Digital Vision Fellows

Here is a great podcast on IT Conversations that serves as a simple introduction to social enterprise:

Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Stuart Gannes the Director of the Reuters Digital Vision Program at Stanford, as well as this year's Digital Vision Fellow. We'll hear about global projects with a humanitarian bent -- from citizen journalism on simple cellphones, to telemedicine for developing nations, and multimedia for the street kids of Rio.

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Abby Joseph Cohen on the Power of Going Green

Investment strategist Abby Joseph Cohen ranked 19th on Forbes magazine's list of the world's 100 most powerful women. When she talks, businesses around the world listen. One of the things she's telling businesses these days is that thinking green can be good for business.

Cohen, a partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co., reports that environmentally and socially conscious investing has increased fourfold since 2001. She estimates that this style of investing already accounts for roughly 15% of the U.S. stock market. Cohen spoke with Earth & Sky's Eleanor Imster in March, 2006.

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Storytelling Sundance Style

Jim Fruchterman at the Skoll World Forum: Story Telling, Sundance style

The Accelerator's president, Tim Zak, is returning to Pittsburgh after a week of inspiration at the Skoll Foundation conference in Oxford.

Senior Venture Advisor Al Mercer spotted the above post by another attendee who found inspiration in the Participant Productions:

One of the major themes of working with the Skoll Foundation is the focus on stories. That's what Jeff does with Participant Productions, and a big piece of the Foundation's efforts are around helping us tell stories. Many social entrepreneurs actively avoid telling stories about themselves: they tell stories about other people more easily.