The document discusses how social entrepreneurs bring people together for causes. It defines a social entrepreneur as a mass recruiter of local change makers who channel their passion into action. The document provides historical examples of leading social entrepreneurs like Susan B. Anthony and Florence Nightingale. It discusses how entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs, employees, students, parents and volunteers can get involved in social causes. It provides tips on how to integrate social causes into businesses and organizations, such as making causes easy to find, highlighting partners, and quantifying impacts. The document encourages readers to get involved in social causes by finding interests, knowing nonprofits, and donating time.
Who Dat! How social entrepreneurs bring people together for a cause.
1. Who Dat!
How Social Entrepreneurs Bring People
Together For a Cause
Who dat? is a chant of team support, used
especially by fans of the New Orleans
Saints, an American football team.
- Wikipedia
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3. What Is Social Entrepreneurship?
A social entrepreneur is a mass recruiter of local change
makers in society — a role model proving that citizens
who channel their passion into action can do almost
anything. - Ashoka
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4. Historical Examples of Leading Social Entrepreneurs
• Susan B. Anthony (U.S.): Fought for Women's Rights in the United States, including
the right to control property and helped spearhead adoption of the 19th
amendment.
• Vinoba Bhave (India): Founder and leader of the Land Gift Movement, he caused
the redistribution of more than 7,000,000 acres of land to aid India's untouchables
and landless.
• Dr. Maria Montessori (Italy): Developed the Montessori approach to early childhood
education.
• Florence Nightingale (U.K.): Founder of modern nursing, she established the first
school for nurses and fought to improve hospital conditions.
• Margaret Sanger (U.S.): Founder of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America,
she led the movement for family planning efforts around the world.
• John Muir (U.S.): Naturalist and conservationist, he established the National Park
System and helped found The Sierra Club.
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5. So What About The Rest Of Us?
• Entrepreneurs
• Intrapreneurs
• Government Employees
• Students
• Parents
• Volunteers
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6. The Most Dangerous Word In The English
Language Is Someday
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7. Plan Of Attack
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8. How To Be An Intrapreneur
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12. Don’t Let Opportunities Pass You By
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13. Entrepreneurs Getting Their Cause On
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14. Bake It Into What You Do: Social Gumbo
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15. How To Make It Work
• Integrate It Into Your Brand
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Make It Real
• Quantify What You Do
• Don’t Keep It A Secret
• The Future Will Be Televised
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16. Cost To Get Started…Let’s Start At Zero
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17. Toolbox
• Platforms For Finding Nonprofits: Charity Navigator, Guidestar
• Online Communities: Crowdrise, Care2, Facebook Causes
• Donation Widgets: WhatGives, ChipIn
• Organizing Volunteers: Basecamp, Google Groups
• Keeping Track Of Invoices: Freshbooks
• Gettings The Word Out: MailChimp, WordPress
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18. Make The Information Easy To Find
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20. Change Your Life In 30 Minutes
• What Are Your Interests?
• What Nonprofits Do You Know?
• How Much Time Do You Have To Give?
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21. Thank You! Questions?
Here’s to making “someday” today
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