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Will the next “thought leader” please stand up? – Part 1
Four years ago, Nicholas Negroponte announced the One Laptop per Child initiative and the $100 laptop to much fan-fare at Davos in Switzerland. He captured the imaginations of world leaders with promises of ultra-affordable computing for school children around the world. He talked about changing the way children learn, improving their education ...
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CK Prahalad Visits WRI, Discusses Innovation and Development through Enterprise
Five years after its publication, CK Prahalad’s "The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid" continues to be a point of reference for the community of practice interested in the idea of development through enterprise. Mr. Prahalad was recently in WRI and sat down for a brief interview about the evolution and prospects of this concept.
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Skoll World Forum: Awards and Closing Ceremonies Set the High Points for the Venue
Attending the Skoll World Forum the last few days was a humbling, inspiring, overwhelming, connecting and a fulfilling experience. Two high points during the venue were the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship and the Skoll Forum Closing Ceremony.
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Skoll World Forum: Winning Hearts and Minds through Storytelling
A connecting thread between everything I saw at the Skoll World Forum was the power of well told stories to advance the goals pursued by social entrepreneurs. Following are my notes from a session that built on this challenge: "Winning Hearts and Minds".
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Skoll World Forum: Rushing the Social Change Agenda
The Skoll World Forum can be summed up as such: You can’t pack more content into one day, nor could have more a enthusiastic crowd of social entrepreneurs, social investors, social researchers and decision makers in one place at one time.My Skoll experience can be summed up in one word: rushed.
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Creative Design for Affordability at Cornell
I vividly remember the feelings of wistfulness and jealousy as I read the course description. I thought to myself, ?I wish Cornell had a class like that.? Well, now we do! Thanks to the vision, determination, (and yes, creativity), of two Johnson School MBA students, Jeff Gangemi and Charles Lo, Creative Design for Affordability...
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Skoll World Forum 2009: Challenges of Expansion Finance for Social Entrepreneurs
Philanthropy has too often remained trapped in the ’small is beautiful’ world of social innovation - while for-profit-investors have striven to avoid any taint of compromising returns for social goals. A growing set of trailblazers is mobilizing significant pools of capital to deploy for social impact.
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The Ripple Effect – To be Defined
The Ripple Effect. The session was moderated by Ian Goldin, Director of James Martin 21st Century School. Speaking at the panel were Ron Grzywinski (Chairman, Shorebank Corporation), Jeremy Hockenstein (CEO and Co-Founder, Digital Divide Data) and Marcia Odell (Director, WORTH, Pact Institute)
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