OUR MAY SPEAKER SERIES WELCOMES
LEILA JANAH
Founder & CEO of Samasource

Wednesday May 23 | 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Microsoft | 835 Market Street, San Francisco
CLICK TO REGISTER | Free for Members, Alumni & Partners
$20 for Non-Members

"Work is at the core of human dignity," according to Leila Janah, which is one of the reasons she founded Samasource, an award-winning technology social enterprise. Through the concept of "microwork," the organization provides dignified, internet-based work to people living in poverty in India, Pakistan, Haiti, Uganda, South Africa, and Kenya.

Join us to hear how this innovative organization is successfully leveraging the internet to help women, refugees and young people in developing countries earn a living wage. Photo credit: vedphoto.com.

Space is limited. More information. We hope to see you there! Thank you to our host, Microsoft.

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More About the Speaker

Leila Chirayath Janah is the founder of Samasource, an award-winning social business that connects people living in poverty to microwork — small, computer-based tasks that build skills and generate life-changing income. She serves on the boards of OneLeap and TechSoup Global and as an advisor to mobile shopping app RevelTouch

Prior to Samasource, Janah was a a Visiting Scholar with the Stanford Program on Global Justice and Australian National University's Center for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics. She was a founding Director of Incentives for Global Health, an initiative to increase R&D spending on diseases of the poor, and a management consultant at Katzenbach Partners (now Booz & Co.). She has also worked at the World Bank and as a travel writer for Let's Go in Mozambique, Brazil, and Borneo.

Janah is a frequent speaker on social entrepreneurship and technology, and her work has been profiled by CBS, CNN, NPR, the BBC, The New York Times, and The New Scientist. She received a BA from Harvard and lives in San Francisco.


Our Partners

Join us for our Education Circle Final Presentations and Voting Meeting! This is the moment we've all been working towards, the chance to choose our next portfolio of grant partners. PLEASE NOTE: We'll be starting presentations at 6:30 PM sharp.

At this meeting, organizations and members will present their proposed projects and their case for support and members will vote on which will move forward as finalists, to be approved by Full Circle Fund's Board of Directors. Follow the links below to read more about the organizations before the meeting!

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Agenda (subject to change):

6:15 Networking & Dinner - Please be seated promptly by 6:25.
6:25 Welcome & Announcements
6:30 Education 2012 Potential Grant Partner Final Pitches

Education for Change | Nick Driver & Gabrielle Kivitz
Innosight | Presenter to be announced
The REACH Institute | Joe Ross
Educate Our State | Evan Lurie
Leadership Public Schools | James Lee & Pam Schaffer

8:40 Potential Partners exit, closed session for members and prospective members begins.
9:00 Final Voting
9:15 Announcement of 2012 Education Circle Portfolio!*
9:30 All Participants must exit building

We want to thank everyone who has contributed to the process so far, especially the Inquiry Teams, Leads, and Potential Grant Partners! *Grants will be awarded based on final approval by Full Circle Fund Board of Directors. We look forward to seeing you there!

Best regards,

Jeff Camp
Education Circle Chair

Nathan Fisher
Education Circle Vice Chair

Kim Jacobson
Grant Cycle Director

Jenny Jordan
Grant Cycle Director/Circle Coordinator
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Thank you to ING Direct Café in San Francisco and CJ Heston for hosting our meeting.
ING Direct is proud to sponsor Lemonade Alley - a nationwide business competition which teaches K-12 students entrepreneurial skills. Finalists travel to Honolulu in July 2012 to compete and be critiqued on the presentation of their lemonade stand, sales pitch, actual sales, and lemonade recipe! Applications are due May 31, 2012. Learn more.

Join us for our Global Economic Opportunity Circle Final Presentations and Voting Meeting! This is the moment we've all been working towards, the chance to choose our next portfolio of grant partners. The finalists are:



At this meeting, organizations and members will present their proposed projects and their case for support and members will vote on which will move forward as finalists, to be approved by Full Circle Fund's Board of Directors. Follow the links below to read more about the organizations before the meeting!

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Agenda (subject to change):

6:15 Networking & Dinner with the Environment/Energy Circle
6:45 Welcome, Introductions, and Announcements [Note early start!]
7:00 Global Economic Opportunity 2012 Potential Grant Partner Final Pitches

7:00 Asylum Access
7:25 Embrace
7:50 MESA

8:15 Closed session for members and prospective members only
8:40 Final Voting
9:15 Meeting Wrap-up

We want to thank everyone who has contributed to the process so far, especially the Inquiry Teams, Leads, and Potential Grant Partners! *Grants will be awarded based on final approval by Full Circle Fund Board of Directors. We look forward to seeing you there!

Best Regards,

Pamela Hawley & Leslie Keil, Global Economic Opportunity Co-Chairs

Joe Kleinschmidt & Katie Colendich, Global Economic Opportunity Grant Cycle Co-Directors

Lucy Burns, Global Economic Opportunity Circle Coordinator

Thank you to our corporate partner, Hanson Bridgett LLP and our member Leslie Keil, for graciously hosting our meeting.

Join us for our Environment Circle Final Pitch and Voting Meeting! This is the moment we've all been working towards, the chance to choose our next portfolio of grant partners.

At this meeting, organizations and members will present their proposed projects and their case for support and members will vote on which will move forward as finalists, to be approved by Full Circle Fund's Board of Directors. Follow the links below to read more about the organizations before the meeting!

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Agenda (subject to change):

6:15 Networking & Dinner with the Global Economic Opportunity Circle
6:45 Welcome, Introductions, and Announcements [Note early start!]
7:00 Environment 2012 Potential Grant Partner Final Pitches

Finalists to be announced!

8:15 Closed session for members and prospective members only
8:40 Final Voting
9:15 Meeting Wrap-up

We want to thank everyone who has contributed to the process so far, especially the Inquiry Teams, Leads, and Potential Grant Partners! *Grants will be awarded based on final approval by Full Circle Fund Board of Directors.

Best Regards,

Melanie Nutter & Braden Penhoet | Environment/Energy Circle Co-Chairs

Aimee Epstein | Environment/Energy Circle Coordinator

Save the date to meet our 2012 Portfolio of Grant Partners! More information coming soon!

Save the date for our September meeting! More details coming soon.

Agenda:
6:15 - Dinner & Networking
6:45 - Welcome & Introductions
6:50 - TBA
8:15 - Adjourn

Thank you to our corporate partner, Hanson Bridgett LLP and our member Leslie Keil, for graciously hosting our meeting.


We look forward to seeing you there!

Best regards,

Pamela Hawley & Leslie Keil
Circle Chairs

Joe Kleinschmidt & Katie Colendich
Grant Cycle Directors

Lucy Burns
Circle Coordinator
Email

Join us for our Environment/Energy Circle's September Meeting. Stay tuned for more information coming soon!
If you're a non-member considering joining, come check out what's in store for the coming year.

Agenda: (subject to change)
6:15pm - Dinner & Networking
7:00pm - Welcome & Introductions
7:25pm - TBD
8:15pm - Conclude

Thank you to New Resource Bank and Gary Groff for hosting us at their office.


We look forward to seeing you there!

Best regards,

Melanie Nutter
Co-Chair, Environment/Energy Circle

Braden Penhoet
Co-Chair, Environment/Energy Circle

Aimee Epstein
Coordinator, Environment/Energy Circle
Email

More information coming soon!


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Join us for our Education Circle's December meeting. More details coming soon!

Agenda: (subject to change)
6:15pm - Dinner & Networking
7:00pm - Welcome & Introductions
7:25pm - TBD
8:30pm - Conclude

We look forward to seeing you there!

Jeff Camp
Education Circle Chair

Nathan Fisher
Education Circle Vice Chair

Jenny Jordan
Education Circle Coordinator
Email

Join us for our Environment/Energy Circle's December Meeting. Stay tuned for more information coming soon!

Agenda: (subject to change)
6:15pm - Dinner & Networking
7:00pm - Welcome & Introductions
7:25pm - TBD
8:15pm - Conclude

Thank you to New Resource Bank and Gary Groff for hosting us at their office.


We look forward to seeing you there!

Best regards,

Melanie Nutter
Co-Chair, Environment/Energy Circle

Braden Penhoet
Co-Chair, Environment/Energy Circle

Aimee Epstein
Coordinator, Environment/Energy Circle
Email

Save the date for our December meeting! More details coming soon.

Agenda:
6:15 - Dinner & Networking
6:30 - Welcome & Introductions
6:50 - TBA
8:30 - Adjourn

Thank you to our corporate partner, Hanson Bridgett LLP and our member Leslie Keil, for graciously hosting our meeting.


We look forward to seeing you there!

Best regards,

Pamela Hawley & Leslie Keil
Circle Chairs

Joe Kleinschmidt & Katie Colendich
Grant Cycle Directors

Lucy Burns
Circle Coordinator
Email