Social Entrepreneurship

The inspirational story of a former Microsoft executive’s quest to build libraries around the world and share the love of books What’s happened since John Wood left Microsoft to change the world? Just ask six million kids in the poorest regions of Asia and Africa. In 1999, at the age of 35, Wood quit a lucrative career to found the nonprofit Room to Read. Described by the San Francisco Chronicle as "the Andrew Carnegie of the developing world", he strove to bring the lessons of the corporate world to the nonprofit sector - and succeeded spectacularly.

It’s a new era of business and consumerism - and you play a role in defining it.

Today’s biggest trends - the mobile web, social media, real time - have produced a new consumer landscape. The End of Business As Usual explores this complex information revolution, how it has changed the future of business, media, and culture, and what you can do about it. This is the end of business as usual and the beginning of a new era of relevance.

Every day millions of ordinary people exhibit extraordinary generosity. Regardless of age, income, religion, and beliefs, we want to touch the lives of others. Yet philanthropy is often reactive - we write checks when natural disasters strike, we give to our schools and places of worship, or we support friends running a marathon for a cure. How can we transform these occasional acts of giving into consistent generosity that creates enduring impact? Moreover, how can we harness the most exciting opportunities?

To create an effective space, landscapers must design, build, and maintain that space. To create an effective life, we must design, build, and maintain that space too. Discover Your Sweet Spot equips you to create the life you want. Using a landscaping metaphor and written in a conversational tone, author Scott Fay reveals seven proven steps that enabled him to achieve a unique blend of personal and professional success.

What do Disney, Bollywood, and "the Batkid" teach us about how to create celebrity experiences for our audiences? How can a vending machine inspire world peace? Can being "imperfect" make your business more marketable? Can a selfie improve one's confidence? When can addiction be a good thing?

Business journalist Robert Spector grew up working in his family's butcher shop in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, where he learned invaluable lessons about the independent retail business sand about life. Mom & pop stores have always brought people together, fostering a sense of neighborhood identity and camaraderie, and are the glue that connects people in big cities and small towns alike.

Facebook has 500 million active users with 50% of them logging on daily, so reaching people has never been easier than it is right now. You don't need to hire a marketing firm to handle the things you can do yourself. After listening to this guide you will have a better understanding of how to market your product, business, or even yourself on Facebook with Facebook ads.

In Partners in Crime, two-time number-one New York Times best-selling author Jerome R. Corsi, PhD, presents detailed research and expert testimony proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that the Clinton Foundation is a vast criminal conspiracy.

Bit by Bit: How P2P Is Freeing the World argues that today's emergent technology is about more than new and cool toys. Jeffrey Tucker, CLO of Liberty.me and Distinguished Fellow of the Foundation for Economic Education, argues that peer-to-peer technology is forging a new and brighter social, economic, and political order.

Drawing on his years of experience in developing social media strategies for some of the most recognizable worldwide brands, David Kravitz offers the kind of unique knowledge and insight only a veteran social media strategist is capable of providing. In his new book, Kravitz details the differences between the most popular platforms while explaining how these differences require a highly specialized approach from those looking to monetize their social media presences.

This guide teaches the fundamental building blocks of successful social media campaigns in today's noisy marketplace. Some topics include: How to create compelling social media content. How to increase your popularity on social platforms. Ways to effectively measure your social success. Made for entrepreneurs, freelancers and budding social media managers - this audiobook explains how to create powerful and competitive social media campaigns.

Social media like Instagram is a great marketing strategy with the help of influencers. Influencers are usually charismatic people who have a lot of followers online because people have deemed them honest and trustworthy and they believe their recommendations. Influencers are individuals with massive followings online that’s why most brands make use of them to promote their products and services. But becoming a successful influencer is not easy and you would need a guide to teaching you how.

Recruiting and retaining a caring workforce to keep pace with the needs of an ageing society is one of the greatest challenges we face. At the same time, traditional methods of finding suitable care staff are delivering diminishing returns. We urgently need new ways of finding and keeping the compassionate and loyal care workers of tomorrow. The future of every care provider depends on solving this problem fast. Start now by listening to this audiobook. When you've read Saving Social Care, you will be able to: Know exactly who your perfect care worker candidate is.

Transformative Markets is a book about a better, healthier, more prosperous future for all. Its premise is that the markets we use every day must become powerhouses for driving innovative and sustainable goods and services. Perhaps no time in history have we faced a reckoning like we face today. The Covid-19 pandemic has shown the fragility of the global markets and the razor’s edge of basic survival far too many people live on every day.

Trying to use Facebook Ads to hit seven figures with your business? Ready to stop playing small with your marketing? Ready to get your brand in front of millions of people while maintaining your authenticity? Master the most effective and cost-efficient way to market and sell to your ideal customer using strategies that have been tested with over $18M in ad spend and $100M in generated revenue.

Welcome to fire your boss and join the internet marketing revolution! Most people would like to start a home business. They like the freedom of being able to work whenever they want to or wherever they want to. However, it is not easy to get there because many of them are stuck in a rut! Whatever your excuses may be, you will most probably find the solution in this audiobook (or at least, know what it takes to get started).

The World's Greatest Business Plan is the most simple, step-by-step business plan, designed for entrepreneurs who cannot afford to fail. It is written by best-selling author and serial entrepreneur Sean Castrina. This audiobook offers five bonus sections to help entrepreneurs start and grow a successful startup.

Social media has democratized influence, forever changing the way businesses communicate with customers and the way customers affect the decisions of their peers. With platforms like Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook, anyone can now find and connect with others who share similar interests, challenges, and beliefs - creating communities that shape and steer the perception of brands. Without engagement in these communities, we miss major opportunities to shape our marketing messages.

An attractive blog can not only give a good impression but also can reach new customers and prospects for your business. Great posts with suitable marketing ways can help you stand out from your competitors and can convert your potential customers into buyers, whether your business is small or large.

What if saving the Earth were a game? Not just any game, but the greatest game we’ve ever played. This workbook helps social and environmental change professionals learn how to implement powerful techniques from the fields of game design, behavioral psychology, design, data science, and storytelling, that are not only proven to have impact, but also can make your project fun. In a 10-step framework of exercises, tutorials, and case studies, How to Save the World will teach you the art of changing the world — and it’s often not what you think.