Annual Winter Festival Series

Working in cooperation with Life is good, Inc., students organize the MIDD Snowbuddies Festival, held each January that uses building "snowbuddies" competition, and family-friendly winter activities to help kids in need. All funds raised by the Festival are donated to the Life is good Kids Foundation.

 

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  • 9:30-11:00am: Generation yOUR
    Robert Allen Bourdon ’08.5, Film and Media Culture major
    Robert Ridgely Chew ’08.5, Economics major
    Suvi Neukam ’07.5, Molecular Biology-Biochemistry major

    11:15am-12:45pm: Digital Democracy: Is Technology Changing the Face of Politics?
    Eric Davis, Professor of Political Science, Middlebury College
    Karl Frisch, Director of Media Relations, Media Matters for America
    Michael Silberman ’02, Co-Founder and Director, EchoDitto
    Adrian Talbott, Co-Founder, Executive Director, Generation Engage

    1:45-3:15pm: Social Entrepreneurs: Doing Good with Profit
    Jim Laughlin, Director of Communications, Life is good, Inc.
    Lincoln Fowler ’89, Partner, Alterra Coffee Roasters
    Ward Fowler ’86, Partner, Alterra Coffee Roasters
    Elizabeth Glenshaw, Director, CI Market & Industry Development, Calvert Social Investment Fund

    3:30-5:00pm: Millennial Market Opportunities
    Tom Kottler ’84, CEO/Managing Member, VeinAid LLC
    Brian Schmidt ’97, Manager, National Agency Team, Google Inc.
    Chris Charron, Entrepreneur, Emerging Technology Consultant

    5:15-6:45pm: The Millennials Looking Forward – a Town Meeting
    Moderator: Maureen Ellenberger P’09, Entrepreneurial Advisory and Consulting
    Chris Charron, Entrepreneur, Emerging Technology Consultant
    Jim Laughlin, Director of Communications, Life is good, Inc
    Brian Schmidt ’97, Manager, National Agency Team, Google Inc.
    Adrian Talbott, Co-Founder, Executive Director, Generation Engage