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It's one of the most hopeful and helpful trends around. These folks aren't famous, but they are showing that what it really takes to change the world isn't so much wealth or power as creativity, determination and passion.
— Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times
 
 

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  • How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas

    By David Bornstein, 2004
    Bornstein’s book tells the stories of social entrepreneurs around the world with innovative solutions to systemic social problems. It features six Ashoka Fellows.



  • Everyone a Changemaker: Social Entrepreneurship's Ultimate Goal
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    By Bill Drayton
    Published in the Winter 2006 edition of MIT’s Innovations Magazine
    “Everyone a Changemaker” outlines Ashoka Founder Bill Drayton’s vision for Ashoka and the historical transformation of the citizen sector.



  • 2006 Summary of Results
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    An overview of Ashoka’s work and achievements from 2006 (in PDF).


  • University Network Social Entrepreneurship Faculty Directory
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    A guide to professors teaching and researching social entrepreneurship (in PDF).


  • Knowing History, Serving It. Ashoka's Theory of Change.
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    By William Drayton, CEO and Founder of Ashoka, September 2003
    Ashoka's community of changemakers has the opportunity and responsibility to produce positive, systemic change.  This article describes why we have this opportunity and how to leverage it.



  • Market Based Solutions for Financing Philanthropy
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    By Arthur Wood, Director SFS Ashoka
    and Maximilian Martin, Global Head of Philanthropy Services for UBS’s 2006 Philanthropy Forum, July 2006
    In order to address the most pressing social problems facing the world today, creative solutions such as creating mechanisms for market-based solutions need to be investigated and employed.



  • The Social Entrepreneur's Challenge and You
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    By William Drayton, CEO and Founder of Ashoka, August 2000
    With each social entrepreneur and idea that succeeds, many others are encouraged to care for society's wellbeing and to champion changes they feel are needed. The multiplication of such decentralized concern and effective action is, of course, the essence of the democratic revolution.


  • Social Entrepreneurship: Towards an Entrepreneurial Culture for Social and Economic Development
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    By Susan Davis, Chair, Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship
    This article examines how to nurture and cultivate an entrepreneurial culture that promotes social and economic development.


  • A New Template for Funding Philanthropy
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    By Arthur Wood, VP Social Financial Services (SFS) at Ashoka. Read more about the challenges of the current social financing market and the philosophy and three-tier strategy of Ashoka SFS. The mission of Ashoka SFS is to change the way philanthropy and the social capital market is funded.