Dr. Diana Wells, President of Ashoka, joined the organisation in the 1980s after graduating from Brown University with a degree in South Asian Studies. After taking a leave to pursue a Ph.D. in anthropology, Diana returned to Ashoka to provide leadership for the worldwide process of sourcing and selecting leading social entrepreneurs. She has contributed to the field of social entrepreneurship by implementing a widely respected tool for Measuring Effectiveness.
2010 SESSIONS
Collaborative Leadership: A Practical Toolkit
How do you build an organisation in which everyone is a leader and has the resources and tools to drive change from within? In what ways can you increase organisational effectiveness and improve professional culture while maintaining an entrepreneurial environment? Participants in this hands-on workshop will work together to develop a framework for understanding what it takes to build an institution that values and supports changemakers, and then use what they have learned to collaboratively shape and refine their own organisational strategies.
Speakers: Diana Wells, Charlie Brown
2008 SESSIONS
Woman, Culture And Social Change
Increasingly, social entrepreneurs working in healthcare, education and economic development are relying on women and girls to create and sustain change in communities around the world. What’s driving this focus on women and girls? What are the models and opportunities for success? What are the challenges and cultural barriers faced by these approaches? And how are traditional, often male-dominated, cultural and community institutions accommodating this changing landscape? Join these panellists for for a vigorous, candid and real world conversation on the myths, pitfalls and imperatives surrounding this topic.
