The 19th Annual Kravis-de Roulet Leadership Conference
Leading Social Change: Entrepreneurial Solutions, Cross-Sector Collaborations
Social entrepreneurs are married to a vision of, for example, a better way of helping young people grow up or of delivering global healthcare. They simply will not stop because they cannot be happy until their vision becomes the new pattern that requires the participation of all sectors. -- Bill Drayton
A little bit of good can turn into a whole lot of good when fueled by the commitment of a social entrepreneur. -- Jeffrey Skoll
We need social entrepreneurs to help us find new avenues toward social improvement as we enter the next century. -- J Gregory Dees
The 19th annual Kravis-de Roulet leadership conference, Leading Social Change, will highlight the efforts of social entrepreneurs as they strive to “change the world” through innovative solutions to global social problems. The conference will focus on the future of social entrepreneurship in the coming decades and how cross-sector collaborations fuel social entrepreneurial ventures.
Specific topics will include:
- Designing the business model for social change through social entrepreneurship
- Establishing and managing cross-sector collaborations for entrepreneurial initiatives
- Investing in and securing resources for social enterprises
- Leading social entrepreneurial ventures
- Analyzing and evaluating impact—metrics for social change
Leading social entrepreneurs will present case studies in small group breakout sessions and keynote speakers will include winners of the Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership, and noted heads of social sector organizations.
Date: Friday, February 27, 2009
Place: Millennium Biltmore Hotel
506 S. Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
The Keynote speakers/panelists of this one-day conference will include winners of the Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership and noted leaders of social entrepreneurial initiatives. The morning segment will include: Pamela Hartigan, Founding Partner and Director, Volans and founding Managing Director of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship (2001-2008), co-author of The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets that Change the World, published by Harvard Business School Press; Paul Rice, President and CEO, TransFair USA; Van Jones, President, Green for All; Roy Prosterman, Rural Development Institute (inaugural recipient of the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership); and Codou Diaw, Forum of African Women Educationalists (3rd recipient of the Henry R. Kravis Prize in Leadership).
Henry R. Kravis, Founding Chair of Kravis Leadership Institute, Founding Partner, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, (pending) will be our luncheon Keynote Speaker. Investing in social enterprises will be the focus of his remarks.
The afternoon segment of the conference will feature breakout sessions framed through dialogue about: 1) the nuts and bolts of social entrepreneurial ventures (Jack Edwards, Moderator), 2) social problems as business opportunities (Ira Jackson, Moderator), 3) measuring impact in social entrepreneurial ventures (Kim Jonker, Moderator), and 4) partnership opportunities—government and social entrepreneurs (Rick Wartzman, Moderator).
Sponsors: Ashoka Foundation, Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society, Duke University, The Drucker/Ito School, Claremont Graduate University, The Drucker Institute and Volans.
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