Evening format in downtown Seattle

Certificates• Sustainable Business• Sustainable Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship

Designed to provide youwith a wide range of skills

and perspectives.


CurriculumCore Business Functions

• Accounting, Finance, and the Triple-Bottom Line• Economics: Neoclassical, Political, Ecological, and a study of Capitalism• Research and Quantitative Methods• Marketing and Sales• Strategy and Implementation• Sustainable Operations

Business and Sustainability• Foundations of Sustainable Business I: Principles• Foundations of Sustainable Business II: Tools• Foundations of Sustainable Business III: Implementation• Topics in Sustainable Business

Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship• Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship I & II• Creativity and Right Livelihood

Leadership and Management• Management: People and Teams• Management: Organizational Systems• Management: Organizational Change• Leadership and Personal Development

All courses aretaught through thelens of sustainability

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→ Certificate in Sustainable Business

> Certificate in Sustainable Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship


Process

Hybrid Program DeliveryCombination of face-to-face residencies once per month on

campus and online coursework• MBA in Sustainable Business• Certificate Programs

Evening Program DeliveryWeekly face-to-face classes in the evening

• MBA in Sustainable Business• Certificate in Sustainable Business


Process, continued

• Co-creative Learning Community• Action Learning• Team Projects• Industry Concentrations:

• Agriculture & Food Systems• Building• Community Economic Development• Energy Solutions• Outdoor Industry


People

FacultyTeaching Model used in most courses:

• Lead Faculty, PhD/JD/MBA, etc.• Expert Practitioner from the field• Teaching Assistants, graduates of BGI• Guest Lecturers

Change Agents in Residence (CAIR)Executives, entrepreneurs, activists, and authors spend time

with students, in and out of class time.


People, continuedStudents• Degrees for Success: Our degrees help you achieve your

goals.• Powerful Professional Network:

Join a community that will help yougrow as an individual and as a leader.

• Knowledge: You are able to learn how to use

business to build a more sustainablefuture.

Alumni• Our graduates represent a diverse

& well-positioned group of changeagents affecting business for goodin local to global arenas.

For Profit

Entrepreneurs

Non-ProfitGovernment


What are alumni doing?

92% of graduates placed in or related field to sustainable business.


Admission and Financial Aid

MBA Early Decision Applications due by January 4, 2010

Standard Admission:• Evening MBA program Applications due by January 29, 2010

• Late applications accepted until March 5thSpring term start

• Hybrid MBA program Applications due by May 17, 2010

• Late applications accepted until July 12thFall term start

Certificate Program applications accepted on a rolling basis until August 9

Financial Aid available for those who qualify.


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Questions?