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Jeff Klein, Director, Graduate Leadership Program
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Field Application Projects
In Spring 2012, the Wharton Graduate Leadership Program is sponsoring four Field Application Projects (FAP) focused on connecting students with prominent organizations to provide an environment in which students can apply the leadership skills they've developed. Three groups of 5-6 students each will spend a full semester working with the partner organization to provide meaningful support and tangible contributions.
Spring 2012 FAPs
MGMT 653.010 (Jeff Klein): Eagles Youth Partnership - Social Impact of Sports Teams II. The Philadelphia Eagles are finalists for Beyond Sports 2011 Best Sports Team award for their community and green initiatives. This FAP will build on the report developed by the Spring 2012 FAP and distributed at the 2011 Beyond Sports Conference in New York.
MGMT 653.011 (Preston Cline): Education as Change - Strategy and Cross-Sector Engagement in Haiti and Nicaragua. This FAP will examine the role of education as a lever for systemic and local change and as a catalyst for building capacity to address developmental challenges broadly, as conceptualized through a strategic development framework developed by the team.
MGMT 653.012 (Jeff Klein and Lynn Krage): Wharton Feedback and Coaching Network - Strategy and Marketing Plan. Students participating in this FAP will design and launch a persuasive, evidence-based strategic marketing plan for the Feedback and Coaching Network, a major new leadership initiative for MBA students. For more information about the Feedback and Coaching Network, click here.
MGMT 653.013 (Katie Krimmel): The Best Day of My Life (So Far) - Strategy and Marketing Plan. The Best Day of My Life (So Far) is a multi-generational, multi-media storytelling platform which has connected people from more than 60 countries. The FAP will focus on the development of a strategic marketing plan through one-on-one interviews with local and regional non-profit experts. For more information about this platform, click here.
Past Field Application Projects offered through the Graduate Leadership Program include:
- Philadelphia Thought Campus with the Philadelphia Mayor's Office
- City Facilities Acquisition Strategy with the Philadelphia Mayor's Office
- Non-profit business planning with Yoga Unites
- Wharton Leadership Ventures Marketing Strategy
- Social Impact of Sports with the Eagles Youth Partnership
- the Philadelphia Mayor's Office for Planning and Economic Development
- the United Way
- the National Outdoor Leadership School
- the Wilderness Medicine Institute
- European mountaineering apparel company Eider
- Women's boutique Joan Shepp
- the United Nations
- the Mt. Rainier Institute
