Who Matters? Impact, Power And Accountability
Friday, March 27, 2009
Session Description
A laser focus on impact can shift power from funders and social entrepreneurs to the people they intend to serve. What is the connection between impact, power and accountability? What lessons can we learn from thoughtful funders and social entrepreneurs who have struggled with this issue? Funders, social entrepreneurs and beneficiaries explore what works and what hasn’t in the race towards lasting, positive, social impact.
Time & Location
Time:
09:00 - 10:30, Friday, March 27, 2009
BST
Speakers
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President and CEO, The Family Independence Initiative
Maurice Lim Miller is the Founder of The Family Independence Initiative. Prior to this initiative, Maurice was the Executive Director of Asian Neighborhood Design (A.N.D.) in California. Maurice was honoured by former President Clinton with an invitation to sit with the First Lady at the President’s 1999…
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Cecilia is an internationally acclaimed slavery fighter. Through VF, she rescues, heals, and reintegrates survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Working together with partners they protected more than 30,000 at risk and exploited young girls.
Cecil was instrumental in the…
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Project Director, Limmat Stiftung
Juan J. Alarcon is the Project Director of the Limmat Foundation in Zurich, an international foundation specializing in training of trainers, vocational training, and development programs for women and street children. Prior to joining the Limmat Foundation, Alarcon served as Financial Director of…
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Country Director-Malawi, Partners in Health
Jonas Rigodon is the incoming Country Director of Partners in Health(PIH), Malawi. Working with the Division of Global Health Equity at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and affiliated with Harvard Medical School, the Clinton Foundation and the Malawian Ministry of Health, PIH-Malawi seeks to improve…
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Professor, Duke University
J. Gregory Dees is Professor of the Practice of Social Entrepreneurship and cofounder of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. In 2007, the Aspen Institute and Ashoka recognized his pioneering work with their first Lifetime…
