The third day of the Social Good Summit opened with the presentation of the Social Good Award to Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete for his commitment to further innovative technology solutions in his country.

Yvonne Chaka Chaka began the first panel of the day, “First Ladies, First Tweets,” by singing questions to the panelists. At the end of the discussion, First Ladies Madam Tobeka Zuma of South Africa, Dr. Ida Odinga of Keny, and Sia Nyama Koroma of Sierra Leone sent out their very first tweets on stage.

After the first ladies finished tweeting, Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus, and Matthew Bishop, from the Economist, took the stage to discuss "How Micro-Financing is Enabling Social Change."

Dr. Yunus is the founder of the Grameen Bank, whose model of micro-financing has helped spark a movement worldwide. Dr. Yunus is the subject of the documentary ‘To Catch a Dollar.’ 

He stressed that it was important to invest in people as well as ideas.

"Human creativity is much greater than the problems around us," said Dr. Yunus.

To solve those problems, he said: "Pick on problem that bothers you... and come up with a business solution for it."

Best-selling author Peter Sims spoke on "Inventing the Future with Little Bets: New Ways to Solve Social Problems."  He said great ideas such as Google and Twitter were not created instantaneously but started as small bets. He also announced the launch of Fuse Corps, which aims to solve challenges by enlisting entrepreneurs into public service. 

Skype CEO Tony Bates talked about Skype's potential for transforming global education. The Education.Skype.com program enables educators around the world to connect with one another and collaborate on projects. 

Brandon Litman talked about his One Day on Earth project, which aims to “document the world’s story.” Shot in one day, this film time capsule was the “first-ever simultaneous filming event occurring in every country in the world.” They will make one movie every year until 2015. The next project will be filmed on 11.11.11. Footage from the project can be downloaded from their website.

Chef Jose Andres and Radha Muthiah, of the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, discussed "How Clean Cooking Technologies Can Change the World.”

Radha Muthiah said that indoor smoke pollution from coal stoves is the 5th largest killer in the developing world.

Andres and Muthiah stressed the importance of clean cooking solutions globally.

“Food is the most important fuel, not gas,” said Chef Andres, founder of the ThinkFood Group and World Central Kitchen Resources.

“Gas moves my car. It moves cars. But food moves all of us. Food needs to be at the heart of these energy talks”

Dr. Richard Besser, Anchor David Muir, and Correspondent Juju Change, all from ABC, spoke of the UN Foundation and ABC News' recent launch of the Million Moms Challenge, which will help facilitate online conversation between moms around the world and which will focus on issues important to all mothers. Chang also announced a new Facebook game called '1000 Days' that will educate people on maternal health.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson spoke about their project Girls Not Brides and their role as Elders in the next panel "We are Stronger Together: The Transformative Power of Human Connection." The Elders are working to end the practice of forcing young girls into marriage.

"We can end child marriage in a generation and we couldn't have ten years ago, without the technology we have now," said Robinson.

Desmond Tutu said he believes good prevails.

"I am not an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope," he said.

Actor and activist Richard Gere made a surprise appearance. Although he confessed to being a Luddite, he agreed that social media could help bring awareness to global issues.

Gere said we all gravitate towards good.

"There's not a creature on earth that doesn't respond to kindness and love and a smile," said Gere.

Ronit Avni, of Just Vision; Helga Tawil-Souri, assistant professor in Media at NYU; and Liel Leibovitz, assistant professor of communication at NYU, participated in the next panel "Digital Technology and Peace-Building in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict."

"The greatest social movements of our time have come from the bottom up,” said Avni.

Avni said it was important to bring attention to the nonviolent activists that are working towards change to legitimize their actions. If we only pay attention to the militants, she said it sends “a signal that only violent action is heard. Only violent action counts.”

Kate James, of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, spoke on how social media creates a global conversation and helps to “dissolve barriers between donor and recipients of support.”  Engaging the “people on the ground” enables organizations and non-profits to make informed decisions.

The day wrapped with Dr. Geeta Rao Gupta and Chrysula Winegar speaking on the last panel of the day, “Vaccines and a Movement to Save Lives,” and the announcement of the UN Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign to bring vaccines to children around the world.    

See here for links to the day’s videos.