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Breakout Session: Stand Up for Opportunity
I sat down to listen to a panel of Opportunity International volunteers and contributors to hear their thoughts and best practices on how they share and involve their own communities in Opportunity’s…
Read MoreBreakout Session: Doing Business for the Greater Good
Social entrepreneurs are individuals who bring innovative solutions to the most challenging social issues, offering both ideas and capital in support of wide-scale change. In this breakout session, I got…
Read MoreBreakout Session: Developing the Next Generation of…
Recruiting, hiring and retaining key staff–from loan officers to CEOs–who are technically excellent and who embrace a culture of serving people living in poverty with client-centered products is critical…
Read MoreBreakout Session: Fighting Poverty with Technology
“There is never an end to the opportunities that are brought by technology; we are excited about what those are.” That’s how Daryl Skoog, senior VP of technology, ended his own introduction, as each…
Read MoreBreakout Session: From Silicon Valley to Sub-Saharan…
Rob Meloche, Opportunity’s VP of marketing and communications, got the afternoon breakout session started by asking the members in the panel to place the conversation about innovation and technology…
Read MoreOpportunity International’s Women’s Opportunity…
Learn why the Mastercard Foundation was recognized with our Annual Leadership Award for its role in supporting and inspiring global women entrepreneurs.
Read MoreConference LiveBlog: John Ortberg, Author and Pastor…
This evening, John Ortberg, pastor at the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in California, spoke from the conference mainstage about why it is important to value every individual person with help and with…
Read MoreConference LiveBlog: Nadine Pembele, Head of Training…
This third and final plenary session of the day opens with remarks by Mary Lynn Staley, chair of the Opportunity International Board of Governors. She introduces Nadine Pembele, Head of Training for Opportunity…
Read MoreConference LiveBlog: Ambassador Tony Hall of the Alliance…
Ambassador Tony Hall is a long-time and tireless advocate for issues of global hunger and poverty eradication, serving as executive director of the Alliance to End Hunger. This morning, Dennis Ripley,…
Read MoreConference LiveBlog: Steven Levy, Senior Writer for…
Kicking off this second Friday plenary session of the morning, Steven Levy, Senior Writer for Wired magazine, and author of In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives, talks about technology…
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