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Praise for The Power of Social Innovation
"Goldsmith guided us in Florida on our successful faith-based
initiatives. His bold approaches continue to inspire public officials
and community groups alike with keys to activating citizens and
expanding opportunity for all."
-Jeb Bush, former
Governor, Florida
"It has been a great pleasure to work with Steve Goldsmith. His
work with us at America's Promise and all of his other diligent
efforts are so well reflected in this book. The Power of Social
Innovation reminds each of us in government, philanthropy, the
nonprofit community, and as private citizens that we can and must work
together to ensure the full fulfillment of the American Dream and to
ensure the success of our most precious resource, our
children."
-Alma J. Powell, chair, America's Promise Alliance
"The Power of Social Innovation is a must read for social
innovators who want to make a powerful impact. Stephen Goldsmith
surveys the field and provides indispensible tools to help civic
entrepreneurs scale up their ideas and produce the best possible
results."
-Geoffrey Canada, president and CEO, Harlem
Children's Zone
"Goldsmith provides a useful toolkit for entrepreneurial public
executives and innovative nonprofits and foundations. His research
encourages transformative social change by advocating a shift in focus
from direct services to citizens to building new, higher performance
networks of public, private, and nonprofit
organizations."
-Mark R. Warner, United States Senator, Virginia
"When it comes to doing good, Stephen Goldsmith is as disruptive
an innovator as we've seen. Read and study The Power of Social
Innovation if you don't just want to do good, but want to make the
greatest impact possible."
-Clayton M. Christensen,
professor, Harvard Business School and author, Disrupting Class
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.
