Innovators In Action Masterclass — Social Entrepreneurs In Education
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Session Description
Innovators In Action Masterclasses
Join Skoll social entrepreneurs for a series of lively masterclass discussions on real world innovations from the field. These practitioners generously share their approaches, insights, impact and examples of success. Pick your issue area and take advantage of this opportunity to learn and be inspired!
Time & Location
Time:
12:40 - 13:40, Wednesday, March 28, 2007
BST
Speakers
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CEO and Founder, College for Social Innovation
Eric Schwarz is the Co-Founder and CEO of the College for Social Innovation (CFSI), which seeks to "educate and inspire the next generation of problem solvers for humanity's tough challenges.” CFSI seeks to build a bigger, better prepared, and more diverse talent pipeline for the social impact sector through its flagship Semester in the City experiential learning program in Boston and a new national Semester for Impact program set to launch in 2023-24, both of which provide a full semester of academic credit. Eric is also Co-Founder and former CEO of Citizen Schools, an apprenticeship-based learning model, which has had a positive impact on the after-school and extended learning time fields across the U.S.
Prior to starting Citizen Schools in 1995, Eric served as vice president of City Year, the national service program, and as a journalist at The Oakland Tribune and The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, MA) where he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
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Dr Taddy Blecher is CEO of the Maharishi Invincibility Institute and the Imvula Empowerment Trust, CEO of the Community and Individual Development Association, and Chairperson of the SA National Government team on Entrepreneurship, Education, & Employability.
He is a pioneer of the free tertiary education movement in South Africa, helping to create six free access institutions of higher learning as well as co-founding the Branson School of Entrepreneurship with Sir Richard Branson. As a result, over 21,000 unemployed South Africans have been educated, found employment, and moved from unemployment into the middle-class.
As a qualified actuary and management consultant, Dr Blecher is passionate about the approach of Consciousness-Based Education, a system of education developing the full potential of every student. This has led the Maharishi Institute to winning multiple prizes including the first prize in a global competition for the most innovative education initiative in the world
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Dr. Martín Burt is a world-renowned social entrepreneur who has developed anti-poverty and educational social innovations that are currently being implemented worldwide. He is founder (1985) and CEO of Fundación Paraguaya, a social enterprise named Latin America’s most impactful and innovative development organization in 2018 by the IADB. Dr. Burt is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship at the World Economic Forum. He has also served as Chief of Staff to the President of Paraguay, was elected Mayor of Asunción, and was appointed Vice Minister of Commerce. His latest book “Paraguay without Poverty” was published in November 2023. He has received several international awards. He holds a PhD from Tulane University and is Lecturer & Social Entrepreneur in Residence at Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Research Associate at University of California, Irvine, and Professor, Master’s Program in Microfinance, at Universidad de Alcalá.
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A lifelong educationalist, I began my career teaching English at secondary level before focusing on children excluded from mainstream education. Following research in Zimbabwe, I founded CAMFED International to support and advance the education of rural girls in sub-Saharan Africa. The organisation has grown into six countries, working with Ministries of Education and an array of other partners to extend education beyond the secondary into the tertiary level as well as providing financial intelligence training and job creation programmes. CAMFED’s work is rooted in rural communities and credits its strength and success to the creative endeavours and resilience of these communities as well as the alumna of young women supported by CAMFED and now more that a quarter of a million strong.
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Managing Partner and Founder, Grove Social Impact Partners
J.B. Schramm is Managing Partner of Grove Impact, a national partnership of social change pioneers catalyzing bold systems-change initiatives. Schramm formerly led New Profit’s $25M Learn to Earn fund to help learners achieve economic mobility by weaving work and study together. Forbes named J.B. to its “Impact 30” list of top social entrepreneurs for leading College Summit (now called PeerForward), which was recognized by President Obama with a portion of his Nobel Peace Prize. Selected as the U.S. Social Entrepreneur of the Year at the World Economic Forum (2007), J.B. is a fellow of the Aspen Institute, Skoll Foundation, and Manhattan Institute, and has been published by media outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Consumer Electronics Show.
