Addressing the Talent Gap

Title: Addressing the Talent Gap

Date: March 26, 2008

Description: Social entrepreneurs increasingly report that access to human capital is one of the biggest challenges they face. This raises a whole host of challenges around recruiting and retaining the right talent to ensure effective implementation and impact on the ground. This experienced panel will discuss both the challenges and opportunities that accompany growth as well as effective strategies for attracting and keeping the human resources you need to succeed.

Panel:

• Rodrigo Baggio, CEO and Founder, CDI (Committee for Democracy in Information Technology)
• Deepti Doshi, Talent Manager, Acumen Fund
• Marc Freedman, CEO, Civic Ventures
• Pamela Hartigan, Founding Partner and Director, Volans
• Ngwarati Mashonga, Field Programme Coordinator, Riders for Health

Coverage of this session:

• Blog Entries
• Video

Also at the Skoll World Forum:

• Empathy & Ethics: Drivers of Our Shifting Culture

• Replication and Scale

• Growth Finance for Social Entrepreneurs

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• CEOs & Volunteerism, Hosted by Tutormentor

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• Scaling Capacity – Leadership and Governance and Scaling Capacity - Culture
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