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SUGGESTED DISCUSSION OUTLINE

A. Two Famous Celebrities

A-1. “Ideas create organizations and ideas blow them away” – Winston Churchill.

A-2. “I look forward to the day when the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Bill Drayton and his organization, Ashoka” – Bill Clinton in a speech at the Global Philanthropy Forum in 2007.


B. Examples of Social Entrepreneurship

B-1. The Grameen Bank – which, together with its founder Muhammad Yunus, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 for having, over 31 years, made small loans averaging less than $1,000 to more than 7.1 million destitute Bangladeshi villagers, 97% of whom were women.

B-2. Rural electrification in Brazil.

B-3. Child protection in India.

B-4. Assisted living for the disabled in Hungary.

B-5. Care for AIDS patients in South Africa -- sparking the testimonial from Nelson Mandela for our book "How To Change The World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas"

B-6. Disability rights in India.


C. Ashoka’s Selection Criteria for Its 1,820 Social Entrepreneurs in 68 Countries During Its First 30 Years

C-1. Is the idea absolutely unique – something never tried before?

C-2. Is it something that can be replicated across the nation involved and, hopefully, around the world?

C-3. Is the individual behind it a “driving force” who can make the dream a reality?


D. The Essential Characteristics of a Social Entrepreneur

D-1. The typical characteristics of a commercial entrepreneur – vision, drive, organizational ability, charisma, etc.

D-2. Unmotivated by money, except by what money can do.

D-3. Unmotivated by personal recognition or even personal comfort – has a strong ethical impetus to transform the world into a better place.

D-4. A willingness to self correct.

D-5. A willingness to share credit.

D-6. A willingness to break free of established structures and to cross disciplinary boundaries.


E. What Can We Do?

E-1. Supporting existing causes?

E-2. Launching new causes?

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