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Lenka Setkova

Conference reports Lenka Setkova 20 April 2011

Inspiring sessions at the Skoll World Forum

From 30 March to 1 April, over 850 delegates from 54 countries attended the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in Oxford, an event that is pitched as the ‘premier international platform for accelerating entrepreneurial …

Conference Report Lenka Setkova 20 April 2011 For Subscribers

Inspiring sessions at the Skoll World Forum

From 30 March to 1 April, over 850 delegates from 54 countries attended the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in Oxford, an event that is pitched as the ‘premier international platform for accelerating entrepreneurial …

Conference Report Lenka Setkova 1 September 2008 For Subscribers

ACF Conference 2008

Event ACF Conference 2008: Thorny Questions, Fruitful Answers: Foundations meeting contemporary challenges Date 26-27 June Venue Nottingham, UK Organizer Association of Charitable Foundations Robin Hood was a – probably fictional – medieval English outlaw who …

Book review Lenka Setkova 1 December 2005

Social Justice Philanthropy: The latest trend or a lasting lens for grantmaking?

As the June 2005 issue of Alliance shows, the concept of social justice philanthropy is increasingly generating discussion in the philanthropic community. What has been missing from the debate is research that explores the significance, …

Book review Lenka Setkova 1 December 2003

Managing and Measuring Social Enterprises by Rob Paton

The importance and feasibility of measuring the performance of social enterprises (which Paton broadly defines as ‘organizations where people have to be business-like, but are not in it for the money’) is highly contested. As …