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9780470576847

The Power of Social Innovation How Civic Entrepreneurs Ignite Community Networks for Good

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    9780470576847

  • ISBN10:

    0470576847

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-03-01
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass

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Summary

This seminal book provides tools for civic entrepreneurs to create healthier communities and promote innovative solutions to public and social problems. It shows how to effectively tackle the intractable issues facing our country and world by exploring new ways to collaborate across sectors and leveraging strengths for the greater good. Based on the author's experience, his extensive ongoing research, and interviews with 100+ top leaders from across sectors, this book is structured around the six levers and guiding principles employed in the most effective entrepreneurial interventions.

Author Biography

Stephen Goldsmith is the Daniel Paul Professor of Government and the Director of the Innovations in American Government Program at Harvard Kennedy School. Goldsmith, himself an entrepreneur, occupies the unique position of having approached these issues as a national leader across sectors. He served two terms as Mayor of Indianapolis, where his transformative efforts to revitalize urban neighborhoods and to transfer real authority to community groups received national acclaim. Goldsmith then led reform as special advisor to President Bush on faith-based and nonprofit initiatives, and has served under both Presidents Bush and Obama as chair of the Corporation for National and Community Service. Goldsmith has written many articles and several books, including Governing by Network, winner of the National Academy of Public Administration's Louis Brownlow Book Award.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. ix
The Authorp. xi
Forewordp. xiii
Prefacep. xvii
Catalyzing Social Changep. 1
Igniting Civic Progressp. 3
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Changep. 4
So Many Ideas, So Little Progressp. 6
Civic Entrepreneurship as the Solutionp. 12
Igniting Civic Progressp. 17
The Mandate and Caution of Engaging Governmentp. 20
Conclusionsp. 24
Innovation as Catalytic Ingredientp. 27
Discovering the Missing Ingredientp. 30
Choosing the Right Catalystp. 36
Bringing It All Together: The Nehemiah Foundationp. 58
Conclusionsp. 61
Market Maker as Civic Entrepreneurp. 65
Open Sourcing Social Innovationp. 67
Breaking Down Protectionist Barriersp. 69
Opening Space for Innovationp. 73
Leveling the Playing Fieldp. 79
Inviting the Exceptionalp. 82
Forcing Cultural Changep. 85
Bringing It All Together: The Enlightened Monopolistp. 90
Conclusionsp. 97
Trading Good Deeds for Measurable Resultsp. 101
Current Funding Limitationsp. 103
What Public Value Are We Purchasing?p. 106
Are the Funded Activities Still the Most Relevant?p. 111
What Change Does the Community Want and What Assets Can It Mobilize?p. 114
Are We Funding a Project or Sustainable System Change?p. 116
What Will We Measure?p. 120
Bringing It All Together: Linda Gibbsp. 125
Conclusionsp. 126
Service Provider as Civic Entrepreneurp. 131
Animating and Trusting the Citizenp. 133
Balancing the Professional with the Publicp. 135
Building a Publicp. 139
Leveraging Social Media for Changep. 149
"Client" Choicep. 153
Curing the Expectation Gapp. 157
Bringing It All Together: Family Independence Initiativep. 160
Conclusionsp. 165
Turning Risk into Rewardp. 169
Seeing Opportunity Where Others See Liabilityp. 171
Taking First Riskp. 172
Fully Calculating Cascading Return on Investmentp. 182
Political Risk and Rewardp. 184
Bringing It All Together: Wraparound Milwaukeep. 192
Conclusionsp. 195
The Fertile Communityp. 197
The Fertile City (and the Entrepreneurial Mayor)p. 199
Civic Entrepreneurs and School Reformp. 202
Entrepreneurial Community Solutionsp. 214
Staying Entrepreneurial: Saving Yourself from Successp. 221
The Futurep. 222
Notesp. 225
Referencesp. 255
Indexp. 265
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