SkollFest Wraps
This blog is the last of Marcia Stepanek's coverage of the Skoll World Forum 2009 at Oxford University.
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Reporting from the 6th annual Skoll World Forum for social innovation.
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Marc Koska - Preserving the Right to Safe Injections
In India and Africa, syringes are frequently reused, despite the obvious dangers of cross infection and death. Marc Koska talks about his involvement with Star Syringe, which designed and licensed an auto-disable syringe that prevents syringe reuse. He discusses how single-use syringe adoption is progressing in India, and also talks about the activities and aims of his charity SafePoint Trust.
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Douglas Holt - Marketing for Social Entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship efforts need marketing as much as any business enterprise. In this audio lecture, Oxford business professor Douglas Holt asserts that there is a systematic way to learn from the marketing success of companies such as Apple, Harley Davidson, and Coca-Cola.
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It’s the Destination
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World by Jacqueline Novogratz
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