Empower yourself in today’s highly connected, socially conscious world as you learn how to wield your passions, digital tools, and the principles of social entrepreneurship to affect real change in your schools, communities, and beyond. At age eleven, Jessica Markowitz learned that girls in Rwanda are often not allowed to attend school, and Richards Rwanda took shape. During his sophomore year of high school, Zach Steinfeld put his love of baking to good use and started the Baking for Breast Cancer Club. Do you wish you could make a difference in your community or even the world? Are you one of the millions of high school teens with a service-learning requirement? Either way, Be a Changemaker will empower you with the confidence and knowledge you need to affect real change. You’ll find all the tools you need right here—through engaging youth profiles, step-by-step exercises, and practical tips, you can start making a difference today. This inspiring guide will teach you how to research ideas, build a team, recruit supportive adults, fundraise, host events, work the media, and, most importantly, create lasting positive change. Apply lessons from the business world to problems that need solving and become a savvy activist with valuable skills that will benefit you for a lifetime!
Do you believe that real, significant change in our world is possible?Do you ache to 'turn off' the negativity we are constantly being bombarded with and reconnect with a dream that will transform the lives of others?Then The Changemaker Ripple Effect is for you..."This inspirational, positive book was a delight to read, and provides the reader stories of other's success, and tools to begin to create positive change in their own lives and the lives of those around them, creating a ripple effect from their actions."-Kathleen Sandoval, First Lady of NevadaThis book shares the stories of some remarkable people who've overcome challenges and uncertainty to change lives. Inside you'll meet:Ian, a businessman and entrepreneur, who for the past 25 years devoted his life to volunteering and improving the conditions and resources for children and youth.A young man named Julian, who overcame early life challenges that led him to California, where he built a movement for musicians.Michelle, who is a triathlete, advocate for exploited children and international human resource consultant.Gerard and Stacey, a French documentary filmmaker and a U.S. social justice champion, who joined forces for hope.A woman name Cherie, who grew a small nonprofit organization into a regional force for change and a platform for addressing poverty.Ten of the key characteristics they share can be possessed or developed by anyone-giving each of us the potential to become everyday heroes in our own areas of the world.The author has committed proceeds from the book to benefit the Food Bank of Northern Nevada (FBNN), setting the audacious goal of writing the FBNN a $100,000 check.Begin your journey to becoming a changemaker by scrolling up and buying your copy now! Each book purchase means 16 meals for a man, woman, or child...More advance praise for The Changemaker Ripple Effect:"One of my passions is helping people to fulfill their potential. In fact, I believe that the greatest gift you can give to the people you love, and those you lead, is to fulfill your potential so that you can show them how to fulfill theirs. If this book doesn't inspire you to reach deeper to achieve your full potential, I'm not sure what will. Sarah has written a compelling book that shares the stories of other real-life people to motivate us to live up to our potential and be a force for positive change in the world. Her book is one of those that will endure, impacting our world and inspiring changemakers for years to come, and I hope that includes you."-Hal Elrod, #1 international bestselling author of The Miracle Morning"You continue to be an inspiration and testament of the power and impact a single person can make in changing the lives of those people most in need. This book is just so timely Sarah, the world needs your words right now."-Susan Gomez, CEO of Anima Nonprofit Solutions and President of Inland Empire Community Collaborative
Our one-leader-at-a-time past has given way to a present reality where everyone has the potential to lead in every aspect of life. We all have at our fingertips the tools of change that were once available to just a few - and The shift from one-leader-at-a-time to everyone-leading-in-every-moment has created a changemaker effect on society. Change is no longer linear and faster, it's explosive and omnidirectional. THE CHANGEMAKER PLAYBOOK will show you how to thrive in every aspect of today's transformed societal landscape. A tutorial on the principles of empathy-based ethics and co-creative teamwork, THE CHANGEMAKER PLAYBOOK is as much a leadership handbook as it is a guide to personal achievement. Based on the author's discoveries about leading in change from front-edge thinkers - business and social entrepreneurs, educators, media thought leaders and youth changemakers - who distinguish themselves by putting their bold ideas and entrepreneurial capacities to work for the good of all, readers can apply the principles in this bookto every aspect of their lives. This book is less about getting ahead and more about getting along - because in the world we have entered, this is the central principle underlying the new success formula.
“The tools you need to step up, play bigger and increase your impact.” —New York Times Bestselling Author Liz Wiseman Hailed by CNBC as a “top 5 non-fiction book everyone should be reading about work,” Becoming a Changemaker is a call to action, showing how leading change from where you are can transform your career, community and even the world. Alex Budak, a celebrated UC Berkeley faculty member, distills the essence of successful changemakers in this accessible guide, unveiling the essential mindsets and leadership skills needed to spark change and create impact across roles, sectors, and hierarchies. Through a powerful blend of data-driven insights and diverse, relatable case studies, Budak builds a compelling case, one that frames being a changemaker as an inclusive, aspirational identity for everyone. Inspired by the lessons and philosophies from Budak’s wildly popular course of the same name, which he created at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, Becoming a Changemaker will show you how to: Develop your own unique voice as a changemaker, to lead effectively, empathetically, and authentically in any setting. Transform setbacks into stepping stones and uncover the art and science of turning failures into powerful catalysts for growth and innovation Influence without authority to inspire and mobilize others towards your vision – even when you're not in charge. Create a sustainable action plan to turn your aspirations for change into reality with the Changemaker Canvas tool and its tangible, manageable steps. Pursue Your Purpose and learn to harness your individual strengths and passions to drive meaningful change from wherever you are, in a way that’s true to who you are. To begin leading change, you don’t need a fancy title, or a perfectly polished idea. But you do need to start. This book is your first step.
The Changemaker Effect offers a science-based and integrated people-management system that links organisation design, job evaluation, talent management, development and reward to unleash unstoppable growth for your business. This method has the ability to revolutionise the ways we invest in our human capital.
"Effects of Climate Change on Birds provides an exhaustive and up-to-date synthesis of the science of climate change as it relates to birds." -- Back cover.
"This edited book project will include key academic concepts as transformative learning, community resilience, cultural transformation, and transformational leadership with the objective being to identify the vision and associated values being applied during a challenge or a cultural change process particularly in women"--
The Maverick Effect shows people how to implement change and become successful without the supposed advantages that others have. Readers will discover how not having wealth or connections can actually be a blessing in disguise, and how to set the trends that opinion leaders will follow. The Maverick Effect tells stories of people who have succeeded despite personal and professional disadvantages. This book does not dwell on the definition of leadership and innovation, instead giving practical how-to advice on how one can become a daring and effective change-maker. As the business world continues to change, an outsider perspective is invaluable. Mavericks and outsiders can become innovators and change-makers, gaining wider acceptance and leadership roles by playing by the rules of the mainstream crowd and introducing unique and powerful new ideas.
"Your legacy, regardless of where you are in your leadership journey, starts now. Leading well now means finishing well later." - Brad Lomenick We need great leaders. More than ever we need authentic, collaborative, inspiring men and women of integrity at the helm of society- and too often our leaders fall short. Some focus on personal success, alienating those they lead. Others shift their principles when it is convenient. There is a better way. You can energize and inspire the people around you. You can equip a team of principled collaborators to answer God's calling. You can be a catalyst leader. In The Catalyst Leader, Brad Lomenick describes the skills and principles that define a true change maker. This book offers eight key essentials by which a leader can influence others and make a difference, laying out the path to the keys for becoming an effective leader. Lomenick shares wisdom, practical knowledge, and stories of success and failure from his own journey of running Catalyst, one of America's most influential leadership movements. And the lives of dozens of leaders around the world- from the creators of famous reality show to pastors, from ranch workers to a Silicon Valley designer. These men and women are living proof that good leadership inspires and innovates, while poor leadership leaves us with hopelessness and regret. Leading can be a difficult road, and many choose to follow. But you can take a better path. Begin your journey to becoming a catalyst leader.
