<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><<<<<</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/business-pollinators-the-next-wave-of-economic-development-registration-18279526556" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">TICKETS HERE</b></a><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">>>>>></span></div><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Use code BARD@IMPACTHUB for <u class="">FREE</u> Tickets </b></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="text-align: center;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(56, 181, 198); font-family: 'Miso Regular', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: 0.03em; text-transform: uppercase;" class=""><b class="">BUSINESS POLLINATORS: THE NEXT WAVE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT</b></span></div><b class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""></span></b><h4 style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Miso Regular', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(56, 181, 198); line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 5px 0px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""></span></h4><h5 style="text-align: center; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: 'Miso Regular', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(73, 69, 60); line-height: 18px; padding: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 0px;" class="">Michael H. Shuman, </h5><h5 style="text-align: center; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: 0pt; orphans: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: 'Miso Regular', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(73, 69, 60); font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 0px;" class="">Director of Community Portals for Mission Markets, Fellow at Cutting Edge Capital and Post-Carbon Institute</h5><h4 style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Miso Regular', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(56, 181, 198); line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 5px 0px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;" class="">Friday, February 19, 2016 | 6-8PM | Food & Drinks Provided</h4><h4 style="text-align: center; font-family: 'Miso Regular', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(56, 181, 198); font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; padding: 0px; margin: 5px 0px; letter-spacing: 0.02em;" class="">Impact HUB NYC, 394 Broadway, New York, NY 10013</h4><div class="bodytext" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><h5 style="font-family: 'Miso Regular', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(73, 69, 60); font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 0px; letter-spacing: 0pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></h5><h5 style="font-family: 'Miso Regular', Helvetica, 'Lucida Grande', Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(73, 69, 60); font-weight: normal; line-height: 18px; padding: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 0px; letter-spacing: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Join</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><a href="http://www.bard.edu/mba/" target="_blank" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 181, 198); text-decoration: none;" class="">Bard MBA in Sustainability</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">as we bring together sustainable business experts for our conversation series on Friday evenings 6:00 - 8:00 pm during the Bard MBA residency each month. Held at</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> </span><a href="http://nyc.impacthub.net/events/" target="_blank" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 181, 198); text-decoration: none;" class="">Impact Hub NYC</a><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="">, this is a unique opportunity to engage with some of the most prominent experts in the field and interact with the Bard MBA's students, faculty, and alumni. </span></span></h5><br class="">On Friday February 19th, 2016 we will be speaking with <a href="http://michaelhshuman.com/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(56, 181, 198); text-decoration: none;" class="">Michael H. Shuman</a>, an economist, attorney, author, and entrepreneur. He’s also an adjunct instructor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, a Fellow at Cutting Edge Capital and at the Post-Carbon Institute, and a founding board member of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE). He has authored, coauthored, or edited nine books. His most recent book, published by Chelsea Green in May 2015, is <i class=""><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Local-Economy-Solution-Self-Financing/dp/1603585753" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(56, 181, 198); text-decoration: none;" class="">The Local Economy Solution: How Innovative, Self-Financing Pollinator Enterprises Can Grow Jobs and Prosperity</a></i>. <br class=""><br class="">The tentative schedule for these events will be networking, book talk, more networking with light fare and drink provided by Bard MBA and Impact Hub NYC.<br class=""><br class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><<<<<</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/business-pollinators-the-next-wave-of-economic-development-registration-18279526556" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">TICKETS HERE</b></a><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">>>>>></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Use code BARD@IMPACTHUB for <u class="">FREE</u> Tickets </b></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; text-align: center;" class=""><b style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></b></div></div></div><div class=""></div></body></html>