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Social Entrepreneurship in America
About this Series
Social Entrepreneurship in America is a Commonwealth Club special series featuring leadership thinkers and pioneers in the field of social entrepreneurship. Running through March 2011, this 13-part series includes such notable speakers as Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus of Grameen Bank, Sally Osberg of the Skoll Foundation, and Premal Shah of Kiva. Series programs are available to watch live, as they happen, and for on-demand viewing.
For more information visit, Social Entrepreneurship in America.
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UPCOMING SPEAKERS
Matt Bannick
Managing Partner, Omidyar Network
The Omidyar Network is a philanthropic investment firm which helps to scale innovative organizations to catalyze economic, social, and political change. It funds both non-profit and profitable ventures, as well as several hybrids. "Imagine what's possible if entrepreneurship flourishes worldwide. Omidyar Network aims to create opportunity for entrepreneurs to succeed. When they do, so do their families and communities. People living in poverty are often ignored by mainstream businesses. We will prioritize our support for entrepreneurs providing services and products that can improve quality of life for those most in need."
For more information, visit: http://www.omidyar.com/
Dr. Ruth A. Shapiro is the inaugural "social entrepreneur in residence" at the Commonwealth Club of California. This position allows her to further public understanding and discourse on social innovation in the United States. She is also the Principal of Keyi Strategies, a consulting firm specializing in creating broader networks, understanding and business ventures between individuals and companies in Asia, Europe and the United States.
All Events Take Place in San Francisco
*Skoll Awardee
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About The Commonwealth Club
The Commonwealth Club of California is the nation's oldest and largest public affairs forum, bringing together its 18,000 members for over 400 annual events on topics ranging across politics, culture, society and the economy. As a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization, The Commonwealth Club relies on the support of its membership, the Business Council and foundation grants to continue its role in fostering open public discussion in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout the nation via radio, Internet and television.
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