// WORLD POVERTY ERADICATION DAY

• SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2010 – WORLD POVERTY ERADICATION DAY

  On October 17, 1987, in the presence of 100,000 people from every social background and every continent, Joseph Wresinski -- an activist and priest -- unveiled a commemorative stone in the Trocadero Human Rights Plaza in Paris, France. On this marble plaque is engraved: "Wherever men and women are condemned to live in poverty, human rights are violated. To come together to ensure that these rights be respected is our solemn duty." In 1992 the United Nations established October 17th as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

• 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: Speaking Truth to Power (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.

  Sustainable, Scalable, Impact: Youth Entrepreneurship or Market Driven Job Creation?

  Darlene Daggett, Founder, Ikatu International, leads a discussion about the pros and cons of youth entrepreneurship and market driven job creation to alleviate extreme poverty.

  Creative Ways to Advance Domestic Microfinance

  Claudia Viek, CEO, CAMEO, leads a discussion on how collaboration, investment, grants and technology can work to scale up lending and spur job creation. This discussion will be of particular interest to those interested in supporting the growth of domestic microfinance.

  Poverty Eradication as a Game

  T.J. Cook, Chief Strategy Officer, HiDef Web Solutions, talks about how mobile devices, social networks, and game mechanics are changing the way we mobilize people to do good.

  Afghan Transformation and Current Issues

  Sakena Yacoobi, Executive Director, Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL), leads a discussion about how AIL is bringing about a lasting change, despite current issues, in the way that human rights for every individual, including women, are perceived and are changing how Afghans interact with each other.

  Building Pathways Out of Poverty

  Philip DeVol, author, Bridges to Sustainable Communities, leads a discussion about how to use the workbook Getting Ahead in a Just-Gettin’-By World to bring people in poverty to the planning tables in their communities.

  What Do We Do Now!?! The Next Generation of Microfinance

  Brigit Helms, CEO, Unitus, leads a discussion on pushing the boundaries of existing microfinance to include more of the world’s working poor.

  Educating Girls in a Sustainable Model

  Clarke Blynn, Chairman, Nurturing Minds, leads a discussion on challenges and opportunities for girls education in rural Africa.

  Inviting the Corporate World to the Development Table

  John Ayliffe, Founder and Board Member, 1to4 Foundation, leads a discussion on how to engage corporations and their associates in poverty-reduction initiatives.
• 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: Leading a Superior Management Team

  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

  Leading a Superior Management Team is taught by Ronald D. Cordes, Co-Chairman, Genworth Financial Wealth Management. 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 reading for this clinic is Peter F. Drucker on Leadership.
• 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.

  Jobs at the Base of the Pyramid

  

  97% of all emerging markets jobs are created by small and medium enterprises, all locally developed. Fair trade and expanded trade campaigns recognize that markets exploit labor and/or discriminate against products from the developing world. Local entrepreneurs with good ideas have three hurdles to overcome: inadequate financial capital (i.e., poor risk assessment or unrealistic collateral requirement by risk-adverse bankers), insufficient human capital (i.e., untrained management or workers) and a shortfall of pragmatic knowledge (i.e., how to secure government permits or subsidies, access regional or overseas markets, etc.). Design robust job creation models for poverty alleviation.
  
  Conversation Catalyst: Marlys Boehm, President, Boehm Gladen Foundation; Ron Boehm, Principal, Boehm Gladen Foundation
  Collaborating Contributors: Shashin Chokshi, Director of Education, Moneythink; Ulrich Frei, Executive Director, FUNDES (Foundation for Sustainable Development); Chid Liberty, Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Global Sourcing; Anne C. Peterson, Founder & President, Global Philanthropy Alliance; Harold Rosen, Executive Director, Grassroots Business Fund
   

  People: Who Needs Them?

  Population and poverty are linked. “The world is growing by 80 million hungry people a year,” (NY Times Magazine, November 22, 2009). “We have been God-like in our planned breeding of our domesticated plants and animals, but we have been rabbit-like in our unplanned breeding of ourselves.” (Arnold J. Toynbee, 20th Century British historian). Women, health, children, education, faith, migration, men, technology, culture, jobs, sex; add the missing change ingredient.
  
  Conversation Catalyst: Musimbi R. A. Kanyoro, Director, Population Program, David and Lucile Packard Foundation
  Collaborating Contributors: Sono Aibe, Senior Advisor, Strategic Initiatives, Pathfinder International; Aaron Charlop-Powers, Special Assistant, U.N. Office of the Special Envoy for Haiti; Melanie Macdonald, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Neighbors; Jane Roberts, President, 34 Million Friends
  

  Earth, Wind, Fire...Water?

  

  Drinking dirty water kills more people than the world’s hurricanes, floods, tsunamis and earthquakes combined. 12 percent of the world’s population uses 85% of its water, and these 12% do not live in the Third World. Nearly 1.1 billion people (roughly 20% of the world’s population) lack access to safe drinking water. No solution, from governmental or technological, from private sector to civil society, has generated widespread, replicable results. Global public health crisis or $20 billion bottom of the pyramid market opportunity?
  
  Conversation Catalyst: Regina Starr Ridley, Publishing Director, Stanford Social Innovation Review
  Collaborating Contributors: Hasan Alemdar, Executive Director, Equality & Opportunity Foundation; Cynthia Koenig, Founder/Chief Executive Officer, Wello; Patrice Martin, Practice Lead, IDEO; Lisa Nash, Chief Executive Officer, Blue Planet Network; Anand Shah, Chief Executive Officer, Piramal Foundation/Piramal Water
   

  Asset-Building in America

  About 50 million Americans lived in households without consistent access to food (U.S. Dept. of Agriculture). Last year, this hunger number rose by 13 million. 22 million Americans are unbanked; 80% of US micro-entrepreneurs have never received a bank loan. In the midst of the greatest recession and job loss seen by Americans in years, is microenterprise the answer? Build an asset, finance a business, save some money and generate community-based jobs.
  
  Conversation Catalyst: __________
  Collaborating Contributors: Robert E. Friedman, Chair, Board of Directors, Corporation for Enterprise Development; Gina Harman, Chief Executive Officer, Acción USA; Deborah Lindholm, Chief Executive Officer, Foundation for Women; Ben Mangan, Chief Executive Officer, EARN; Claudia Viek, Chief Executive Officer, Calif. Assn. of Microenterprise Organizations

  Someone Isn't Listening

  “I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn’t poor, I was needy. They told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy. I was deprived. Then they told me underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don’t have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary.” (Jules Feiffer, American humorist). Is the language of poverty reduction a joke? Is it poetry for the heart or poverty pornography to shock the conscience? Move your message with social change marketing.
  
  Conversation Catalyst: Sandy Herz, Director, Strategic Alliances, Skoll Foundation
  Collaborating Contributors: Dana Dakin, President, WomensTrust, Inc.; Philip DeVol, Consultant, aha! Process, Inc.; Mark Marosits, President, Worldways Social Marketing; Gina Miller, Managing Partner, DMD Insight

  Donors and Donuts

  It takes more than free donuts to convince smart high-net-worth people to invest their time, money and expertise in global development. What is the mindset of the rich and engaged? “There are two things people want more than sex and money... recognition and praise.” (Mary Kay Ash, American businesswoman). Without upsetting the balance of institutional power, organizational mission or executive leadership prerogatives, make money the quintessential force multiplier.
  
  Conversation Catalyst: Robert Pattillo, President, Gray Ghost/Rockdale Foundation
  Collaborating Contributors: John Anner, Executive Director, East Meets West Foundation; Beth H. Cohen, Director, Global Philanthropists Circle, Synergos; Clare Golla, Senior Vice President, ShoreBank; Randy Allison Hustvedt, Principal, Federal Street Advisors; Susan Cornell Wilkes, President, Adventures in Giving
• 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.

  Land Regularization: Cart Before the Horse?

  Diana de Castro, Strategic Advisor, Terra Nova, leads a discussion on why land regularization is critical to creating wealth and improving the quality of living for the urban poor.

  Holistic Farming as the Foundation of Poverty Alleviation

  Florence Reed, Founder and President, Sustainable Harvest International, leads a discussion about the case for ecologically-based farming as the cornerstone of improved standards of living for the rural poor.

  Managing Risk in the Social Sector

  Pamela Davis, Chief Executive Officer, Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group, leads a discussion about risk in the social sector and why nonprofits can benefit from pooling their funds and managing their own risk of liability and property losses.

  Fostering a Global Network

  Adam Weinberg, CEO/President, World Learning, leads a discussion on what happens after the “great program ends” and strategy mapping on how to keep participants connected to each other in ways that leverage new technologies, tools and techniques for fostering a global network committed to working on critical global issue.

  Capturing the Impact of Safe Drinking Water for the Rural Poor

  Lisa Nash, CEO, Blue Planet Network, leads a discussion around the challenges of measuring impact in grassroots efforts, using safe drinking water as an example, and the opportunity for the Internet to transform this problem into a powerful way to build community and progress.
  

  Legal Issues Affecting Nonprofits & Social Enterprises

  Gene Takagi, Attorney and Publisher, Nonprofit Law Blog, leads a discussion about selective legal issues impacting choice of entity, governance, affiliate structures, and collaborations for nonprofits and social enterprises.

  Green Investment and Business Performance in Developing Economies

  Dr. Joseph Adelegan, President, Green Globe Trust, leads a discussion on the adoption of environmental-benign technologies and corporate performance in selected industries in Africa.

  Not in Front or Behind, But Alongside

  Melanie Macdonald, President and CEO, World Neighbors, leads a discussion on the stunning success of participatory methodologies in supporting the most disadvantaged people on earth to lead their communities out of poverty.
• 8:30pm – Casual Convenings

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

  Collaboration Cinema - Milking the Rhino (Miramar Room)

  Feature length films about economic development, social change or poverty reduction are shown nightly. Tonight's movie: Milking the Rhino is a 2008 film about the pros and cons of wildlife conservation among the Himba of Namibia and the Maasai of Kenya. This film offers a look at an emerging new paradigm, "community-based conservation" which seeks to give indigenous people a voice in the way wildlife is both used and preserved.

  Companies & Causes - Social 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:
  Social Change: Education, Policy, Human Rights, Women, Youth, 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.
  

  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.