Everyone can be a social entrepreneur. It's about wanting to bring a change to the world and the first step is by baking cause into what you do. Examples include small and large companies and takeaway tips.
Everyone Can Be A Social Entrepreneur - Dublin Web Summit 4
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Baking Cause Into Your Company
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Before We Begin…
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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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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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Bake It Into What You Do: Social Gumbo
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Plan Of Attack
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Entrepreneurs Getting Their Cause On
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Container Store & Step Up Women’s Network
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Microsoft & How To Be An Intrapreneur
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Don’t Let Opportunities Pass You By
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Thank You! Questions?
“There are those who look at things the way they are,
and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and
ask why not?” – Robert Kennedy
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