Insight Masthead
November 2009                                                  Vol. 2 No. 11
In This Issue
New Members
News You May Have Missed
ISSP on Twitter
LinkedIn
Email Reminder
B Corporations
What's New at ISSP
Save the Buyosphere!
Help Shape the Profession
Member Meeting: ReFraming Sustainability
Member Involvement
Book Reviews
Conference Listing
New Member Orientation
Member

November 19 at 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time

ISSP offers regular new member orientations to show people how to get the most out of their membership and the ISSP site.  Any member of ISSP may join these free orientation sessions. The orientations are conducted via conference call and last about an hour. To register, send a request email to Marsha.
News You May Have Missed
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We have now created a separate page for the news headlines of interest to our members. To streamline our workload, we will use the ISSP Twitter profile page as the place to post our news. Find out more here. The news page also has the CSRWire newsfeed in the right sidebar.
Follow Us on Twitter
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Click on the image to go to the ISSP profile page. You do not have to have an account to see our Twitter posts.
Find ISSP on

ISSP LinkedIn Group

Don't forget to link to the ISSP LinkedIn group.This is a great networking site for sustainability professionals. Click on the graphic to go to our group.

Maintaining Our Email List Reminder
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Please note that the move to using Constant Contact for our emails, members will be updated every month to ensure we have an accurate list. When a member joins, they will be automatically subscribed. If a member does not renew, they will be automatically unsubscribed.

All non-members will be responsible for maintaining their contact info. This is done by clicking on the Update Profile/Email address link found at the bottom of every email. It is best for everyone to save our emails as a "safe sender" to ensure your emails get into your inbox.
Greetings!

Thank you for taking the 2010 course survey. While we have most of the educational offerings set for next year, we still have a few to finalize. You can see the most up-to-date list of courses here. We're excited at the breadth and depth of offerings and instructors for the New Year. In the next few weeks, we will have more information on the courses and the new certificate tracks on the website, so be on the lookout for an email from us announcing the changes. Be sure to read on below to find out how you can save on course registration before the end of the year.

sincerely,
The ISSP Management Team
Becoming a B Corporation: Codifying a Company's Values

Bcorpby Darcy Hitchcock
ISSP Education Director


This month Darcy interviews Chrissy Houlahan, Vice President of Services for B Corporation.

B Corporation provides a certification as well as a process and and national network for companies that are making social and environmental responsibility not only a company value, but also part of the company's articles of incorporation. Read on to learn more about B Lab and the process for becoming a B Corporation. Discover how becoming a B Corporation enables companies to codify their values and to network with other companies with similar values. Read article.
What's New @ ISSP
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Competency Survey Still Open
Be a part of history. Contribute to this groundbreaking research to help us define the core competencies for our field.  By taking this 20 minute survey, you will not only lend additional credibility to our study, you will be entered into a drawing for a $150 credit toward ISSP membership or and ISSP distance learning course.  To take the survey, go to ISSP Competency Study Survey.

2010 Price Increase for Distance Learning
The low prices we set for our distance learning courses to establish the program are sun setting at the end of the year. Member prices for each class are going from $250 (early registration) to $325 and from $325 (late registration) to $400. Non-member prices are more. But we will honor the 2009 prices until December 31! So if you register in advance, you will save money. Most of our 2010 courses are now listed on the website under the Education tab, but we are still working on getting them entered into the registration system. Please bear with us until then. We will send a notice to the entire email list once the classes are open for online registration, which should be fairly soon.

ISSP Podcasts Available
Did you miss a live webinar? We have stored the audio and PowerPoint portions of all our webinars on our Learning Center site and are now offering them for a small fee, which helps defray the cost of storage. If you are not a member, you can still register for the site and pay for the weinar via the PayPal button. View list of podcasts.
Save the Buyosphere! The Potential
(and Pitfalls) of Green Marketing
Webinar with Joel Makeower

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December 15, 2009
9-10 am Pacific


Green marketing is back, as companies ranging from GE to P&G are  trying to cash in on the renewed interest in products that help  consumers be greener and cleaner. How do you sell "green" in a world with a seemingly insatiable appetite for more, More, MORE? In a world in which Wal-Mart, GM, and BP are waving the green flag, how can marketers be heard-and believed?
 
Join Joel Makower as he offers real-world tales from the trenches, the latest market trends, and insight and inspiration to help marketers succeed in the growing green marketplace. Joel Makower of GreenBiz has been studying the green marketing field for over 20 years. His most recent book is Strategies for the Green Economy.
 
This event is FREE for both members and non-members, an early holiday gift from ISSP!

Register now.
Help Shape Our Profession: U.S. Department of Labor Wants Your Help
greenteamDo You Have Five Years Experience in the Field?

The Research Triangle Institute, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Labor would like to have your input on two new and emerging occupations for America's primary source of occupational information, O*NET (Occupational Information Network, www.onetcenter.org). O*NET is a free resource for millions of employers, workers, educators and students. They are currently researching the skills, abilities, knowledge and tasks associated with the occupations of: Chief Sustainability Officers and Sustainability Specialists.

Find out more.
November Member Meeting:
ReFraming Sustainability
ReFraming sustainabilityFriday November 13
12:00pm Pacific Time


Join your fellow members via teleconference to discuss the topic of "Reframing Sustainability."

Recent elections and national debates about topics such as health care, welfare and the war in the Middle East has taught us how influential language is in the way we describe issues and our positions on them. In this November meeting we will explore "framing" and how those of us in the field of sustainability might better use it to forward the cause. How can sustainability be "reframed" so it moves away from a fringe movement and resonates with more of the public? If reframed, how could sustainability make sense to powerful constituencies like congress, big business, the faith community, and others?
 
Join us for this online conversation. Meet other ISSP members and share your perspective.
 
ISSP member meetings are offered FREE of charge to members only and conducted via our conference line. Contact Marsha Willard to register for the meeting.
Member Involvement 
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Member Forums
Get involved with member discussions. See what members are saying in the forums in the Recent Posts section.

JamesUre has posted a research report by Deloitte on the The Relationship Between IT and Corporate Sustainability.

JamesUre has posted in the careers resources a blog link on Green Job Titles.
Book Reviews 
Darcy Hitchcock has new book reviews in the member resource section.
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Schendler, Auden (2009) Getting Green Done. New York, NY: Public Affairs. (9 points!)




Cover-Ayatolla
Majd, Hooman (2008) The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran. New York, NY: Doubleday. (7 points)



Cover-New Sciencey
Goerner, Sally, Robert Dyck and Dorothy Lagerroos (2008) The New Science of Sustainability: Bringing a foundation of great change. Triangle Center for Complex Systems: Chapel Hill, NC. (3 points)
Sustainability Conference Listing

Take at look at the upcoming conferences around the world.

Strategic Sustainability for Leaders,  by The Natural StepNovember 18-20, Chicago

Leading and Learning for Sustainability,  The Society for Organizational Learning
November 18-19,Washington DC

ASA - Corporate Water Footprinting: 2-3 December 2009, San Francisco

Carbon Emmission Management, January 31-February 1, Doha, Qatar

Sustainability Virtual Summits: Smart ICT , February 9-11, 2010