Preview for Bill Drayton: Entrepreneur for Society -- one of 16 DVDs created by Ashoka's Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship. Bill Drayton, founder of Ashoka and a leader in the social entrepreneurship movement, shares his own story as a guide to creating widespread social change. To buy the films, visit dvd.ashoka.org.
Youth Venture, an Ashoka program, promotes and invests in teams of young people around the world designing and launching their own lasting social ventures. The program enables youth to have the transformative experience of leading positive social change.
Roy Gamse, Acting President of Youth Venture, and Kyle Freas, Youth Venture "That Was Easy" Competition grand prize winner, speak about the Youth Venture program on ABC News' "All Together Now" program.
US News & World Report's Best Leaders 2005 Panel, featuring Bill Drayton, Founder of Ashoka. Chosen as an individual who embodies leadership today, Drayton speaks about how to create the leaders of tomorrow. The event was hosted by US News & World Report and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University.
Ashoka Fellow Teresa D'Amaral created a legally-mandated demand for and a locally-supported supply of disabled workers. Teresa was named a 2006 Brazil Visionaris Finalist by Ashoka and UBS.
Kyle Freas, creator of Youth Together, is announced and interviewed as the Youth Venture "That Was Easy" Competition grand prize winner on ABC News' "All Together Now" program. The competition was a joint effort of Ashoka and Staples, Inc.
Valeria Budinich, Chief Entrepreneur of the Full Economic Citizenship Initiative at Ashoka USA speaks with Kelly Janiga of the William Davidson Institute about social entrepreneurship and the efforts undertaken to develop sustainable commercial partnerships between business and social organizations.
Ashoka Fellow Edith Grynszpancholc strengthens the public health care system to diagnose and treat pediatric cancer. Edith was named a 2006 Argentina Visionaris Finalist by Ashoka and UBS.
Listen to Global Staff Members speak about what attracted them to Ashoka and why they are so excited about working to promote social entrepreneurship around the world. If this excites you, we want to hear from you -- you, too, could help create an Everyone a Changemaker world!
Ashoka Fellow Rodrigo Baggio provides low-income communities access to new computer technologies to promote social inclusion. Rodrigo was named a 2006 Brazil Visionaris Finalist by Ashoka and UBS.
Bill Drayton discusses the need for citizen sector organizations to build a grassroots base of support, similar to business; changing the way we currently think about mobilizing resources.
Ashoka Fellow Jose Lumerman created a community housing model to assist psychiatric patients and reintegrate them into society. Jose was named a 2006 Argentina Visionaris Finalist by Ashoka and UBS.
Clipped version of Bill Clinton's Keynote address at the Global Philanthropy Forum at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA. A call to action for sustainable, scalable social change projects. Clinton: "I hope I live long enough to see Drayton win the Nobel Prize."
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