# How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/books/change-world-social-entrepreneurs-power-new-ideas/
- Published: 2007-09-17T20:10:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**How to Change the World provides vivid profiles of social entrepreneurs. The book
is an _In Search of Excellence_ for social initiatives, intertwining personal stories,
anecdotes, and analysis. Readers will discover how one person can make an astonishing
difference in the world. **

The case studies in the book include **Jody Williams**, who won the Nobel Peace 
Prize for the international campaign against landmines she ran by e-mail from her
Vermont home; **Roberto Baggio**, a 31-year old Brazilian who has established eighty
computer schools in the slums of Brazil; and **Diana Propper**, who has used investment
banking techniques to make American corporations responsive to environmental dangers.

This second edition includes a new foreword by the author that shows how the concept
of social entrepreneurship has expanded and unfolded over the last few years, including
the Gates-Buffetts charitable partnership, the rise of Google, and the increased
mainstream coverage of the subject.

It also updates the stories of individual social entrepreneurs that appeared in 
the first edition.

See also

 * **[Values-Driven Business: How to change the world, make money and have fun](https://fundraising.co.uk/books/values-driven-business/)(
   30 March 2006)**[](https://fundraising.co.uk/books/change-world-social-entrepreneurs-power-new-ideas/void(0))