Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO and Founder of the Acumen Fund http://www.acumenfund.org/ gave the keynote address Friday. She has a new book called The Blue Sweater, personal memoirs of her lifelong quest to understand global poverty and to find powerful new ways of tackling it.
You can lean more, and hear interviews here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Blue-Sweater/41692100926?ref=ts
A few of my take aways:
- "Philanthropy is broken" - insight gained from her time at the Rockefeller Foundation
- "Charity alone will not solve poverty"
- "Dignity is more important than wealth"
A re-occurring theme between all the people in this field is patience and time...
...Both are critical to the success of any endeavor
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