March — Social Edge

Keely Stevenson - Acumen Fund Fellow

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Global X ran into his good friend Keely Stevenson, an Acumen Fund Fellow based in Tanzania. She keeps a great blog on Social Edge. She tells here a very moving story about a Masai woman who just got sick with malaria.

Peter Samuelson - Film Producer and Social Entrepreneur

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At the Skoll World Forum, Global X had a chance to chat with famous film producer and social entrepreneur Peter Samuelson (see his Wikipedia profile here). Listen to him as he tells the true story of an HBO executive who cried during a business lunch. This experience became the catalyst for his social benefit ventures.

Alberto Ibargüen - The Knight Foundation

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As he was finishing his leisurely breakfast in Oxford, Global X saw Alberto Ibargüen, who had just arrived from Miami. Alberto, president of the Knight Foundation, told Global X why he was eager to distribute $25 million over the next five years to people with great ideas. He also described his vision of the world in 2017. Global X was so fascinated that he didn't finish his croissant.

And just to make sure he got it right, Global X asked Alberto to share again the information in Spanish.

Ellen Martin: Let's all sign the Kyoto Protocol!

Global X had a great time chatting with Ellen Martin, a student at Berkeley's Haas School of Business who is currently blogging on Social Edge from Oxford.

"How long does it take to cross a river? Four days!"

Listen to what she wishes for 2017. Obvious? Maybe, but she was the only one to mention it to Global X.

Pamela Hartigan - The Schwab Foundation

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Global X was fascinated as Pamela Hartigan, the Managing Director of the Schwab Foundation, told the story of Christopher Columbus --no, not that one, but a Spanish psychiatrist who was considered crazy by his bankers. And he loved Pamela's closing comments: "Soon, all entrepreneurs will be social entrepreneurs."

Carla Javits - REDF

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Carla Javits, President of REDF, tells Global X what happened to a US military veteran who served during the Viet Nam War and ended up living in the streets of San Francisco.

The story of "Eddie would go"

Global X, who has traveled to Hawaii, was wondering what "Eddie would go" meant. He had to go to Oxford to find out. He listened carefully as Edwin Ou, a Berkeley student currently attending the Skoll World Forum at Oxford, told him the story of this amazing character and how it relates to social entrepreneurship.

He also told Global X what he was hoping for 2017: "Give, give, give!"

A Berkeley student at Oxford

Global X noticed that Rob Kaplan, a Berkeley student, was blogging from Oxford. He asked him a few questions about his work in communications.

Jacqueline Novogratz - Acumen Fund

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Global X had a little chat this morning with Jacqueline Novogratz (see picture here). He listened, mesmerized, as she told him what happened when 10 of the wealthiest people on earth met one of the poorest families in India. And what she is hoping for in 2017.

Brian Trelstad: what to expect in 2017

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Acumen Fund

Global X asked Brian Trelstad, Acumen Fund's CIO, what he thinks will happen in 10 years. Watch his response.

Un poulailler communeautaire au Burkina Faso a disparu !

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Burkina Faso

Global X realized that Victor d'Allant could keep a pretty decent conversation in French, so he asked him a few questions in French as well.

Voilà le résultat : tout sur le poulailler communeautaire au Burkina Faso qui a disparu !

A henhouse in Burkina Faso

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Burkina Faso

The first person Global X saw after arriving in Oxford on this grey and cold Sunday afternoon was Victor d'Allant, the Executive Director of Social Edge, who told him what he was doing at the Skoll World Forum.

He also told Global X a great story about the community henhouse that he built in Burkina Faso, which then disappeared...

Global X is at Oxford

Global X is at Oxford, attending the Skoll World Forum. He flew in this morning, with all his equipment (see picture here), including a new video camera.

His goal: produce short (three minutes) video interviews of key personalities attending the Forum. Global X will ask the following questions in English, then possibly in French and Spanish depending on the person being interviewed:

> * Who are you and what do you do?
> * Tell us a great story
> * What’s your hope for the world in 2017?

Check this page every day to watch interviews of key personalities attending the Skoll World Forum.