Jerry Greenfield
The video conference will take place on Tuesday, April 20 at 1 p.m.
Expose your students to international experts in exciting areas that shape the world in which we live. Your students will be able to ask Jerry Greenfield questions through a live video and audio feed.
To allow your students to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime experience, please contact Jim Vincent, Stark/Portage Area Computer Consortium at 330-492-8136 or Jim.vincent@email.sparcc.org.
Jerry Greenfield met his best friend, Ben Cohen, in junior high school while growing up in Brooklyn, N.Y. Following Greenfield’s graduation from Ohio’s Oberlin College as a pre-med student and several unsuccessful applications to medical schools, he and Cohen decided to fulfill their mutual dream of running a business together. Research and a $5 correspondence course in ice cream making led them to open a small parlor in Vermont in 1978. Today, Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc. is a $300 million ice cream empire and a model for American business success. Greenfield and Cohen have been recognized for fostering their company's commitment to social responsibility and creative management with several national honors, including the Corporate Giving Award by the Council on Economic Priorities and the U.S. Small Business Persons of the Year Award. In 1997, the partners co-authored a guide entitled Ben & Jerry’s Double-Dip: Lead with Your Values and Make Money, Too. The best-seller addresses the promises and pitfalls of values-led business and serves as an inspiration for the growing influence of socially conscience corporations.
This is entirely a question and answer, interview program where students take the lead in asking Jerry Greenfield questions about his life and his company. The first 6 respondents will be interactive. Additional sites will be registered as “view only.” Please provide your video conferencing site name and IP address with your registration information. Make sure to include the technical support’s name and contact information.
For more information about the Kent State University Stark Campus Featured Speakers Series, call 330-244-3223 or visit http://www.stark.kent.edu/.
