Fw: 2010 SKOLL WORLD FORUM

"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington Carver What is Social Entrepreneurship? Statement of Faith You can find other "Market with Meaning" but you definitely want to see "Profit with Purpose". I personally "Believe in Kingdom Transformation" because I know there is only ONE "Life for Significant". 社會企業家的事業 my facebook  &  my twitter  &  my blog --- 2010年4月14日 星期三，Social Edge <socialedge@skollfoundation.org> 寫道﹕ 寄件人: Social Edge <socialedge@skollfoundation.org> 主題: 2010 SKOLL WORLD FORUM 收件人: incubator.hou@gmail.com 日期: 2010年4月14日,星期三,上午5:44   April 13, 2010   opportunities TakePart and American Express Sankalp Awards & Investment Forum Hub Community Building Internships Modern Story Fellowship SHINE09 UnConference CIPE Youth Essay Contest Bold Ideas, Better Lives Challenge   job listings Green City Force Network for Good Practical Action Divine Chocolate Oxfam India exalt Nonviolent Peaceforce WITNESS TCI Foundation Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation Jumo Housing for All / Ashoka Firstgiving   blogs Africa's Moment Magogodi Makhene Alvin's Guide to Good Business Alvin Hall Civic Entrepreneurship Stephen Goldsmith Dr. O on New Money Patrick O'Heffernan, Ph.D. The Edge They live on The Edge Forging Ahead Kjerstin Erickson Generating blueEnergy Mathias Craig I on Poverty Jonathan Lewis Kiva Chronicles Matt Flannery The Learning Curve Dhaval Chadha Let There D.light Sam Goldman Running to Outpace Poverty Lara Vogel Samasourcing Leila Chirayath Janah SVT on Impact Sara Olsen & Brett Galimidi Talking Trash Parag Gupta Untangled Jason Clark   coming soon Skoll World Forum: Lessons Learned Government: Social Investment Catalyst or Market Disrupter?   News on The Edge Welcome to the Social Edge update! The 2010 Skoll World Forum is taking place this week at the University of Oxford. Our team of 30 bloggers will be reporting on every session, so start following us on Twitter now, then check in often on Social Edge and find out what leading social entrepreneurs are talking about. But first, you should check our vibrant discussions on collaboration, talent and impact, three topics that will be addressed extensively at Oxford. Collaboration: Should you merge two similar programs to increase social impact while reducing operation costs, or partner with other sectors --government, banks, customers-- to provide a coherent approach to a tricky cross-sector problem? Charles (Hipbone) Cameron looks into how social entrepreneurs should structure their collaborative efforts to increase social return. Talent: Yvette Alberdingk Thijm and Pari Jhaveri highlight the importance of succession planning. Will your organization be ready when you realize that it is time for you to move on, or if something unexpected happens to your leadership team? Now is the time to think about the way your departure will affect your organization's ability to continue to create change, and to start cultivating talent for leadership roles. Impact: Lakshmi Karan, the Skoll Foundation's Director of Impact Assessment and Learning, reviews the way we are evaluating impact. She wonders whether we should take the process to the level of issue-driven ecosystems, and looks at the collaborative impact of multiple grantees working together around a common goal in a cluster approach. Collaboration. Talent. Impact. Welcome to the 2010 Skoll World Forum! Join this Week's Live Discussions Structuring Collaboration Mergers, partnerships and new business models: Charles (Hipbone) Cameron looks into how social entrepreneurs should structure their collaborative efforts to increase social return. Talent: Succession Planning Is it time for you to move on? And if yes, how will this affect your organization's ability to continue to create change? Join Yvette Alberdingk Thijm and Pari Jhaveri in the discussion. The Power of Impact & Measurement What are the challenges in trying to measure systems change? How do you implement programs that measure the power of collective investments? Join the Skoll Foundation's Lakshmi Karan in the conversation. What's wrong with being poor? Are the poor actually unhappy? Do we want them to have things they don’t need? What is really wrong with being poor? Join Mumbai-based Lindsay Clinton in this provocative (but constructive) conversation. Theory of Change: A Collaborative Tool? Your Theory of Change can simply be an in-house tool, or an in-sector methodology that you can use collaboratively to avoid needless duplication of effort. Join Charles "Hipbone" Cameron as we discuss how to get greater impact at the level of the issue. The Personal Bottom Line Where do you fit on a three-axis graph with X=social, Y= financial and Z=personal? SVT Group’s Sara Olsen wonders what your personal bottom line looks like. Do you have suggestions for Social Edge or for this newsletter? Send us feedback. You can remove yourself from this list at any time. Hope to see you on The Edge and on Twitter @socialedge! Victor d’Allant Executive Director, Social Edge 250 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301

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