The Power of Social Innovation
How Civic Entrepreneurs Ignite Community Networks for Good
Published on 4. February 2010
304 pages
978-0-470-60406-9 (ISBN)
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Praise for The Power of Social Innovation
"Goldsmith guided us in Florida on our successful faith-basedinitiatives. His bold approaches continue to inspire publicofficials and community groups alike with keys to activatingcitizens and expanding opportunity for all."
--Jeb Bush, former Governor, Florida
"It has been a great pleasure to work with Steve Goldsmith. Hiswork with us at America's Promise and all of his other diligentefforts are so well reflected in this book. The Power of SocialInnovation reminds each of us in government, philanthropy, thenonprofit community, and as private citizens that we can and mustwork together to ensure the full fulfillment of the American Dreamand to ensure the success of our most precious resource, ourchildren."
--Alma J. Powell, chair, America's Promise Alliance
"The Power of Social Innovation is a must read for socialinnovators who want to make a powerful impact. Stephen Goldsmithsurveys the field and provides indispensible tools to help civicentrepreneurs scale up their ideas and produce the best possibleresults."
--Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO, Harlem Children'sZone
"Goldsmith provides a useful toolkit for entrepreneurial publicexecutives and innovative nonprofits and foundations. His researchencourages transformative social change by advocating a shift infocus from direct services to citizens to building new, higherperformance networks of public, private, and nonprofitorganizations."
--Mark R. Warner, United States Senator, Virginia
"When it comes to doing good, Stephen Goldsmith is as disruptivean innovator as we've seen. Read and study The Power of SocialInnovation if you don't just want to do good, but want to makethe greatest impact possible."
--Clayton M. Christensen, professor, Harvard BusinessSchool and author, Disrupting Class
Reviews / Votes
"This book is a sort of bible of social innovation, full ofexamples of social entrepreneurs' successes. It sets out both thepotential of the partnership approach and the huge difficulties itwill have to overcome." (The Economist, August 2010) "Lots of people talk about 'reinventing government.' SteveGoldsmith has actually done it" (Wall Street Journal, July31, 2010)"When it comes to doing good, Stephen Goldsmith is as disruptive aninnovator as we've seen. Read and study The Power of SocialInnovation if you don't just want to do good, but want to makethe greatest impact possible." --Clayton M. Christensen, professor, Harvard BusinessSchool and author, Disrupting ClassMore details
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Persons
Stephen Goldsmith is the Daniel Paul Professor of Government and the Director of the Innovations in American Government Program at Harvard Kennedy School. Goldsmith, himself an entrepreneur, occupies the unique position of having approached these issues as a national leader across sectors. He served two terms as Mayor of Indianapolis, where his transformative efforts to revitalize urban neighborhoods and to transfer real authority to community groups received national acclaim. Goldsmith then led reform as special advisor to President Bush on faith-based and nonprofit initiatives, and has served under both Presidents Bush and Obama as chair of the Corporation for National and Community Service. Goldsmith has written many articles and several books, including Governing by Network, winner of the National Academy of Public Administration's Louis Brownlow Book Award.
Content
Acknowledgments.
The Author.
Foreword.
Preface.
Part I: Catalyzing Social Change.
Chapter 1 Igniting Civic Progress.
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Change.
So Many Ideas, So Little Progress.
Civic Entrepreneurship as the Solution.
Igniting Civic Progress.
The Mandate and Caution of Engaging Government.
Conclusions.
Chapter 2 Innovation as Catalytic Ingredient.
Discovering the Missing Ingredient.
Choosing the Right Catalyst.
Bringing It All Together: The Nehemiah Foundation.
Conclusions.
Part II: Market Maker as Civic Entrepreneur.
Chapter 3 Open Sourcing Social Innovation.
Breaking Down Protectionist Barriers.
Opening Space for Innovation.
Leveling the Playing Field.
Inviting the Exceptional.
Forcing Cultural Change.
Bringing It All Together: The Enlightened Monopolist.
Conclusions.
Chapter 4 Trading Good Deeds for Measurable Results.
Current Funding Limitations.
What Public Value Are We Purchasing?
Are the Funded Activities Still the Most Relevant?
What Change Does the Community Want and What Assets Can ItMobilize?
Are We Funding a Project or Sustainable System Change?
What Will We Measure?
Bringing It All Together: Linda Gibbs.
Conclusions.
Part III: Service Provider as Civic Entrepreneur.
Chapter 5 Animating and Trusting the Citizen.
Balancing the Professional with the Public.
Building a Public.
Leveraging Social Media for Change.
"Client" Choice.
Curing the Expectation Gap.
Bringing It All Together: Family Independence Initiative.
Conclusions.
Chapter 6 Turning Risk into Reward.
Seeing Opportunity Where Others See Liability.
Taking First Risk.
Fully Calculating Cascading Return on Investment.
Political Risk and Reward.
Bringing It All Together: Wraparound Milwaukee.
Conclusions.
Chapter 7 The Fertile Community.
The Fertile City (and the Entrepreneurial Mayor).
Civic Entrepreneurs and School Reform.
Entrepreneurial Community Solutions.
Staying Entrepreneurial: Saving Yourself from Success.
The Future.
Notes.
References.
Index.
