Will Artificial Intelligence End Global Poverty?
Shashi BuluswarInstitute for Transformative Technologies
Social entrepreneurs aren't satisfied with making things just a little better. They're looking to forge permanent and sustainable solutions to complex social problems. See how they made 2018 a brighter, more hopeful year! #GoodNewsDecember
How Social Entrepreneurs Brought Hope to 2018 - Skoll.org
A look back at notable impact made in 2018 by Skoll social entrepreneurs working around the world.
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Can big bet #philanthropy draw in the type of capital required for transformative impact? We think so. Excited for @Coimpactcollab to help social enterprises drive large-scale change in education, health and economic opportunity. @Devex @olivialeland
How big grants can pave the way to more investment
As more philanthropists explore opportunities in global health and international development, models such as Co-Impact, which announced its first gran...
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“This kind of philanthropic collaboration focused on multiplying impact by unleashing the power of the collective allows us all to take risks and aim higher than we would individually.” -@faheyRF, @SkollFoundation
Co-Impact Announces First Funding Round: $80 Million for Health, Education, Economic Opportunity - Skoll.org
Today, Co-Impact announced its first round of grants, totaling more than $80 million for five initiatives that have demonstrated considerable impact.
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VillageReach focuses on increasing access to quality health care to communities at the #lastmile, where life-saving vaccines and essential medicines are delivered. https://t.co/90ZOFj4Hvf #GlobalHealth
“The Government of Zimbabwe has conspicuously failed to address economic problems in a way that protects the rights and livelihoods of ordinary citizens.” - Mary Robinson. The Elders urge peaceful resolution of the crisis in #Zimbabwe: https://t.co/rU14ZQt5RT
It's been a year since this @TEDTalks by our CEO @VivekHMaru was published.
Over 1 million people have tuned in to hear how #legalempowerment is transforming law from an abstraction or threat into something that everyone can understand, use and shape.
How to put the power of law in people's hands
What can you do when the wheels of justice don't turn fast enough? Or when they don't turn at all? Vivek Maru is working to transform the relationship...
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Callisto makes a difference on our partner campuses. Learn more about our impact here: https://t.co/maKpujtfwy
For the third year in a row, environmental threats topped @WEF's Global Risks list, released ahead of #Davos2019 next week. “Of all risks, it is in relation to the environment that the world is most clearly sleepwalking into catastrophe.” #risks19
These are the biggest risks facing our world in 2019
From extreme weather to biodiversity loss, this year's Global Risks Report paints a clear picture of environmental concern.
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It's time to cut through the #AI hype, says Shashi Buluswar of @ITT_Tweets. It can be a distraction from meeting #SDGs with foundational solutions. Read new report #AIforGood
Will Artificial Intelligence End Global Poverty? - Skoll.org
The hype surrounding “AI for good" has reached fever pitch. Let's take a step back and consider more foundational solutions.
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The Skoll World Forum has evolved to become *the* annual gathering of social entrepreneurs and the innovators who support them. How did it begin? A look back at the history of #SkollWF with @SallyOsberg and @szborgman:
Investing and Connecting Social Entrepreneurs: Skoll Awards and 15 Years of Skoll World Forum - Skoll.org
Change-makers and thought leaders come from all different sectors: from government to business to civil society and media.
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"The social entrepreneur understands that the status quo is affecting a marginalized population in a very significant way, and that population rarely has the power or means to effect the transition on its own." @SallyOsberg on why the world needs #socents:
How social entrepreneurs are changing the world
In “Getting Beyond Better,” Sally Osberg, president and CEO of the Skoll Foundation, explores how social entrepreneurs can confront the st...
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To move from incremental to transformative systems change, funders can't do it alone. The #ScalingSolutions report offers concrete ways to improve donor collaboration to scale solutions.
Scaling Solutions Toward Shifting Systems: How Funders Can Do Better - Skoll.org
The initiative revisited the funder community’s role in responding to daunting and complex social problems—“pathologies of systems."
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The @SkollCentre at @OxfordSBS advances the impact of social entrepreneurship to transform unjust systems. “In my experience in trying to create large scale social change, it's a team sport and it's always about more than one person, says @PeterDrobac.
The #graduationapproach has been shown to be one of the most effective economic inclusion interventions. Thanks to @coimpactcollab we will have the opportunity to reach more people and improve the livelihoods of millions. More info: https://t.co/cNetuxFaTy
In their @barronsonline piece, @grahamgmac and @rgeccles make the case for greater transparency and more rigorous #ESG standards to unlock more mainstream investment capital.
Investors Need More and Better Data on Sustainability
Social impact investors need better, and more consistent, access to a standard set of nonfinancial metrics.
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