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2008 Skoll World Forum
Social Edge blogs the fifth annual Skoll World Forum at the Saïd Business School in Oxford, March 26-28, 2008.
The 2008 Skoll World Forum has wrapped up, but you can still virtually attend this pivotal social entrepreneurship conference by visiting Social Edge. A team of Skoll Scholars blogged every session and a roving group of three Berkeley Bloggers will brought home the bottom line from this year’s forum.
The 2008 Skoll World Forum sessions were centered around the theme of Social Entrepreneurship: culture, context and social change. If social entrepreneurship is truly about “changing the world”, then what are the cultural and contextual barriers that social entrepreneurs need to overcome to create sustainable change in the areas where they work? To what extent does culture accelerate or inhibit change, innovation, and scale? How can social entrepreneurs best evaluate the contexts in which they operate? What are the opportunities and models of success? And, at the most practical level, what mindsets and tools are needed for social entrepreneurs to work successfully across different cultures and contexts?
Check out the amazing agenda below. We have pulled together information on each of the topics so you can do some background reading on the topics of interest to you. We have video of some of the sessions, with more coming soon!
BBC: Jeff Skoll & Jimmy Carter Interview (Real Player)
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Social Entrepreneurship: Culture, Context & Social Change
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I went today on their websites as I was interesting to participate but the registration for 2008 was already closed even then i got the chance of entering into this website.
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Skoll World Forum 2008
Hello I would be attending the Skoll World Forum 2008. I am happy to contribute and write about the forum for everyone. Priyank.
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WHAT WE DO - THE NUMBERS: JTRA' s Kitchen serves hot lunches to the community free of charge since they are still trying to rebuild , and get their homes , and lives together.
In 2007 JTRA distributed 4.187 million pounds of food.  We distributed groceries to 252,194 families for a total 517,800 individuals.  We cooked and served 127,181 hot meals in 2007.
registration closed
I went today on their websites as I was interesting to participate but the registration for 2008 was already closed even I just got the announcement from the newsletter... is there anything we can still do to participate ?