Social Entrepreneurship Takes the Lead In a New Age of Doing Good
What do Habitat for Humanity, America's Second Harvest, and Teach for America have in common?
They are three of 12 nonprofits that are outstanding examples of social entrepreneurship chosen by the authors of Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits.
Authors Leslie Crutchfield and Heather McLeod Grant took extraordinary measures to pick these 12 organizations and then spent months with each in order to understand what made them tick.
The result is a highly readable tale of how the new generation of social entrepreneurs are changing the way nonprofits are structured as well as the goals they shoot for. These are not your father's nonprofits. They are active, ambitious, ever changing, and exciting to be involved with.
Forces for Good tells the stories of each of these revolutionary organizations and identifies the practices that set them apart.
It’s great to read about how organizations are stepping up to the challenges that cause many to falter. Applying the entrepreneurship spirit to mega-social change should prove to be the most effective conduit of energy. The next generation will be an interesting one to watch and see how changes – technological and social – impact the world.
Regards,
Jonathan Frye
Blog: Entrepreneurship
I agree with you Mr. Frye