{"id":2109,"date":"2016-10-07T14:56:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T09:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/?p=2109"},"modified":"2018-09-07T17:18:06","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T11:48:06","slug":"the-development-dialogue-evolving-since-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/the-development-dialogue-evolving-since-2008\/","title":{"rendered":"The Development Dialogue: Evolving Since 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Development Dialogue (DD) is the flagship event of the Sandbox that brings together all the stakeholders of social entrepreneurship on a platform to discuss new and demonstrated ideas to implement change. It is recognized as an event of international significance, drawing renowned personalities, organizations and thought leaders from across the globe to gather in a tier-2 location in India, to discuss socially relevant entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/18702093706_9227631ea7_z-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"18702093706_9227631ea7_z\" width=\"300\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/18702093706_9227631ea7_z-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/18702093706_9227631ea7_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The first edition of the DD was hosted at the IMSR Business School, Hubballi, in January 2008. It gathered 200 delegates on a first-ever platform and brought together all the partners of the Foundation to discuss their work in the Sandbox. Through an introductory edition, DD 2008 attracted eminent participants such as Ashok Alexander, India Country Director, Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation; Vijay Mahajan, Founder, BASIX Microfinance; Bala Warrier, Manipal Medical Foundation; SR Hiremath, Samaj Parivartana Samudaya, and Venkatesh Thuppil of St. John\u2019s Medical College.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The discussions at DD 2008 revolved around topics related to management such as accounting, documentation and administration, growth &amp; scaling and achieving goals &amp; benchmarks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The subsequent editions of DD showcased theme-based deliberations and events on the sidelines. In 2009, the theme was \u201cThe Sandbox and Global Perspectives,\u201d focusing on the new transformational initiatives done by the partners. Over 300 delegates attended the event, hosted at the BVB College of Engineering and Technology. In 2010, the DD was larger in scale than its preceding editions, attracting 450 delegates and 40 speakers who spoke on various topics. The event had deliberations on topics that included sub-sessions, paving the way for in-depth and inspiring discussions. The theme of the DD 2010 was \u2018Changing Mindsets\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the subsequent years, the DD editions evolved to achieve twin objectives: one, it showcased the work of the foundation and its partners in the Sandbox area. Secondly, it is a stock-taking time for the Sandbox and its partners to assess the progress achieved during the years. The themes have varied across \u201cThriving in the Ecosystem\u201d during 2012, \u201cTipping Point\u201d in 2013, \u201cCounting What Matters\u201d in 2014, \u201cScaling by Proving\u201d in 2015 and \u201cExecute Locally, and Innovate Globally\u201d in 2016. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"s-share-buttons\" class=\"horizontal-w-c-r-border s-share-w-c\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/the-development-dialogue-evolving-since-2008\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to Facebook\" class=\"s3-facebook hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=The Development Dialogue: Evolving Since 2008&url=https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/the-development-dialogue-evolving-since-2008\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Twitter\" class=\"s3-twitter hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/the-development-dialogue-evolving-since-2008\/\" target=\"_blank\"  title=\"Share to Google Plus\" class=\"s3-google-plus hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/the-development-dialogue-evolving-since-2008\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Share to LinkedIn\" class=\"s3-linkedin hint--top\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:?Subject=The%20Development%20Dialogue:%20Evolving%20Since%202008&Body=Here%20is%20the%20link%20to%20the%20article:%20https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/the-development-dialogue-evolving-since-2008\/\" title=\"Email this article\" class=\"s3-email hint--top\"><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Development Dialogue (DD) is the flagship event of the Sandbox that brings together all<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":2110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amp_status":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[84,124],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2109"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2817,"href":"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109\/revisions\/2817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deshpandefoundationindia.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}