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Taylor & Francis Ltd Social Entrepreneurship How To Start Successful Corporate Social Responsibility And Community Based Initiatives For Advocacy And Change 2009 Edition by Manuel London, Richard G. Morfopoulos
What motivates someone to become a social entrepreneur? What are the competencies needed to be effective social advocates and agents for change? This book answers these questions in an accessible and practical way, providing comprehensive guidelines, numerous examples, and sources of information and training for anyone who wants to start a community-based social advocacy and change initiative or for employees who want to start a corporate social responsibility initiative.Features include the following:examples of individuals and organizations who have learned from successes and failures in social entrepreneurship self-assessments to help readers evaluate their own talents and proclivity to be social entrepreneurs steps and strategies, competency-building activities, and assessments to evaluate and facilitate initiatives resources available from foundations, government agencies, and other sources for the budding social entrepreneur 1. Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship 2. What Motivates a Social Entrepreneur 3. Competencies for Social Action 4. Steps and Strategies for Social Entrepreneurship 5. Developing High Performing Social Action Teams 6. Overcoming Barriers and Facilitating Social Entrepreneurship 7. Evaluating Success: Measures of Social Performance 8. Learning Resources