Emerging #tech can benefit the world's poorest when you start with the problem and not the solution via @catherinecheney from @devex at #SkollWF
Tackling how new technologies can help the world's poorest
As emerging technologies from AI to blockchain to automation enter the world economy, experts at Skoll heard how development sector organizations can ...
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Unlike solutions that challenge problems from the outside, @codeforamerica is creating impact from inside “The System,” writes @sarika008 in @brightthemag #SkollWF
Why Do Social Entrepreneurs Skirt Around Fixing the Government? Because It’s Hard.
Unlike solutions that challenge problems from the outside, Code for America is getting inside “The System.”
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"Nothing replaces empathy." @rickspence observes from #SkollWF that the power of #proximity can really pay off for the #socent community via @PressReader
#ICYMI: What will it take to solve the world’s most difficult challenges? Watch Co-Impact's Founder and CEO @olivialeland's #SkollWF panel #TBT #Philanthropy
"Water is something that we take for granted here in the United States. It’s difficult to imagine what our lives would be like if we didn’t have that service.” See @NewsHour 's feature on @waterforpeople :
Denver nonprofit quenches a community’s thirst for clean, reliable water
Water For People, a Denver-based nonprofit, is helping communities in Bolivia and other countries get drinking water and sanitation services for every...
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Anushka Ratnayake created @myagrofarms to help more #smallholder #farmers achieve a basic human right, and it's working: they've helped over 50,000 farmers, and they're just getting started. #SkollWF
How can the power of #proximity pay off? @rickspence observes from #SkollWF that #socents should double down on building stronger relationships through empathy, listening, genuine understanding & the willingness to acknowledge failure via @PressReader
Every year, we convene over 1,200 social entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators in Oxford for #SkollWF. If you missed anything from this year's event, check out the the highlights! https://t.co/8DxGGBlOh4
#Renewableenergy is helping push for "true democracy" in India, and @Harishhande's work with @SELCOFoundation is leading the way, via @azweynert
Energy access for all needed for
By Astrid ZweynertOXFORD, England, April 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - An Indian street vendor taught Harish Hande his most important financial ...
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Ready for a little #goodnews pick-me-up? Restore your faith in humanity with the stories of @angazadesign @callisto @codeforamerica @ghcorps @myAgroFarms & @SELCOFoundation from this year's #SkollWF via @GroundTruth
Restore your faith in humanity with these stories from the Skoll World Forum | The GroundTruth Project
“Shutting ourselves off from those we see as other erodes our humanity.” —Sally Osberg, President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation OXFORD...
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There are more slaves today than at any other time in history. What will it take to free the 40.3 million people living in modern slavery? #EndSlavery
What Will it Take to Free 40.3 Million Slaves? - Skoll.org
Slavery is a modern scourge of shocking proportions. A new report sheds light on a very old problem.
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What if government actually worked better for people in the 21st century? @pahlkadot and @codeforamerica are making this a reality by transforming the intersection of government and #tech #SkollWF
Five of the six 2018 Skoll Awardees for Social Entrepreneurship are women, which brings up the question: Do women bring special skills or sensibilities to the world of social entrepreneurship? The awardees weighed in on NPR:
Advice From Five Women And A Guy Who Won $1.25 Million Dollars To Do Good
The winners of the 2018 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship share surprising lessons on life, leadership and gender in the workplace.
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.@GroundTruth Project encourages you to "restore your faith in humanity" with stories from @angazadesign @callisto @codeforamerica @ghcorps @myAgroFarms & @SELCOFoundation from this year's #SkollWF
Restore your faith in humanity with these stories from the Skoll World Forum | The GroundTruth Project
“Shutting ourselves off from those we see as other erodes our humanity.” —Sally Osberg, President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation OXFORD...
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.@SELCOFoundation founder Harish Hande envisions a more inclusive world, "where the poor are not considered as source of cheap labor but as knowledge partners... as assets of the society." #SkollWF
