fifth anniversary.

Five years of Global Changemakers: How do you celebrate 733 birthdays at once?

Around the office I’m known for occasionally coming up with wacky (and not so wacky) top 10 lists. Since its our 5th birthday, herewith the top five Changemaker-related things I am celebra…

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On birthdays, snowball throwing competitions, and the first Global Changemakers

As I’ve been sitting here in London picking up news coverage of the 2012 WEF Annual Meeting in Davos, my mind has been wandering back exactly five years to the terrific week I spent on the…

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Five years of Global Changemakers: 2011

… which brings us to the fifth year of Global Changemakers. 2011 was a year of revolutions, disasters and marvels all around, and our thoughts throughout the year were with Changemaker…

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Five years of Global Changemakers: 2010

2010 started with six visions for a better future: once again, the World Economic Forum invited six Changemakers to share their concrete ideas for action with the leaders at Davos. Hailing f…

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Five years of Global Changemakers: 2009

… I did cheat somewhat in our look back at 2008, omitting one important milestone in Global Changemaker history: the British Council agreed to continue the newly christened programme &…

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Five years of Global Changemakers: 2008

Our trip through time continues with 2008 – a year when a lot happened for Global Changemakers. First, we developed a new application process that, with a couple of tweaks, is still in…

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Five years of Global Changemakers: 2007

60 young leaders from 49 countries met at the Greenwich 2007 forum. Delegates were aged 19-25 and had been selected for their leadership potential and their track record of service to their …

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