Information on the 2004 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship

• The first annual Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship was held March 29-31, 2004
• Those who participated were some of the world's leading social entrepreneurs, as well as thought leaders, nonprofit professionals and academics involved in the field
• The Forum provided an opportunity to learn the new strategies and tactics that successful social entrepreneurs are using, and how they mobilize support
• Participants had a chance to discover the skills needed to become a social entrepreneur
• Other discussions focused on what social entrepreneurs can learn from business, and how businesses can be enlisted to promote social change

Among those participating were these leaders in social entrepreneurship:

	Jeff Skoll, Founder and Chairman of the Skoll Foundation
	Sally Osberg, President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation
	Muhammad Yunus, Founder of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh
	Roshaneh Zafar, Founder and Managing Director of the Kashf Foundation in Pakistan
	Bill Drayton, Founder of Ashoka
	Bill Strickland, Founder and CEO of the Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
	Jeroo Billimoria, Founder of Childline India Foundation
	J. Gregory Dees, Professor of Social Entrepreneurship at Duke University
	Pamela Hartigan, Managing Director of the Schwab Foundation
	Professor Lester Salamon, Director of the Center for Civil Society Issues at Johns Hopkins University
	David Bornstein, author of "The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank" and "How to Change the World"

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