Good evening. My name is trevor fromhe boston book festival. Thank you so much for joining us this afternoons 2020 session, can business save the world. I would especiall like to think everyone including a donation en they register for this free event. It would like to purchase the book by todays presenters, were also suppoing independent bookstores in the bbf, which made it easy. Just cli by t book linkt the bottom of the screen. No i like to talk about them moderator, cofounder of fsg and the author of influential publicions on sharealue catalytic herapy, strategic evuations and impact insting. Thank you trevor and it is wonderful to be here and these ar two outstanding womanhood just written two books the long and a book shelf. Where used to thinking about business as being the source of so any problems in the world today. Its quite refreshing to he a panel that talks abo whether business can save the world and while that is a large and openended question. Trevor our two authors tod
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And im a marketing director of the book stores. We have two become stored. Started in 1961 and in 2019 they became the first not for profit book stored Whose Mission is book selling. The kill tour mission work allows us to keep over 100,000 books on our shelfs and work live likemind cultural partner is leak the center for effective government. Testimony ices re vent is mold rated by Karen Tumulty. The winner for excellence in political reporting, joined the Washington Post in 2019 after with time. During her 15 years at time she wrote or coriot three dozen stores and helped with the white house correspondent, karen is on the board of institutes of politics at the university of chicago and hopes to create the university of texas and Harvard Business school and now turn it over to Karen Tumulty to introduce tonights authors. Good evening and duso much for being with us tonight. The only thing that makes me sad about this is i cant actually be at the university of chicago, which is a plac