Business and Society Program

First Movers Fellowship Criteria

Who Are We Looking For? The First Movers selected for this fellowship are extraordinary social intrapreneurs who have the vision, tenacity, and courage to achieve remarkable changes in business practice and impact. They come from different countries, industries, areas of functional responsibility. What they have in common is a demonstrated passion and capacity for working at the intersection of business growth and positive social change.

CRITERIA
Individuals recommended as candidates for the First Movers Fellowship should be:
• Business professionals - generally identified as "high potential" talent within the firm - who have already demonstrated an ability and passion for imagining new products, services, and business models that achieve profitable business growth and lasting, positive social impacts.
• Individuals who have a new idea/business plan they urgently want to implement in their companies that will move the company further into the zone where business growth and social well-being intersect.
• Willing to commit to being fully engaged in the Fellowship program which includes attending three seminars during the 14-month Fellowship and working throughout the period to turn their ideas into reality.
• Enthusiastic about supporting other Fellows in their work and collaborating with colleagues in their own companies to leverage their own learning and accomplishments.
• From diverse backgrounds in terms of industry, race, religion, gender and location
• Fluent in English.

THE NOMINATION AND SELECTION PROCESS

The nomination period for the next class of First Mover Fellows will open on November 10, 2010.

Candidates must be nominated by peers, leaders in their industry or our academic partners. (Self-nominations are not accepted.) Nominators are asked to submit a nomination form stating their reasons for recommending the candidate and a résumé indicating the candidate's name, physical address, email and phone contacts, educational background, career path, current position, and any additional information that help us evaluate their qualifications. The deadline for nominations is January 27, 2010. However, we begin interviewing the first round of candidates as early as December 1, 2009. Interviews of promising candidates continue through January, 2010.

Candidates selected for the second round are invited to complete an application form that includes a description of the idea that they want to turn into action if selected to be a First Mover Fellow.

The First Movers Fellowship staff select the finalists who are presented to the First Mover Design Team in late February, 2010. Those selected to be in the 2010 Class of Fellows by the Design Team are notified sometime in March, 2010. Public announcement of the next class of Fellows is scheduled for April, 2010.