Social Innovation Conversations Podcast
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In the past few years, several international reporting standards have emerged. But are they actually changing corporate behavior? With particular emphasis on labor standards, this panel from Bridging the Gap, the Stanford 2005 Net Impact Conference organized by the Stanford Graduate Business School, explores the effectiveness of current efforts to monitor and improve labor conditions abroad, the role of verification groups, and practical challenges faced by companies in implementing guidelines.
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Ken Roth - Human Rights Watch Report
Mon, Jul 21, 2008
Ken Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, gives a thoughtful perspective on the "State of Human Rights" in the 70 countries where they work. He thinks the biggest issue in human rights is the lack of leadership from governments that can exert a positive influence. America has become sidetracked and lost some of its moral high ground, while the European Union's structure keeps it from acting strongly enough. 
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David Galenson - Social Innovators as Long-Horizon Creatives
Sun, Jul 13, 2008
When do great artists produce their greatest art--and great social innovators make their most significant contributions? In this talk, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, economist and creativity researcher David Galenson debunks the myth that high achievement is the domain of youth and genius. Applying lessons from lives of artists and leaders, he considers the creatives' style differences and time horizons, emphasizing that social innovation is more about slow burn than flash in the pan.
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Vera Cordeiro Rio - Breaking the Cycle of Poverty-Related Illness
Mon, Jul 7, 2008
When Dr. Vera Cordeiro Rio worked at Hospital da Lagoa in Rio de Janeiro, she witnessed a constant admission/re-admission cycle in childcare treatment. To break that cycle, she gathered medical community volunteers to form Renascer, addressing root causes that prevent families from providing adequate care. Join host Sheela Sethuraman as she interviews Dr. Cordeiro Rio, and learn how Cordeiro Rio's passion translated into a methodology that is quickly sweeping through Brazil and the world.
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Marion Nestle - Making Good Eating Choices
Sun, Jul 6, 2008
The question of what to eat to be healthy has spawned a rash of often contradictory advice by "experts." In this talk, sponsored by the Stanford Ethics and Society Program, NYU professor and author Marion Nestle offers simple advice that cuts through the confusion. She highlights the difference between "nutrients" and "food," and suggests how to bring "nutrition" back into the food realm. Her discussion forays into how agriculture and business interact to produce the foodstuffs on our shelves.
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Battle of Ideas - Recycling is a Waste of Time!
Sat, Jun 28, 2008
A panel of experts -- Thomas Deichmann of Novo magazine, Julie Hill of Green Alliance, author Julia Hailes, and spiked magazine's Rob Lyons -- debate the importance of recycling. Those against argue that recycling at the household level doesn't lead to the perceived benefits, but instead wastes more money and precious time. Those in favor argue that we are nearing a resource crisis that can be mitigated by the re-use of recycled material. Due to brief profanity, this program may not be appropriate for work or family listening.
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Feliciano Reyna - Tackling AIDS in Venezuela
Tue, Jun 24, 2008
Feliciano Reyna, Founder of Accion Solidaria, talks with Design For Change host Sheela Sethuraman about his multi-pronged approach to tackling AIDS in Venezuela. He shares his successes in influencing his government's policies and his strategies for engaging the corporate sector in this effort.
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David Goldwyn, David Dollar - Power, Poverty, and Progress: How Energy Effects Economic Development and Global Stability
Sun, Jun 22, 2008
People in the developing world expend more than a quarter of their potential earnings on energy. Economic development, environmental health and global stability all hinge on wise management of global energy resources. David Goldwyn and David Dollar paint a positive picture on what developing countries and governments in the west can do to improve energy use abroad and at home.
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Alana Conner - Evaluation for Normal People
Sun, Jun 15, 2008
In the frenzy over accountability, funders, donors, and the general public are calling for more program evaluation. Yet few understand how expensive and complex good evaluation is. Dr. Alana Conner, senior editor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, illustrates how half-hearted evaluation can do more harm than good. Rick Aubry of Rubicon Programs Inc. and Victor Kuo of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation join her to give nonprofit and foundation perspectives.
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Paul Farmer - Scaling Up Health Care in Rwanda
Mon, Jun 9, 2008
AIDS, malaria, and maternal mortality are some of the chronic public health issues that plague Africa. Invited to Stanford, Paul Farmer talks about how his Boston-based organization, Partners In Health, is spending donor dollars to bring the lessons garnered from its work in Haiti to scale up health care services in war-torn Rwanda. His organization seeks to fill the gap that exists between medical R&D and health care delivery so preventions and cures can be brought to more of the people who need them.
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Update from The Conversations Network - June 5, 2008
Thu, Jun 5, 2008
Lots of big news in this podcast: IT Conversations (our flagship channel) celebrates its fifth birthday; Google Grants supports The Conversations Network; ;08 Conversations, our latest channel, covers the 2008 U.S. Presidential election; Joel Spolsky and Jeff Atwood bring their StackOverflow podcast to IT Conversations; and we give you a sneak preview of The Conversations Network - Phase 2 strategy.
This program is from our Conversations Network News channel, which has a separate RSS feed. 
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Linda Rottenberg - Taking Entrepreneurism International
Sun, Jun 1, 2008
Ten years ago, "entrepreneur" didn't exist in the lexicon of many parts of the world. Now, thanks to the work of a nonprofit called Endeavor, entrepreneurs are emerging in countries where such activity was once impossible. In this talk, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, co-founder and CEO Linda Rottenberg shares how her organization has gone from a "crazy" idea of two business school graduates to an important engine for empowering entrepreneurs in Latin America and beyond.
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Networked Governance - Multilateral Institutions of the Future
Sat, May 31, 2008
As global leadership evolves from siloed hierarchies to multilateral approaches, networked governance has important potential and faces significant challenges. Panelists, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Ashraf Ghani, Ambassador John Bruton, Ambassador Harriet Babbitt, and Sir Ian Forbes, address the factors, from the practical to the philosophical, at play.
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Beulah Thumbadoo - Making Reading Sexier
Wed, May 28, 2008
Join host Sheela Sethuraman for this interview with Beulah Thumbadoo, founder of Everyone's Reading in Africa. She shares her experiences promoting adult literacy, first from within government and university, and then through her own organization. She also shares some advice from her own experience on social entrepreneurship.
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Stanford Social Entrepreneurship Day - Funding Social Enterprises
Sun, May 25, 2008
With valuable advice for all types of entrepreneurs, this panel from the second annual Social Entrepreneurship Day at Stanford University offers a unique perspective for funding a social entrepreneur start-up. Kriss Deiglmeier, Executive Director of the Center for Social Innovation, leads an engaging discussion between funders and social entrepreneurs that provides actionable advice and insightful lessons.
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Rafael Alvarez - Preparing Students to Succeed
Mon, May 19, 2008
While volunteering at a charter school, Rafael Alvarez was confronted with some shocking information--hardly any students in the senior class had plans to attend college. So, in true social entrepreneurial fashion, he decided to match up this under-served market with another under-served market, entry level IT. He explains to host Sheela Sethuraman how Genesys Works prepares students technically and professionally to enter a corporate environment and change their lives.
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Rick Duke - Reducing U.S. Emissions Affordably
Sun, May 18, 2008
Now that global warming is recognized as a real and serious problem, discussion is turning to practical challenges of reducing emissions in the long term. In this talk, sponsored by the Stanford Center for Social Innovation, Rick Duke, director of the Center for Market Innovation, discusses a new report by McKinsey & Company that considers how to address the problem affordably. Duke outlines some of the emerging technologies and public policy changes that will be needed to support such a process.
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