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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.
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Knowing History, Serving It. Ashoka's Theory of Change.
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.
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Market Based Solutions for Financing Philanthropy
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.
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The Social Entrepreneur's Challenge and You
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.
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Social Entrepreneurship: Towards an Entrepreneurial Culture for Social and Economic Development
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.
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University Network Social Entrepreneurship Faculty Directory
A guide to professors teaching and researching social entrepreneurship (in PDF).
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Everyone A Changemaker™: Social Entrepreneurship's Ultimate Goal
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.
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2006 Summary of Results
An overview of Ashoka’s work and achievements from 2006 (in PDF).
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A New Template for Funding Philanthropy
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.
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Understanding the Impact of Social Entrepreneurs: Ashoka's Answer to the Challenge of Measuring Effectiveness
By Noga Leviner, Leslie R. Crutchfield, and Diana Wells Published in Research on Social Entrepreneurship: Understanding and Contributing to an Emerging Field, edited by Rachel Mosher-Williams, 2007 The article describes the development of Ashoka's Measuring Effectiveness program, its methodology, and its results.