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in the words of...

Posted by Sean Holt on Thursday, March 31, 2011, In : community 

…Lewis Carroll, as Jeff Skoll loves to quote, 

The Dormouse: “You've got no right to grow here.” 
Alice: “Don't talk nonsense. You know you're growing too.” 
The Dormouse: “Yes, but I grow at a reasonable pace, not in that ridiculous fashion.”

Having had the privilege of attending Skoll World Forum as a delegate in years past, and now the luxury of attending as a ‘family member’ of the Skoll Foundation, I can attest to the ridiculous fashion in which I’ve grown fro...


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skoll world forum

Posted by Sean Holt on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, In : social enterprise 

we'll be returning to oxford university this april to attend the skoll world forum...dubbed the davos of social enterprise.  hosted by the skoll center for social entrepreneurship at oxford's said business school.  every year we come away with new friendships and exciting work on social transformation.

jeff skoll (ebay's first president and founder of participant media) makes sustainability sexy...check out his ted talk here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-RQ6i0_qRw


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