Talk:Charles R. Conn

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Hello! I can't edit this page as I am an employee of the Rhodes Trust, but I wanted to flag some news:

1) Fact correction to the page - total fundraising during Charles' Wardenship was £250million - £150million was to secure the endowment for the pre-existing scholarships, and £100million for expansion to new Rhodes constituencies.

2) The number of Rhodes Scholarships have expanded during Charles' Wardenship from 83 to 100. This includes for the first time Global Scholarships open to any country around the world which is not already a Rhodes constituency. News of this went out today:

3) During his Wardenship, Charles has advocated for more collaboration and convening to happen at Rhodes House and within the Rhodes Scholar community - promoting the idea of a Fellowship of fellowships and moving from a focus on the individual to a focus on what the community can achieve together.

Many thanks Wikipedians, (Babettet (talk) 17:17, 19 February 2018 (UTC))

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Edit suggestion for biography page

Hello. it appears much of the information contained on this page is out of date. I would like to suggest making the following edits to the biography section of the page if of course it is ok with @Mer-C. Here is a draft of my suggested edit please advise me of any changes you would like to see.

== Biography ==

=== Education. ===
Conn studied at [[Boston University]]'s University Professors Program before reading Philosophy, Politics and Economics at [[Balliol College]], [[Oxford University|Oxford]] as a [[Rhodes Scholarship|Rhodes Scholar]] from Massachusetts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=|title=Rhode Scholarship winners include first from city U|last=Gruson|first=Linsey|date=Winter 1982|work=New York Times|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/2012BILDERBERGMEETINGSSPECIALREPORT171/List%20of%20American%20Rhodes%20Scholars%20(1904-2014)-155_djvu.txt|title=Full text of "Collection of Membership Rosters on the CFR, Trilateral Commission, Bilderberg Group, and Rhodes Scholars"|website=archive.org|language=en|access-date=2018-06-05}}</ref>Conn worked at the [[Boston Consulting Group]] and gained an MBA at [[Harvard Business School]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.id/books?id=YVhdhNEi-pwC&pg=RA1-PA327&lpg=RA1-PA327&dq=Charles+Conn+McKinsey&source=bl&ots=TEYo6To-B7&sig=eX230bam8hTlcHC7G1iuVXmOcpA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YVDVUpLqJtLxhQeg4YCoDQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=Charles%20Conn%20McKinsey&f=false|title=The Strategy Process: Concepts, Contexts, Cases|last=Mintzberg|first=Henry|last2=Ghoshal|first2=Sumantra|last3=Lampel|first3=Joseph|last4=Quinn|first4=James Brian|date=2003|publisher=Pearson Education|isbn=9780273651208|language=en}}</ref> 

=== Career. ===
Conn was a Partner at [[McKinsey & Company]], where he focused on growth strategies and energy.<sup>[[Charles R. Conn#cite note-3|[3]]]</sup>He was a co-author of 'Staircases to growth' in McKinsey Quarterly <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/employment-and-growth/staircases-to-growth|title=Staircases to growth|website=McKinsey & Company|language=en|access-date=2018-06-05}}</ref> and 'Revolution in Upstream Oil & Gas' in the same publication.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Conn, White|first=Charles, David|date=1994|title=The revolution in upstream oil and gas.|url=|journal=McKinsey Quarterly|volume=3|pages=71-86|via=}}</ref> He co-founded [[Citysearch]] in 1995,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=229873&privcapId=238022487|title=Charles Conn III: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-06-05}}</ref> and in 1997 the California Software Industry Council named him Entrepreneur of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=229873&privcapId=238022487|title=Charles Conn III: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=2018-06-05}}</ref> Conn oversaw the merger with Ticketmaster, acquisition of Match.com and the company’s public share offering. He became Chairman of Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch in 2001.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/may/11/business/fi-28820|title=Ticketmaster Names Conn as Chairman|last=News|first=From Bloomberg|date=2000-05-11|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-06-05|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.misosoup.com/caltech83/|title=Caltech 1983|last=Weston|first=Mike|website=www.misosoup.com|access-date=2018-06-05}}</ref>

=== Conservation Work. ===
Conn subsequently worked for more than a decade as Senior Advisor to the Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation<sup>[[Charles R. Conn#cite note-:0-2|[2]]]</sup><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://ssir.org/articles/entry/robbing_the_grandchildren|title=Robbing the Grandchildren (SSIR)|access-date=2018-06-05|language=en-us}}</ref> where his conservation projects included the preservation of wild salmon ecosystems<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moore.org/article-detail?newsUrlName=conservation-biology-through-the-lens-of-a-career-in-salmon-conservation|title=Conservation biology through the lens of a career in salmon conservation|website=www.moore.org|language=en|access-date=2018-06-05}}</ref> and the Palmyra Atoll research station. He has published articles on conservation and conservation biology,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=CONN|first=CHARLES|date=2011-11-09|title=Conservation Biology through the Lens of a Career in Salmon Conservation|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01762.x|journal=Conservation Biology|language=en|volume=25|issue=6|pages=1075–1079|doi=10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01762.x|issn=0888-8892}}</ref> including in the 25th anniversary edition (December 2011) of the journal Conservation Biology, and on the advantages of Foundations adopting a long-term perspective.<ref name=":0" />

=== Other notable work. ===
He is a Henry Crown Fellow of the [[Aspen Institute]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aspeninstitute.org/programs/henry-crown-fellowship/|title=Henry Crown Fellowship - The Aspen Institute|work=The Aspen Institute|access-date=2018-06-05|language=en-US}}</ref> Conn also sits or has sat on several company and non-profit boards or advisory committees, including Patagonia,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.co.id/books?id=tgLnBAAAQBAJ&lpg=PT82&ots=l27gbCtoyx&dq=Charles%20R%20Conn%20+%20Patagonia&pg=PT82#v=onepage&q=Charles%20R%20Conn%20+%20Patagonia&f=false|title=The Responsible Company: What We've Learned from Patagonia's First 40 Years|last=Chouinard|first=Yvon|last2=Stanley|first2=Vincent|date=2013-10-06|publisher=Patagonia|isbn=9781938340109|language=en}}</ref> the Arcadia Foundation,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.arcadiafund.org.uk/charles-conn/|title=Charles Conn - Arcadia|date=2018-02-09|work=Arcadia|access-date=2018-06-05|language=en-GB}}</ref> and the Atlantic Salmon Foundation.<sup>[[Charles R. Conn#cite note-:0-2|[2]]]</sup> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://0104.nccdn.net/1_5/16e/1db/182/ASF-Annual-Rept-2015.pdf|title=Atlantic Salmon Foundation, Annual Report, 2015|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>He acts as an adviser and investor in start-up technology companies that focus on clean energy solutions and related areas.

Give me blue clouds and avacado (talk) 20:17, 8 July 2018 (UTC)

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I will try to check for biases, and eventually remove the maintenance template. --Magnus Manske (talk) 13:55, 9 January 2018 (UTC)

Removal of PR/News article tag

I am changing a few things on the page so it doesn't seem so sensationalised. I'm going to leave it a couple of days before I remove the tag so if anyone else has any suggestions for how we can improve the page please leave a note here or on my talk page. Pug of the day (talk) 08:57, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Editing for tone

I have begun editing the piece so that it sounds less like a press release and more like an encyclopaedia entry. I propose moving all mention of publications into the new publications section. If anyone else has any suggestions please get in touch with me here or via my talk page Pug of the day (talk) 10:48, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Maintenance

I have edited the page so the information contained is up to date. I have also adjusted some phrases so it does not read like a CV or press release. If any furthur changes are required please advise. Pug of the day (talk) 15:44, 3 August 2018 (UTC)