Oberlin’s Entrepreneurship Symposium celebrated the launch of the Creativity & Leadership project by creating a forum in which to define and explore entrepreneurship in a liberal arts setting. The symposium provoked dialogue among students, faculty, and alumni, and introduced students to a network of student, faculty, alumni, and regional entrepreneurs and advocates.

INVENTING THE FUTURE explored entrepreneurship within the fields of finance, the environment, the arts, and social enterprise, as well as the intersections among market, social, civic, and arts entrepreneurship.

To learn more about this successful event check out the following articles in the Oberlin Review:

Career Oriented Weekend Invents the Future

Alumni Discuss the Cost of Creativity Post-Oberlin

Interview with Jerry Greenfield

 

View the Symposium

We are pleased to announce that a webcast of the Inventing the Future: Entrepreneurship at Oberlin symposium is now available on demand. These seven recorded keynotes and panels feature entrepreneurial Obies discussing their innovative work in business, environmental sustainability, the arts, and more.

You can view the webcast in the following ways:
Blackboard (students, faculty, and staff):

  • Sign in (You need to sign in because the content is closed to the general public.)
  • Look for the "Creativity & Leadership Project" module header on the homepage and follow the link with the text "Click Here" leading to our symposium videos.

ObieWeb (alumni):

  • Sign in (You need to sign in because the content is closed to the general public.)
  • Your "Alumni Profile" should automatically appear with a paragraph describing our webcast and a link with the text "Click here" leading to our symposium site.
  • If the "Alumni Profile" page does not automatically appear, you can find it on the side bar under "Keep in Touch."
  • If you have not yet registered for ObieWeb, you can do so here.

Guest Access (friends of the college, prospective students): Please email creativity@oberlin.edu, we would be glad to provide you with complimentary access.

The Conference Webcast and Microsite are contributed by Astute Technology– a company focused on e-learning. Jon Merril, CEO of Astute, is a graduate of Oberlin College.