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The greatest examples of small ideas turned into grand solutions come from social entrepreneurs who span the globe from San Francisco to India.
To highlight the works of top social innovators, Link TV's ViewChange project will feature a half-hour documentary March 28 on the Huffington Post that will include the winners from the McKinsey & Company's Social Innovation Video Contest. This documentary coincides with the Skoll World Forum for Social Entrepreneurship March 28-30,
McKinsey & Company launched its Social Innovation Video Contest in December and received nearly 150 videos from 30 different countries. We're featuring three of the top innovators for our "Spring Into Action" series, including a cookstove that converts wasted heat into electricity, and a battery system that can charge from a solar panel.
In addition to these entrepreneurs, Link TV's documentary will also highlight social innovation leaders including a video selection featuring Bill Clinton, McKinsey’s Lynn Taliento, ONE chairman Tom Freston and top Obama counterinsurgency strategist Dave Kilcullen.
The Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship gathers 900 delegates from the social, finance, private and public sectors to meet at Oxford to share entrepreneurial approaches and innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing social issues. This year's speakers include Arianna Huffington, editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post Media Group.
Check out the slideshow below of video finalists from the Social Innovation Video Contest as a preview for LinkTV's documentary:
