Invisible Children Europe - Next Generation Philanthropy Forum

Invisible Children has landed in EUROPE!!! We've embarked on a UK and Ireland spring tour, hosted 5 rescue events and met a lot of amazing people who have become a part in bringing this movement to their home countries. This expansion will only get bigger and better but we still need your help!! Join the movement as we head into our Autumn Tour 2009!

Hi Guys,

As you may have gathered from Facebook, Invisible Children is about to be part of a very excititing event that is taking place on Monday 9th November in London called the Next Generation Philanthropy Forum. The event will feature some amazing speakers from various non-profits and organisations. Invisible Children’s work will also be showcased.

The whole event will be broadcast on a live feed and we are encoraging as many people as possible to access this feed, sending in their comments and questions to the panels for discussion.

See info on the Event below and GET INVOLVED!!

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 emphasize business approaches, entrepreneurship and high impact are inspiring to young people. The goal of the Forum is 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.

To view the Live Feed visit: www.li.com
To join the conversation: www.twitter.com/legatum (#linextgen)

Opening Remarks (9.15 - 9.45 GMT)
Jean Geran, Legatum Institute and Ami Anderson, Invisible Children

Panel 1 – Youth entrepreneurship and education (9.45 - 11.00 GMT)

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

• Legatum Center at MIT – Nada Hashmi, Fellow

• Teach First – Brett Wigdortz, Chief Executive Officer/Founder

Panel 2 – New business approaches to philanthropy (11.15 - 12.45 GMT)

(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 (13.15 - 14.30 GMT)
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? (14.45 - 16.15 GMT)

(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 (16.30 - 18.00 GMT)

(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 Reception (18.00 GMT)

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