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What business entrepreneurs are to the economy, social entrepreneurs are to social change. They are, writes David Bornstein, the driven, creative individuals who question the status quo, exploit new opportunities, refuse to give up--and remake the world for the better.
How to Change the World tells the fascinating stories of these remarkable individuals--many in the United States, others in countries from Brazil to Hungary--providing an In Search of Excellence for the nonprofit sector. In America, one man, J.B. Schramm, has helped thousands of low-income high
school students get into college. In South Africa, one woman, Veronica Khosa, developed a home-based care model for AIDS patients that changed government health policy. In Brazil, Fabio Rosa helped bring electricity to hundreds of thousands of remote rural residents. Another American, James Grant,
is credited with saving 25 million lives by leading and 'marketing' a global campaign for immunization. Yet another, Bill Drayton, created a pioneering foundation, Ashoka, that has funded and supported these social entrepreneurs and over a thousand like them, leveraging the power of their ideas
across the globe.
These extraordinary stories highlight a massive transformation that is going largely unreported by the media: Around the world, the fastest-growing segment of society is the nonprofit sector, as millions of ordinary people--social entrepreneurs--are increasingly stepping in to solve the
problems where governments and bureaucracies have failed. How to Change the World shows, as its title suggests, that with determination and innovation, even a single person can make a surprising difference. For anyone seeking to make a positive mark on the world, this will be both an inspiring read
and an invaluable handbook.

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Journalist Bornstein (The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank) profiles nine indomitable champions of social change who developed innovative ways to address needs they saw around them in places as distinct as Bombay, India; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; and inner-city Washington, D.C. As these nine grew influential when their ingenious ideas proved ever more widely successful, they came to the attention of Ashoka, an organization that sponsors a fellows program to foster social innovation by finding so-called social entrepreneurs to support. As Bornstein interviewed these and many other Ashoka fellows, he saw patterns in the ways they fought to solve their specifically local problems. To demonstrate the commonality among experiences as diverse as a Hungarian mother striving to provide a fuller life for her handicapped son and a South African nurse starting a home-care system for AIDS patients, he presents useful unifying summaries of "four practices of innovative organizations" and "six qualities of successful social entrepreneurs." Bornstein implies that his subjects are in the tradition of Florence Nightingale and Gandhi; the inspiring portraits that emerge from his in-depth reporting on the environments in which individual programs evolved (whether in politically teeming India or amid the expansive grasslands of Brazil) certainly show these unstoppable entrepreneurs as extraordinarily savvy community development experts. In adding up the vast number of current nongovernmental organizations and their corps of agents of positive change, Bornstein aims to persuade that, "without a doubt, the past twenty years has produced more social entrepreneurs than terrorists.".
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"Wonderfully hopeful and enlightening.... The stories of these social entreprenuers will inspire and encourage many people who seek to build a better world."--Nelson Mandela

"The book is must reading for anyone who cares about building a more equitable, and therefore more stable, world."--William J. Holstein, New York Times

"The inspiring portraits that emerge from his in-depth reporting on the environments in which individual programs evolved (whether in politically teeming India or amid the expansive grasslands of Brazil) certainly show these unstoppable entrepreneurs as extraordinarily savvy community development
experts."--Publishers Weekly

"A fascinating book.... Well-documented cases of grassroots entrepreneurial activities to tackle such diverse social problems as child abuse, disability, illiteracy, and environmental degradation give life to it."--Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Business Week

"Human progress has always been led by visionary individuals who seek a better future and dedicate their lives to realizing that promise. These social entrepreneurs tackle some of the world's toughest challenges with grit and determination. Bornstein has given us that rarest of gifts: a book about
hope, about courage, and about the power of those extraordinary man and women who change the world."--Jeff Skoll, Founder and Chairman, Skoll Foundation, and first president of eBay

"The social entrepreneurs chronicled in this book are part of the vital generation of independent, creative leaders who are sparking social changes in the United States and in parts of world where people are most in need. We will be hearing much more from them in the years to come." --Bill
Bradley

"David Bornstein's book will touch the hearts and minds of many. I hope it will get the wide readership it deserves. Without the effort and energy of civil society the odds are against the fulfillment of all the development needs of today's world, especially the developing world. Pick up a copy and
spread the word!" --Arminio Fraga, Former Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil

"[A] splendid book.... A careful, monumental piece of work [that] so greatly transcends research and reporting because of [Bornstein's] common sense, good judgement and sympathy, which infuses the whole thing." --Jane Jacobs, author of The Death and Life of Great American Cities, on The Price of a
Dream

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0195138058
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Oxford University Press; 1st edition (February 5, 2004)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780195138054
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0195138054
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.41 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.53 x 1.06 x 6.31 inches

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David Bornstein specializes in writing about social innovation. He is the author of The Price of a Dream and How to Change the World, which has been published in 20 languages. His articles have appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, the New York Times, and many other publications globally. He co-wrote the PBS documentary "To Our Credit." He is the founder of Dowser.org, a Web site devoted to uncovering stories of change. He lives in New York City.

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Lee R.

A roadmap with caveats

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2014

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The dilemma with books on social entrepreneurship is that the pace of change eclipses any pace of documentation. With that, I would read this text with the understandings that new ideas never go out of style and the creative class tends to too easily discard history and documentation.

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Brian Petula

Motivation for Change Agents

Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2004

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How to Change the World is a great compilation of social entrepreneur case studies. Just don't take the title too literally. This book is not a "how-to" manual for changing the world. I would also challenge the premise that non-profit entrepreneurs are the only people committed to positive world change. Nevertheless, the book serves as an inspirational review of good ideas and people committed to serving others.

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Laura

Good book but seller missed the fact it had a bunch of mold in the the back of book and on binding

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2023

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Good book but had a bunch of mold in the the back of book and on binding

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Gordon Lewis

This is a terrific book!

Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2014

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If you have ever wanted to "change the world", you will find inspiration
in every chapter of this book. I teach in a graduate program in public
policy and management and have the students read this book.

Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2019

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I cannot wait to read this book again!

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Clabscom

The Glorification of Stolen Ideas

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2013

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This book more or less goes through and highlights a ton examples of Social Entrepreneurship that "changed" the world. It does not try to prove that these social entrepreneurs did change the world but presents the facts in such a way that it implies they did. The reality is that most of these examples were the product of evolving changes that slowly came about over years of small changes. Until someone slapped their label on it and publicized it. I'm a cynic but this was just too circle jerkey for me.

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textbook

Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2013

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This was good read. It felt more like a nonfiction novel than a text book. I had no trouble reading this

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Marilyn M.

How to Change the World

Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2012

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This is a book used as a textbook in some classes and has informative information about people who have been innovative in business

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How to change the world book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 20, 2013

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Excellent read, very inspiring for anyone in business or for people just interested in multinational companies that have changed the world.

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fabulous book for social enterpreneur

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