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Virtual Skoll World Forum 2020: Collective Strength

 

 

The 2019 Skoll World Forum was an exercise in pragmatic optimism. Our conversations centered on  Accelerating Possibility to recognize our shared human journey and the fellowship possible when mapping a vision for progress together. In 2020, we took the Skoll World Forum virtual for the first time, to build on those conversations by exploring the potential of Collective Strength. 

Against the backdrop of the rapidly worsening COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Virtual Skoll World Forum morphed into an entirely online open-sourced experiment. With the enduring spirit and irrepressible resourcefulness so characteristic of the larger Skoll community, in a span of three weeks, we pivoted to a week of virtual events that reinforced the core value of convenings—connection, provocation, and inspiration.

Amidst it all, we announced five new remarkable organizations as the 2020 Skoll Awardees for Social Entrepreneurship—a group of problem solvers rising to meet some of the most critical challenges of the day, deep structural problems that our current global pandemic will only worsen.

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Collaborate Not Replicate: How Skateistan Scales Through Open Source Partnerships 

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Sustainable Textiles and Vulnerable Communities: Thinking of Tomorrow While Managing Today

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Why Investment Decision Methodology Needs a Gender and Racial Lens Now More Than Ever

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The Role of Urban Innovation in Africa's Emerging Cities in the Time of COVID-19

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How Chinese Social Entrepreneurs Stepped up to Respond to COVID-19

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Global Ecosystem Builders: How We're Responding to COVID-19

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Collective Strength in a Time of Plague

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What We Learned from Our First Virtual Skoll World Forum

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2020 Skoll Social Entrepreneurs Show the Power of Collective Strength in Solving Big Global Problems

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Skoll Foundation Announces 2020 Global Treasure Award to The Elders

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Join Us for a Week of Connecting as Skoll Goes Virtual

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Skoll Goes Virtual (With a Big-Hearted Assist from YOU)

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Gathering Our Strength to Drive Collective Action