Plenary 5: Entrepreneurs in Action
Jean Case, Co-Founder and CEO, The Case Foundation
Steve Case, Chairman and CEO, Revolution; Co-Founder, America Online; Co-Founder and Chairman, The Case Foundation
in conversation with Jane Wales, President and CEO, World Affairs Council and the Global Philanthropy Forum
Part of the Global Philanthropy Forum 2007, a project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
Duration : 1:9:41
http://www.weforum.org 19.05.2007
Defining Global Citizenship: From Philanthropy to Activism
Contributing to the common good takes many forms, from individual acts of philanthropy to ongoing patterns of social activism.
1) How can individual philanthropists make the best use of their resources? What successful frameworks exist inside and outside the region?
2) Do companies have a responsibility to the wider community, or should they simply contribute funds to “specialist” institutions?
3) What can ordinary members of society do to become active global citizens? How can such activism be encouraged?
H.R.H. Prince Turki Al Faisal Al Saud, Prince of Saudi Royal Family; Chairman, King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, Saudi Arabia
Carly Fiorina, Chairman, Fiorina Foundation, USA
Fadi Ghandour, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Aramex International, Jordan; Global Agenda Council on Entrepreneurship
Omar Ghobash
Barbara L. Ibrahim, Founding Director, John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement, American University in Cairo, Egypt
Moderated by H.M. Queen Rania Al Abdullah of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Member of the Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum; Global Agenda Council on the Welfare of Children
Duration : 1:15:38
Plenary 3: Leveraging Information
Google Co-Founder and Larry Brilliant, Executive Director, Google.org
in conversation with Jane Wales, President and CEO, World Affairs Council and the Global Philanthropy Forum
Part of the Global Philanthropy Forum 2007, a project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
Duration : 1:7:29
Plenary 4: Unusual Alliances to Halt Climate Change
[Moderator] Stephen Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Billy Parish, Co-Founder and Coordinator, Energy Action Coalition
Ernest C. Shea, President, Natural Resource Solutions LLC; Project Coordinator; 25×25
Kenneth Colburn, Senior Consultant, Center for Climate Strategies
Richard Cizik, Vice President for Governmental Affairs, National ociation of Evangelicals
Thomas R. Jacob, Government Affairs Manager, Western Region, DuPont Company
Part of the Global Philanthropy Forum 2007, a project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
Duration : 1:12:51
Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/05/NewsHour_with_Legendary_Journalist_Jim_Lehrer
Jim Lehrer, author and news anchor for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, says philanthropists could save the declining news industry by funding a “serious, nonprofit, major news gathering organization for everybody.”
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Anchor of one of the most respected news programs in America, Jim Lehrer has dedicated his life to reporting informative and unbiased news coverage of the nation’s most pressing issues. Though his journalistic accomplishments are numerous, Lehrer is most proud of his success as a novelist.
Lehrer talks writing, reporting and telling America’s story. - Commonwealth Club of California
Jim Lehrer is an American journalist and the news anchor for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS. Lehrer is an author of non-fiction and fiction, drawing from his experiences and interests in history and politics. He is most recently the author of Oh, Johnny: A Novel.
Duration : 0:2:47
http://www.weforum.org/annualmeeting 25.01.2008 Corporate Global Citizenship in the 21st Century As the global agenda is increasingly shaped outside the traditional framework of nation states, corporations not only have licence to operate in the global system, but also a civic duty to contribute to its sustainable health. How should corporations exercise their civic duty with regard to major global issues? Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom John T. Chambers, Chairman and …
Duration : 0:49:30
Edison Chen held a press conference to speak about the Hong Kong sex pictures scandal.
Duration : 0:9:32
Keynote address: The Changing Practice of Philanthropy
Introduction: Jane Wales, President and CEO, World Affairs Council and the Global Philanthropy Forum
Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Part of the Global Philanthropy Forum 2007, a project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
Duration : 0:38:12
Keynote address: Bill Clinton - A Call to Action
Introduction by Jane Wales, President & CEO of the Global Philanthropy Forum
Laurene Powell Jobs, Co-Founder and President of the Board, College Track
William Jefferson Clinton, former President of the United States
Part of the Global Philanthropy Forum 2007, a project of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.
Duration : 1:12:7
