2010 Skoll World Forum

The 2010 Skoll World Forum is taking place this week at the University of Oxford. Our team of 30 bloggers will be reporting on every session, so start following us on Twitter now, then check in often on Social Edge and find out what leading social entrepreneurs are talking about.

But first, you should check our vibrant discussions on collaboration, talent and impact, three topics that will be addressed extensively at Oxford.

Collaboration: Should you merge two similar programs to increase social impact while reducing operation costs, or partner with other sectors --government, banks, customers-- to provide a coherent approach to a tricky cross-sector problem?

Charles (Hipbone) Cameron looks into how social entrepreneurs should structure their collaborative efforts to increase social return.

Talent: Yvette Alberdingk Thijm and Pari Jhaveri highlight the importance of succession planning. Will your organization be ready when you realize that it is time for you to move on, or if something unexpected happens to your leadership team?

Now is the time to think about the way your departure will affect your organization's ability to continue to create change, and to start cultivating talent for leadership roles.

Impact: Lakshmi Karan, the Skoll Foundation's Director of Impact Assessment and Learning, reviews the way we are evaluating impact.

She wonders whether we should take the process to the level of issue-driven ecosystems, and looks at the collaborative impact of multiple grantees working together around a common goal in a cluster approach.

Collaboration. Talent. Impact. Welcome to the 2010 Skoll World Forum!

Join this Week's Live Discussions

Structuring Collaboration
Mergers, partnerships and new business models: Charles (Hipbone) Cameron looks into how social entrepreneurs should structure their collaborative efforts to increase social return.

Talent: Succession Planning
Is it time for you to move on? And if yes, how will this affect your organization's ability to continue to create change? Join Yvette Alberdingk Thijm and Pari Jhaveri in the discussion.

The Power of Impact & Measurement
What are the challenges in trying to measure systems change? How do you implement programs that measure the power of collective investments? Join the Skoll Foundation's Lakshmi Karan in the conversation.

What's wrong with being poor?
Are the poor actually unhappy? Do we want them to have things they don’t need? What is really wrong with being poor? Join Mumbai-based Lindsay Clinton in this provocative (but constructive) conversation.

Theory of Change: A Collaborative Tool?
Your Theory of Change can simply be an in-house tool, or an in-sector methodology that you can use collaboratively to avoid needless duplication of effort. Join Charles "Hipbone" Cameron as we discuss how to get greater impact at the level of the issue.

The Personal Bottom Line
Where do you fit on a three-axis graph with X=social, Y= financial and Z=personal? SVT Group’s Sara Olsen wonders what your personal bottom line looks like.