“May you always be forever young” Sally Osberg’s closing remarks at 2008 Skoll Awards

Sally Osberg, CEO of the Skoll Foundation, shares some closing thoughts of wisdom at the end of the 2008 Skoll World Forum.

With: Sally Osberg
Thank you to all change makers gathered in this room. To our partners at the Skoll Center specially Stefan Chambers, Liz Nelson, Alex Nichols, and Dean Collin Mayer. Thank you to our hard working Skoll Foundation directors, Jim DeMartini, Debra Dunn, Peter Hero, Kirk Hansen, Larry Brilliant and Roger Martin. Thank you to my beloved colleagues at the Skoll Foundation, especially Lance Henderson and his wonderful crew on the program and impact team.

Thank you to Laura Vais. Thank you to Laura Vais and the amazing folks on the marketing team who produced this event at the forum in partnership with the Skoll Centers. Special thanks to Paula Kravitz who works tirelessly with Liz Nelson. And to Richard Fahey and his superb folks in operations and they're actually the ones who cut the checks, so they're pretty important.

Thank you to all of you here tonight and those tuning in from time zones all over the world, our families and colleagues at home most of all. None of us could be here tonight or do what we do without the support of those who know and love us best. I close tonight with a reflection on what it feels to be among fellow elders and youngers.

Deciding that we surely are all runners in this race to achieve the only victory that matters, that better world we can see beckoning at the horizon and of course, the verse came to me - the poet, Bob Dylan his lyrics - some those elders among us will recognize. May your hands always be busy. May your feet always be swift.

May you have a strong foundation when the winds of change shift. May your heart always be joyful. May your song always be sung. And no matter what your age, may you always be forever young.
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