{"178821":{"#nid":"178821","#data":{"type":"event","title":"IMPACT Series Presents: Better World Books CEO Andy Perlmutter","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAndy Perlmutter is the CEO of Better World Books, a self-sustaining, triple-bottom-line company that sell books online to donate books and fund literacy initiatives worldwide. On January 23, he will kick off the spring 2013 IMPACT Speaker Series with talk that is open to faculty, staff, students, and community members.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease join us for this event at 4:30 p.m. in the Scheller College of Business.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout the Impact Speaker Series:\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from \u0022building a venture around intellectual capital\u0022 to \u0022successful entrepreneurship in large organizations\u0022 and \u0022socially responsible leadership\u0022. The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe series is free and open to the public, and reservations are not required.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EPerlmutter is the Chief Executive Officer of Better World Books, a unique business with a mission to promote literacy. He will visit Tech to speak to students, faculty, and staff as part of the IMPACT Speaker Series.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Andy Perlmutter will speak at the IMPACT Series, a weekly presentation sponsored by the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship."}],"uid":"27336","created_gmt":"2012-12-20 15:10:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:01:40","author":"Dori Pap","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2013-01-23T15:30:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2013-01-23T16:30:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2013-01-23T16:30:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2013-01-23 20:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2013-01-23 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2013-01-23 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/impact.html","title":"IMPACT Speaker Series"},{"url":"http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/","title":"Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship"}],"groups":[{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"40031","name":"Asperger\u0027s"},{"id":"40051","name":"learning disability solutions"},{"id":"40011","name":"mobile technology"},{"id":"167683","name":"special needs"},{"id":"40041","name":"Wynsum Arts"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDori Pap\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}