// COLLABORATING FOR CHANGE

• MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2010 – COLLABORATING FOR CHANGE

• 6:30-7:30am – Yoga at Sunrise (Miramar Palapa)

  Yogic principles focused on heart-centered work and the social entrepreneurial experience.

  Yoga Instructor

  Yoga classes led by Rich (Raghuri) Goldstein, social entepreneur & president, Yoga Yoga, Austin, Texas.
• 7:30-9:00am – Networking Breakfast & Study Hall (El Encanto Restaurant)

  Delegates network in private consultations or read in the study hall.

  Study Hall

  In this designated seating area, a “no talking” rule is respected for Delegates studying Colloquium readings or preparing for Collaboration Challenges and Cluster-Forks.
• 9:00-11:00am – Colloquium for the Common Good: My Values, My Practice (Leadership Village Seminar Venues)

  The Colloquium for the Common Good is the Opportunity Collaboration’s signature seminar on executive leadership, economic justice and the good society. The Colloquium addresses the transcendent principles that drive poverty alleviation and asks Delegates to think realistically about the nature of economic justice and the good society. The final Colloquium session includes an opportunity to debrief the entire Opportunity Collaboration experience.
  
  All Delegates participate in this core curriculum via small groups, creating a common experiential bond and shared set of learnings. Delegates are strongly encouraged to complete the “homework” readings for each Colloquium session which are distributed via USB memory stick in advance of arrival day. For the full syllabus and readings, see Colloquium for the Common Good.

• 11:00-12:00pm – Connections & Corridors (Entire Leadership Village)

  Private business meetings and spur-of-the-moment, self-directed small group discussions occur throughout campus and grounds.

  Networking Concierge

  Connections & Corridors is the Opportunity Collaboration’s "networking concierge" service. In advance of the event, Delegates are interviewed about their hoped-for outcomes, work agenda and institutional mission. Delegates are then offered personalized email introductions and customized suggestions for on-site, individual networking meetings.
• 12:00-2:00pm – Conversational Cluster-Forks & Networking Lunch (El Encanto Restaurant)

  Delegates select between structured small group discussions entitled Conversational Cluster-Forks, private business meetings or self-directed discussions. Conversational Cluster-Forks are mealtime discussions exploring a Delegate's focused topic of interest. Topics cover a wide range of policy, geographic, organizational, entrepreneurial and poverty-related themes, allowing Delegates to showcase their ideas, organizations and expertise. Discussions are attended by Delegates on a first-come, first-served basis.
  

  Effective Livelihood Development Initiatives for Youth

  Bill Bloomfield, Partner-in-Chief, Civic Strategies Partners, leads a scenario-building conversation exploring the potential for multi-sector community collaboration that targets youth unemployment and livelihood development initiatives for young adults.

  Impact Investors: Get More Deal Flow

  Mike Del Ponte, Founder, Sparkseed and i2, leads a discussion on how impact investors (who have capital, but lack deal flow) can connect with social entrepreneurs (who have ideas, but lack capital).

  Ground-Breaking Power of Film

  Jane Roberts, Co-Founder, 34 Million Friends of the United Nations Population Fund, leads a discussion on the power of film to change the world for women and girls and, thus, for everyone. She brings to the table a specific proposal for a documentary to be called "Born Female: The Stories Women Don't Tell".

  Can We Achieve the MDGs?

  Andrew Barrer, Executive Director, U.S. Coalition for Child Survival, leads a discussion about what needs to be done to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

  Measuring the Power of a High-Impact, Profitable Portfolio

  Bonny Meyer, Principal, and Patrick Gleeson, CEO, Meyer Family Enterprises, along with Paul Herman, Founder and CEO, HIP Investor, lead a discussion on power of a portfolio that uses HIP (Human Impact + Profit). Find out how they used a systematic process to measure - and improve - MFE's current human, social and eco-impact of its portfolio that includes public equities, private equity and venture capital, and real-estate holdings.

  Workplace Family Planning Programs

  

  Milka Dinev, Project Director, Pathfinder International, leads a discussion about the return on investment and business case for global corporations to invest in family planning programs at the workplace.

  Preparing the Next Gen Global Leaders

  Abby Falik, Founder & CEO, Global Citizen Year, leads a discussion about how collaborative efforts - across borders and across sectors - can build a pipeline of innovative and effective leaders in international development.

  Rationalizing Retail for the Rural Poor

  Joe Speicher, Associate Director, Living Goods, leads a discussion about the case for efficiency in the delivery of retail products and services for the rural poor.
• 12:00-3:00pm – Wellness Programs (Entire Leadership Village)

  Delegates enjoy health, wellness & sports activities.

  Wellness Facilities

  Complimentary use of the campus gymnasium, tennis courts, kayaking and sailing equipment, yoga classes, dance classes, trapeze work, beach walks, basketball, soccer, ping pong, volleyball and more is offered all Delegates.
• 2:00-3:00pm – Cordes Fellows Symposium: Successful Partnership Models

  Cordes Opportunity Collaboration Fellows participate in a four-day series of classes and clinics covering a range of issues and skills critical for successful social entrepreneurs. Upon successful completion of the course, Fellows earn a University of the Pacific Certificate of Completion for Social Entrepreneurship for Emerging Leaders.

  Clinic Coach

  Successful Partnership Models is taught by Jim Fruchterman, Chief Executive Officer, Benetech.  For a short biography, see the Delegate Roster. The moderator is Jerry Hildebrand, Director, Global Center for Social Entrepreneurship, University of the Pacific, California.

  Recommended Readings

  Fellows are strongly encouraged to complete the “homework” readings for each clinic which are distributed via USB memory stick in advance of arrival day. Recommended readings for this clinic will be announced by August, 2010.
• 3:00-5:30pm – Collaboration Challenges (Conference Center)

  Collaboration Challenges are extended work sessions in which Delegates intensively share missions and common issues around a central question or theme. Topics explore effective multi-dimensional poverty-alleviation strategies. Each session follows a common format that is designed to elicit a genuine search for collaborative solutions and spark cross-sector insights and partnerships.

  Healthcare Recovery Room

  

  Health and poverty are twin sisters. “Imagine living in a country like Malawi or 35 other African countries, in which you share your doctor with 50,000 others.” (Musimbi Kanyoro, Packard Foundation). To respond, Western public health activists have launched numerous disease-specific programs against malaria, AIDS, guinea worm, TB, etc. Social entrepreneurs have created healthcare franchises covering vision care, pharmaceuticals, women’s reproductive services, anti-malaria bednets, water purifiers, etc. Interventions include education, prevention, diagnosis and treatment services. Design a holistic healthcare delivery program to reach the poor.
  
  Conversation Catalyst: Jose "Oying" Rimon, Senior Program Officer, Global Health Policy & Advocacy, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
  Collaborating Contributors: Andrew E. Barrer, President, U.S. Coalition for Child Survival; Molly Coye, Chair, Board of Director, PATH; Wendy Leonard, Founder, The Ihangane Project; Jocelyn Wyatt, Social Innovation Lead, IDEO

  The Art of Economic Sustainability

  Artistic and cultural traditions are economic assets. Historically, art and ethnic craft-based economic development has focused on financing, supply chain development and marketing to Western consumers and, significantly, operated independently of other poverty programs and rarely on a financially sustainable basis. “An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.” (Andy Warhol, American pop artist). Within the larger anti-poverty movement, paint a picture of economic prosperity for marginalized indigenous artists.
  
  Conversation Catalyst: Emily A. West, Executive Director, The West Foundation
  Collaborating Contributors: Judith Espinar, Creative Director, Santa Fe International Folk Art Market; Lars Erik Harv, Microfinance Director, Strømme Foundation; James A. Richardson, Executive Director, National Rural Funders Collaborative; Nina Smith, Executive Director, GoodWeave USA

  Client and Community-Centered Financial Services

  Microfinance doesn’t clear land mines, save rain forests or stop global warming. It is not the next Industrial Revolution. “There are 350 varieties of shark, not counting loan and pool.” (L.M. Boyd, American journalist). Just what are“best practices” in microfinance and community banking? Scaled to reach millions or scoped to include social performance? Bank the unbanked with social and commercial imperatives in balance.
  
  Conversation Catalyst: Sean Foote, Founder, Principled Capital
  Collaborating Contributors: Monique Cohen, President, Microfinance Opportunities; Christopher Dunford, President, Freedom from Hunger; James Gutierrez, Chief Executive Officer, Progreso Financiero; Donna Katzin, Executive Director, Shared Interest

  Poverty and Pollution: The Poisonous Pair

  Human habitat loss is now a pressing reality. Homo sapiens at all income levels are learning firsthand what it feels like to be on the road to extinct species status. In the energy field, to cite just one example, system-wide macro solutions, like community solar panels, and individual micro products, like solar ovens, abound to save the planet. Should survival-status environmental concerns be urgently confronted before poverty is addressed? How long should the poor sacrifice? Design a win-win ecosystem embracing ecologically sustainable and economically growing communities.
  
  Conversation Catalyst: John Swift, President, Swift Foundation
  Collaborating Contributors: April Allderdice, Chief Executive Officer, Microenergy Credits; Robert Freling, Executive Director, Solar Electric Light Fund; Glenn Page, Chief Executive Officer, SustainaMetrix; Shaun Paul, Executive Director, EcoLogic Development Fund
  

  Money Taboos: Show Me Yours, I'll Show You Mine

  Money is power. And, talking about the power of money remains a sensitive topic for funders and poverty activists alike. For some, the fundraising dance squeezes out creativity and frankness. “You never suffer from a money problem, you always suffer from an idea problem.” (Robert H. Schuller, American televangelist-pastor). For others, it monetizes and cheapens the funder-grantee relationship. “A foundation is a large body of money surrounded by people who want some.” (Dwight Macdonald, American social critic). Construct a pragmatic, yet graceful, financial conversation.
  
  Conversation Catalyst: Amy Herskovitz, Executive Director, Pershing Square Foundation
  Collaborating Contributors: Jim Fruchterman, Chief Executive Officer, Benetech; Maurice Miller, Chief Executive Officer, Family Independence Initiative; Scott Miller, Chief Executive Officer, Move the Mountain Leadership Center; Terry Odendahl, Chief Executive Officer, Global Greengrants Fund

  Millennial Generation Social Entrepreneurs

  The next generation of change agents are at our doorstep, ready to step up. Unfettered by old paradigms about economic development, they seek the end of poverty as a mission, as a career path and as a matter of global justice. Tempered by hands-on local and international public service, they embody a global conscience about poverty and a keen sense of personal ownership for a better world. Build the infrastructure to catalyze this force for good.
  
  Conversation Catalyst: Dave Peery, Executive Director, Peery Foundation
  Collaborating Contributors: T.J. Cook, Executive Director, HiDef Web Solutions; Jonny Dorsey, Executive Director, Global Health Corps; Saul Garlick, Executive Director, ThinkImpact; Kate Raftery, Vice President, Education & Leadership, International Youth Foundation
• 5:30-6:30pm – Connections & Corridors (Entire Leadership Village)

  Private business meetings and spur-of-the-moment, self-directed small group discussions occur throughout campus and grounds.

  Networking Concierge

  Connections & Corridors is the Opportunity Collaboration’s "networking concierge" service. In advance of the event, Delegates are interviewed about their hoped-for outcomes, work agenda and institutional mission. Delegates are then offered personalized email introductions and customized suggestions for on-site, individual networking meetings.
• 6:30-8:30pm – Conversational Cluster-Forks & Networking Dinner (El Encanto Restaurant)

  Delegates select between structured small group discussions entitled Conversational Cluster-Forks, private business meetings or self-directed discussions. Conversational Cluster-Forks are mealtime discussions exploring a Delegate's focused topic of interest. Topics cover a wide range of policy, geographic, organizational, entrepreneurial and poverty-related themes, allowing Delegates to showcase their ideas, organizations and expertise. Discussions are attended by Delegates on a first-come, first-served basis.
  

  Shifting the Mindset from ROI to Social Impact

  Theresa Fay-Bustillos, Principal & Co-founder, IdealPhilanthropy, leads a discussion on the obligation of social capital markets to go beyond ROI and a social purpose in order to focus on social impacts and social change.

  Empowering Rural Adolescent Girls to Fight Poverty

  

  Nimal Martinus, Regional Director, Stromme Foundation, leads a discussion on a community based educational approach to empower and engage young rural girls to be catalysts in improving their socio-economic and cultural challenges.

  Money, Money Everywhere, Lots of Social Enterprises, and So Little Capital Booked

  Harold Rosen, Founder and Executive Director, Grassroots Business Fund, leads a discussion about why, despite much interest and a lot of new capital pouring into social enterprises, relatively few businesses in the developing world have the institutional capacity to take on investment and go to scale. What strategies would help these enterprises become investment-ready, and ultimately support thousands of people at the base of the pyramid?

  Population, Conservation and Human Rights

  Sono Aibe, Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives, Pathfinder International, leads a discussion about the connections and ideas for collaborative projects around population, conservation and human rights.

  The Art of Judgment and Gut Assessment

  Jessamyn Lau, Program Leader, Peery Foundation, leads a discussion building on Peter Frumkin and Sean Stannard-Stockton's dialogues on 'Category 2 Philanthropy'.

  Turning Entrepreneurs Into Future Angel Investors

  Kim Scheinberg, Founder, Presumed Abundance, leads a discussion about ways to ensure that today's entrepreneurs are tomorrow's investors.

  Medical Technologies for the Poor

  Timothy Prestero, Chief Executive Officer, Design that Matters, leads a discussion about opportunities to impact global health through the design and implementation of new medical therapies and devices for the poor, including the role of design and the nature of the product supply chain.
• 8:30pm – Casual Convenings

  Delegates select from a menu of concurrent learning and networking programs.

  Collaboration Cinema - Bamako (Miramar Room)

  Feature length films about economic development, social change or poverty reduction are shown nightly. Tonight's movie: Bamako is a 2006 film about a trial taking place in the capital of Mali while daily life continues outside the courtroom. This film addresses whether the World Bank and IMF, or perhaps corruption, are guilty of the absymal financial state of many impoverished African countries.

  Between the Covers (Estrella Terrace)

  Between the Covers are after-dinner discussions on a book, article or writing of interest to a Delegate. For specific book and article topics or to reserve a book discussion venue, see Between the Covers.

  Chat and Chatter (Estrella Cantina)

  On patios under the stars or in the cantina, Delegates gather for private conversations, unhurried reflection and exploration of collaborative opportunities.

  Concerts by the Pool (Estrella Terrace & Cantina)

  An open microphone in the cantina invites Delegates to perform impromptu mini-concerts. On the pool deck, casual jam sessions and singing fill the night. Bring your musical instruments.
  
  

  Dancing & Dialogue (Estrella Terrace & Cantina)

  To music ranging from mellow Sinatra to hot salsa, dancing occurs nightly. “To watch us dance is to hear our hearts speak.” - Hopi American Indian saying.

  Companies & Causes - Economic Change (Estrella Theatre)

  Delegates participate in collaboratively-designed, themed sessions structured to share resources for greater impact in the campaign against poverty. Tonight's ecosystem theme: Economic Change: Jobs, Enterprise Creation, Microfinance, Arts, Ecotourism, etc.
  
  Moderated by Delegate Paul Herman, founding Chief Executive Officer, HIP Investor: Human Impact & Profit, and author, The HIP Investor: Make Bigger Profits by Building a Better World. For more information and to participate, see Companies & Causes.