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March 30, 2009 — 08:30 pm
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.
March 30, 2009 — 05:31 pm
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".
March 27, 2009 — 11:12 am
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.
March 26, 2009 — 10:28 am
NextBillion.net will be at the Skoll World Forum 2009 through a team of Guest Bloggers. Vinay Nagaraju covered the opening plenary and the sessions that took place at the Sheldonian Theater. Here are his first impressions.
