Social entrepreneur speaker Jessica Jackley has recently been named as a 2012 Buick Agent of Change for her role as the co-founder of peer-to-peer microlending site KIVA. “Simple ideas are often overlooked,” she says, and the toughest barrier to overcome is collectively believing that more is possible and that even the smallest idea can make the world a better place. 

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An astonishing animated graphic tracing over 4 million KIVA microloans, over five years, as they move from lender to borrower back to lender. Watch the whole world light up! KIVA was co-founded by Lavin keynote speaker Jessica Jackley.