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Member Stories
Here’s how to empower people for grassroots change
Rana Dajani, Founder of We Love Reading, Jordan, says: To give ourselves the best chance at meeting the SDGs, we must engage with those people at whom the goals are targeted.
My year of Catalyst 2030 – the global movement of social entrepreneurs
Kristine Pearson, Founder and CEO of Lifeline Energy, says she skeptically added her name to a collective of social entrepreneurs on a WhatsApp group that was chatting about collaborating in scale. The discussions focused on creating a volunteer social movement to accelerate the delivery of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using transformative systems change approaches.
Report Launch – Getting from crisis to systems change: Advice for leaders in the time of COVID
Social Entreprenuers collaborate to offer ideas for solving 14 key issues On 8 July 2020, we launched our new report, Getting from crisis to systems change: Advice for leaders In the time of COVID – the result of three months of productive collaborative co-creation by...
PRESS RELEASE: Catalysing Change Campaign to address the COVID-19 crisis
The Catalysing Change campaign highlights innovative actions and partnerships required to address social, economic and health needs arising from the COVID-19 crisis globally
Digitally Reimagining Cross-Sector Convergence (2020 Skoll World Forum Recording)
Imagine a shared digital infrastructure which enables participation, eases flow of information across social enterprises, while keeping community at the centre.
Funding Systems Change: What Can Doers and Donors Learn from Each Other? (2020 Skoll World Forum Recording)
This session explored: the case for pursuing and funding systems change; reasons why donors are attracted or not attracted to supporting systems change; challenges SEs face in attracting funding for systems change; and more.
Developing Infrastructure for Systems Change Finance: Four Illustrations (2020 Skoll World Forum Recording)
This session presented examples of those developing the infrastructure for large-scale systems change financing (e.g. a Systems Change Financiers network; a new stock exchange opening this year in Scotland with a social finance focus; a new approach to an investment fund; and a new insurance product aimed at preventing forest fires).
Why Tech Matters (2020 Skoll World Forum Recording)
This session covered some of the challenges in applying technology effectively, including five very common and very bad ideas for tech.
How to Create Massive Transformative Moments (2020 Skoll World Forum Recording)
This session showcased how the World Toilet Organisation put the neglected taboo of Shit on the media centerstage and triggered a global movement beyond its own capacity.