Social Innovation Live

Social Innovation Live, sponsored by the Stanford Graduate School of Business Center for Social Innovation, highlights innovations in education and society by talking to leaders from a variety of sectors. Creator and Host Ash Jafari interviews CEOs and leaders from governments, non-profits, corporations, and academia to see how each group is working to alleviate social problems.

Ash is the Founder and CEO of StudentMentor.org, the national college student mentoring organization. StudentMentor.org aims to increase college completion and enhance student career readiness thereby producing a robust 21st century workforce. Ash was recently invited to The White House to meet the President and talk to his staff about StudentMentor.org's role in improving college completion and preparing students for the workforce of tomorrow.

International Development and Entrepreneurship

Featuring Nicolas Shea

Nicolas Shea, the innovation and entrepreneurship advisor to the Chilean minister of economy, discusses the Start-Up Chile program.

Mindy S. Lubber - Collaborating for Environmental Sustainability

Making environmental sustainability stick is requiring the cooperation of the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. In this audio interview, Stanford Center for Social Innovation correspondent Ashkon Jafari interviews Ceres president Mindy Lubber about how her organization brings together investors, government, human rights groups, and others to build a cross-sector voice for sustainability.

Claire A. Williams, Lara Vogel - Using Social Enterprise to Outpace Poverty

Hope Runs is a nonprofit social enterprise working in Kenya and Tanzania that uses athletics, education, and social entrepreneurship to empower AIDS orphans. In this audio interview, founders Claire Williams and Lara Vogel talk about how they have turned their idea of using marathon running to "outpace poverty" into a vital organization that partners with AIDS orphanages to have a real influence in children's lives. They discuss their model, how they use volunteers, and advice for social entrepreneurs.

Muhammad Yunus - Creating a Poverty-Free World

Professor Muhammad Yunus, 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner and founder of Grameen Bank, changes traditional principles of banking by putting poor people's needs first. Today, Grameen Bank is a powerful organization that supports poor people by providing microloans, credits, and banking services. In this audio lecture, Yunus describes the reasons behind his philosophies and how they have led to the launch of new enterprises in various industries in Bangladesh.