Drayton is the founder and current Chair of Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, a nonprofit organization dedicated to finding and fostering social entrepreneurs worldwide. He is considered by many one of the fathers of social entrepreneurship (I am quite sure many of you know him already).
I found a cool video from him the other day related to an event when he was talking to Google people. This is a one hour video but a very fantastic one where he describes the philosophy behind Ashoka, his company, and types of the projects he is funding. The video also features some of his colleagues who talk about their projects.
It's very inspiring; Enjoy!
More bite-size videos of Bill Drayton speaking on Social Entrepreneurship – each video 2-3 minutes long, on Social Edge:
Bill On Social Entrepreneurship:
http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/global-x/archive/2008/12/16/bill-drayton-ashoka-social-entrepreneurship
Bill On Rodrigo Baggio and identifying rising stars:
http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/global-x/archive/2008/12/09/bill-drayton-ashoka-rodrigo-baggio
Bill Drayton is angry: on the obligation to teach children empathy:
http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/global-x/archive/2008/12/02/bill-drayton-ashoka-empathy
Bill On a Magical Moment:
http://www.socialedge.org/blogs/global-x/archive/2008/11/25/bill-drayton-ashoka-a-magical-moment
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