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Skoll Foundation News - 2007/2008

17.06.08 "Global Business: Skoll World Forum" by Peter Day, BBC Radio World Service

31.03.08 "Oxford Saïd Business School: Jimmy Carter and Al Gore attend fifth Skoll World Forum" The FinChannel

28.03.08 "Saving the World" by Kerry Capell. Business Week

27.03.08 "See you, Jimmy!" by Andrew French. Oxford Mail

10.12.07 "Sustainability Trivia Question: Who Wrote the Check that Made Al Gore's Nobel Prize Possible? And the Answer ..." by Jay Whitehead. The CRO (Corporate Responsibility Officer) blog

09.05.07 "Enterprise expert issues social market manifesto," by Helen Warrell. Third Sector (about Skoll Centre report)

09.04.07 "Skoll Foundation Accepting Grant Applicants for Social Entrepreneurs," by GreenBiz.com. GNET

09.01.07 "Can Foundations Practise Corporate Acupuncture?," by John Elkington (about the Skoll Foundation's capital model), Alliance Magazine (.pdf file)

07.29.07 "One Delegate's Perspective on the 2007 Skoll World Forum", by Cordelia Salter-Nour, eShopAfrica.com

06.17.07 "Big Picture Thinking at Heart of New Publication." About.com Nonprofit Charitable Blog (about new book on philanthropy featuring chapter by Skoll Foundation CEO Sally Osberg)

06.07.07 "New Study Asks: Can Globalization and Sustainability Coexist?" GreenBiz.com

05.22.07 "Business-Suited Philanthropists," by Dalia Fahmy. Financial Times

05.10.07 "Peace Corps Alums Share Entrepreneurship Tips" (featuring Social Edge), Inc. Magazine

04.09.07 "Unleashing Human Potential," by Bridget Carey, Miami Herald (.pdf file)

04.04.07 "New Generation Enters the Business of Doing Good," by Andrew Jack, Financial Times (requires subscription)

04.04.07 "Can the State Create Real Social Entrepreneurs?" by Alison Benjamin, The Guardian

04.02.07 "Skoll at Oxford: A Changing Time for Philanthropy," by Tom Watson, OnPhilanthropy.com

04.01.07 "Social Entrepreneurs: Changing the World," by Patrick Cockburn, The Independent

04.01.07 Essay: "Social Entrepreneurship Yields High Returns," by Julia Novy-Hildesley, Far Eastern Economic Review

03.30.07 "Social Entrepreneurs Seek New Investments to Reach a 'Tipping Point,'" by Nicole Wallace, Chronicle of Philanthropy

03.30.07 "Passion and Profit," by Boris Urban, Financial Mail (New Zealand)

03.28.07 "Queen Rania Calls on Companies to Bridge East-West Divide," Jordan Times

03.20.07 "Skoll Entrepreneurs Receive Million-Dollar Awards from Skoll," PNN Online

03.14.07 Press Release: Ten Innovative Social Entrepreneurs Receive Million-Dollar Awards from the Skoll Foundation

03.01.07 "Social Entrepreneurship: The Case for Definition" by Sally Osberg and Roger Martin. Stanford Social Innovation Review (used with permission from the SSI Review website)

02.07.07 "Changing the World One Job at a Time" by Bruce Freeman, Scripps Howard News Service

02.05.07 "How to Beat RP Socioeconomic Woes? Be a 'Philanthropreneur'" by Jum Balea, ABS-CBN News

01.21.07 "Foundations Test Proxy Power" by Sally Beaty, Wall Street Journal

01.21.07 "Network Philanthropy" by Douglas McGray, LA Times

45 Social Entrepreneurs Who Are Changing the World : 12/1/2007
Fast Company announces the 2008 Social Capitalist Awards which includes 5-year winners College Summit, Room to Read and WITNESS; 2008 Social Capitalist awardees include Ceres, Citizen Schools, KickStart, Root Capital, TransFair USA and Civic Ventures; and newcomers Acumen; for-profits with a purpose also include SustainAbility…

What's Happening Now:

bullet point Design for Social Impact
New Model for Angel Investment
Stories of Change: Social Entrepreneurs in Focus through Documentary
The Most Powerful Motivators

Coming Soon on Social Edge:

bullet point Business Development and Investor Relations
Where is the money?
The X-Interviews: Josephine Nzerem, Isaac Durojaiye