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The Next Generation Philanthropy Forum

The Legatum Institute is pleased to present the 2009 Next Generation Philanthropy Forum. Building a more prosperous world requires strategy and focus on the next generation to increase philanthropic giving, improve advocacy and promote relationship-based social entrepreneurship. Over the past decade social networking websites and other new media tools have changed the way people, especially youth, communicate, relate and become civically active. At the same time, innovations in philanthropy that emphasise business approaches, entrepreneurship and high impact are inspiring to young people. The goal of the Forum was to highlight these new trends and understand how they can best be promoted to mobilize youth as individuals, organizations or social movements and to improve their effectiveness as change agents.

Panel 1 – Youth entrepreneurship and education

(Presenter/Moderator – Steve Mariotti, Founder of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship)

• Legatum Center at MIT – Nada Hashmi, Fellow

• Teach First (for All) – Brett Wigdortz, Chief Executive Officer/Founder

Panel 2 – New business approaches to philanthropy

(Presenter/Moderator – Michael Green, co-author of Philanthrocapitalism)

• Invisible Children and Edun/MEND – Ben Keesey, Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer

• RED – Seb Bishop, Chief Executive Officer

• Shell Foundation – Chris West, Director

Lunch Keynote Speech – Jared Cohen, author of Children of Jihad and co-founder of the Alliance of Youth Movements

Panel 3 – Measuring impact: how do you know you are making a difference?

(Presenter/Moderator – Martin Brookes, Chief Executive Officer of New Philanthropy Capital)

• Newdea – Troy Stremler, Chief Executive Officer

• Geneva Global– Doug Balfour, Chief Executive Officer

• YouGov – Stephan Shakespeare, Founder/Chief Innovations Officer

Panel 4 - Advocacy and philanthropy through new media

(Presenter/Moderator – Antony Mayfield, Vice President of Social Media, iCrossing)

• Invisible Children – Laren Poole, Co-founder/Filmmaker

• Ushahidi – Juliana Rotich, Program Director

• Global Giving – Sharath Jeevan, Chief Executive Officer

Closing Drinks Reception – 18:00-20:00