Inside Social Innovation

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David Goldwyn, David Dollar - How Energy Effects Economic Development Jun 22, 2008

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People in the developing world expend more than a quarter of their potential earnings on energy. Economic development, environmental health, and global stability all hinge on wise management of global energy resources. In this audio lecture, David Goldwyn and David Dollar paint a positive picture of what developing countries and governments in the West can do to improve energy use abroad and at home.

https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/david_goldwyn_david_dollar_-_how_energy_effects_economic_development

Alana Conner - Evaluation for Normal People Jun 15, 2008

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In the frenzy over accountability, funders, donors, and the general public are calling for more program evaluation. Yet few understand how expensive and complex good evaluation is. Speaking at the 2006 Nonprofit Management Institute at Stanford, Alana Conner, senior editor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review illustrates how half-hearted evaluation can do more harm than good. Rick Aubry and Victor Kuo join her to give nonprofit and foundation perspectives.

https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/alana_conner_-_evaluation_for_normal_people

Paul Farmer - Scaling Up Healthcare in Rwanda Jun 09, 2008

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AIDS, malaria, and maternal mortality are some of the chronic public health issues that plague Africa. Invited to Stanford, Paul Farmer talks about how his Boston-based organization, Partners In Health, is spending donor dollars to bring the lessons garnered from its work in Haiti to scale up healthcare services in war-torn Rwanda. As dicussed in this audio lecture, his organization seeks to fill the gap that exists between medical R&D and healthcare delivery so preventions and cures can be brought to more of the people who need them.

https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/paul_farmer_-_scaling_up_healthcare_in_rwanda

Linda Rottenberg - Taking Entrepreneurism International Jun 01, 2008

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Ten years ago, "entrepreneur" didn't exist in the lexicon of many parts of the world. Now, thanks to the work of a nonprofit called Endeavor, entrepreneurs are emerging in countries where such activity was once impossible. Invited to speak at the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford, Linda Rottenberg shares in this audio lecture how her organization has gone from a "crazy" idea of two business school graduates to an important engine for empowering entrepreneurs in Latin America and beyond.

https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/linda_rottenberg_-_taking_entrepreneurism_international

Networked Governance - Multilateral Institutions of the Future May 31, 2008

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As global leadership evolves from siloed hierarchies to multilateral approaches, networked governance has important potential and faces significant challenges. In this panel discussion, panelists, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Ashraf Ghani, Ambassador John Bruton, Ambassador Harriet Babbitt, and Sir Ian Forbes, address the factors, from the practical to the philosophical, at play.

https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/networked_governance_-_multilateral_institutions_of_the_future

Beulah Thumbadoo - Making Reading Sexier May 28, 2008

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Beulah Thumbadoo talks about her experiences promoting adult literacy, first from within the South African government and university system, and then through her own organization. Talking with Design for Change host Sheela Sethuraman in this audio interview, she also shares advice from her experience on social entrepreneurship.

https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/beulah_thumbadoo_-_making_reading_sexier

Stanford Social Entrepreneurship Day - Funding Social Enterprises May 25, 2008

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With valuable advice for all types of entrepreneurs, this Stanford Entrepreneurship Week panel offers a unique perspective for funding a social enterprise startup. In this panel discussion, Kriss Deiglmeier leads an engaging discussion between funders and social entrepreneurs that provides actionable advice and insightful lessons in this discussion from the second annual Social Entrepreneurship Day at Stanford University.

https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/stanford_social_entrepreneurship_day_-_funding_social_enterprises

Rafael Alvarez - Preparing Students to Succeed May 19, 2008

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While volunteering at a charter school, Rafael Alvarez was confronted with some shocking information—hardly any students in the senior class had plans to attend college. So, in true social entrepreneurial fashion, he decided to match up this under-served market with another under-served market, entry level IT. Talking with Design for Change host Sheela Sethuraman in this audio interview, he explains how Genesys Works prepares students technically and professionally to enter a corporate environment and change their lives.

https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/rafael_alvarez_-_preparing_students_to_succeed

Rick Duke - Reducing U.S. Emissions Affordably May 18, 2008

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Now that global warming is recognized as a real and serious problem, discussion is turning to practical challenges of reducing emissions in the long term. Host of the Center for Social Innovation, Rick Duke, discusses a new report by McKinsey & Company that considers how to address the problem affordably. In this audio lecture, Duke outlines some of the emerging technologies and public policy changes that will be needed to support such a process.

https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/rick_duke_-_reducing_u.s._emissions_affordably

William Drayton - The Importance of Being a Changemaker May 11, 2008

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If you're living on this planet you probably sense that the world is in a time of tremendous change. Ashoka founder William Drayton calls it "Revolution" in his keynote address on the occasion of receiving the Purpose Prize Entrepreneurial Leadership Award. In this audio lecture, Drayton offers inspiring words about the nature of the times we are in, and how becoming a change maker is critical for seizing opportunities that are emerging in these unprecedented times.

https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/william_drayton_-_the_importance_of_being_a_changemaker