Just arrived in Oxford in time for the opening Monday night dinner of the Skoll Forum. The Skoll social entrepreneurs get a day together before the big opening on Tuesday afternoon. The location is Exeter College, whose dining hall was the prototype for Hogwarts in the Harry Potter film.
![Exeter dining room](http://bp3.blogger.com/_lAXr465KvME/Rgmnr2FF5mI/AAAAAAAAAAU/fTo3VSHxGa8/s400/IMG_7237-01.jpg)
It was a time to meet old friends and new social entrepreneurs. There are a handful of new Skoll staffers so this was a time to meet the team. It was also a chance to meet Jeff Skoll in person.
![Jeff Skoll (in the middle) and guests at Exeter College, Oxford](http://bp0.blogger.com/_lAXr465KvME/RgmnVGFF5lI/AAAAAAAAAAM/XztRbJUthkQ/s400/IMG_7208-01.jpg)
Each of the new social entrepreneurs spoke for several minutes about what drew them to do this work. The funniest guy as usual was Joe Madiath. Long-time Beneblog followers know Joe as the guy who didn't fully recognize Al Gore when he bumped into him at Davos. Joe talked about organizing his father's workers while a teenagers and getting elected president of the union (he was quickly bundled off to boarding school!).
![Exeter dining room](http://bp3.blogger.com/_lAXr465KvME/Rgmnr2FF5mI/AAAAAAAAAAU/fTo3VSHxGa8/s400/IMG_7237-01.jpg)
It was a time to meet old friends and new social entrepreneurs. There are a handful of new Skoll staffers so this was a time to meet the team. It was also a chance to meet Jeff Skoll in person.
![Jeff Skoll (in the middle) and guests at Exeter College, Oxford](http://bp0.blogger.com/_lAXr465KvME/RgmnVGFF5lI/AAAAAAAAAAM/XztRbJUthkQ/s400/IMG_7208-01.jpg)
Each of the new social entrepreneurs spoke for several minutes about what drew them to do this work. The funniest guy as usual was Joe Madiath. Long-time Beneblog followers know Joe as the guy who didn't fully recognize Al Gore when he bumped into him at Davos. Joe talked about organizing his father's workers while a teenagers and getting elected president of the union (he was quickly bundled off to boarding school!).
![Joe Madiath in the wood paneled Exeter College dining room.](http://bp3.blogger.com/_lAXr465KvME/RgmoL2FF5nI/AAAAAAAAAAc/lu7lQAZWF2Q/s400/IMG_7223-01.jpg)
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