The World That Changes the World: How Philanthropy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship are Transforming the Social Ecosystem - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0470827157 ISBN 13: 9780470827154

Casa editrice: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub, 2010

Riassunto

If there is an X PRIZE for collaborative thought leadership of thesocial ecosystem, this book would get it.
Dr. Peter H. Diamandis
Chairman and CEO, X PRIZE Foundation

The World that Changes the World is thought leadership atits best—envisioning the future through reflection andanalysis of past trends and contemporary challenges.
Senator the Hon. Ursula Stephens
Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and theVoluntary Sector

The multifaceted, multinational, multisectoral insights in thisvolume offer inspiration, ideas, and opportunity for action andimpact.
Dr. Melissa A. Berman
President and CEO, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc.

This is a comprehensive primer representing the diversity ofperspectives that comprises the evolving global socialecosystem.
Dr. Pamela Hartigan
Director, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, SaļdBusiness School, Oxford University

The World that Changes the World puts together the piecesof this puzzle by explaining how these varied actors of the socialecosystem function and interact with each other.
Matthew Bishop
Co-Author, Philanthrocapitalism: How giving can save theworld

A valuable one-stop resource for the many players in, andobservers of, the social ecosystem.
Doug Miller
Honorary President, European Venture Philanthropy Association

The World that Changes the World should become the pocketguide for changemakers of the world in the same way that TheLonely Planet is for travelers of the world.
Gib Bulloch
Founder and Executive Director, Accenture DevelopmentPartnerships

Su questo libro

L'autore:

This unique book brings together 21 internationalauthors—thought leaders, captains of industry, and experts intheir fields—to share their perspectives
on, and insights into, the various facets of the social ecosystem,its change drivers, and its macro-trends.

Editors & Authors
Willie Cheng (Lien Centre for Social Innovation)
Sharifah Mohamed (Lien Centre for Social Innovation)

Authors
Robert Chew (Information Technology StandardsCommittee)
Chris Cusano (Ashoka: Innovators for the Public)
Gerard Ee (Council for Third Age)
John Elkington (Volans Ventures)
Jed Emerson (Blended Value Group)
Jon Huggett (Oxford University)
Rob John (Asia Venture Philanthropy Network)
Laurence Lien (National Volunteer & PhilanthropyCentre)
Stephen Lloyd (Bates Wells & Braithwaite)
Paulette Maehara (Association of FundraisingProfessionals)
Maximilian Martin (IJ Partners)
Thomas Menkhoff (Singapore Management University)
Geoff Mulgan (The Young Foundation)
Kumi Naidoo (Greenpeace International)
Sara Olsen (SVT Group)
Peter Shergold (Centre for Social Impact)
Tan Chi Chiu (Gastroenterology & MedicineInternational)
Alan Webber (Fast Company)
Stephen Young (Caux Round Table)

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

The social ecosystem. A pulsating, thriving community of verydiverse, at times divisive players, all driven by a common mission:to change the world for the better.

It is a potent force on the planet. And it is growing.

It is organized around several million civil society groups witha presence in every country in the world. More than 20,000 of thesegroups operate across borders. It is equivalent in size to theworld’s fifth-largest country, spending more than US$1.9trillion a year, and providing more than 4.8 million full-timeequivalent jobs.

To accomplish its mission, the social ecosystem employs a myriadof tools and approaches. Each player has its own, defined, butcontinually evolving, role toplay. There are those who need help(beneficiaries), those who help (social purpose organizations), andthose who help those helping (the capacity builders). These coreplayers depend upon the wider community, the media,and thegovernment for support. Indeed, they can be so effective that halfof the populations in some countries are mobilized to theircause.

There are, of course, problems and difficulties. For as much asthe social ecosystem is about change, it is also beset by theforces of change. Enter the neophilanthropists who seek tointroduce market and business practices, some of which appear to beat odds with the values of the social world. And from within thesector, new heroes—the social entrepreneurs—areemerging to create social change on an unprecedented scale in newpattern-changing ways. Meanwhile, the power of technology andinnovation to foment disruptive change is enabling newpossibilities and outcomes. The demands of accountability placed bycivil society players on corporations and governments arerebounding on them. All these factors, and more, aretransformingthe social ecosystem even as it seeks to transform thelarger world.

The World that Changes the World sets out, for the firsttime, a holistic, complete, and detailed view of the fascinatingsocial ecosystem: what it is, what it could be, and where it couldbe going.

The book brings together twenty one international authors whoshare their perspectives and insights on various facets of thesocial ecosystem, the change drivers and the macro-trends. Wellknown thought leaders, captains of the industry and experts intheir fields  among them, Alan Webber, Geoff Mulgan, JohnElkington, Stephen Young and Kumi Naidoo - they are allheavyweights in the social space who can best describe the presentand future of the social ecosystem.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470827157
• ISBN 13: 9780470827154
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 388
• Redattore: Cheng Willlie, Mohamed Sharifah