A Leader or a Social Entrepreneur

CREDIBILITY:

1.      http://www.ashoka.org/social_entrepreneur

2.      Does not say when it was posted, but since it is a .org it is more reliable then a .com

3.      The people at Ashoka, the inovators for the public. 

4.      They do not cite their sources, but everything they use is a fact and they talk about leaders or    Social Entrepreneurs of the past that made a big impact in the world.   

ABOUT:

Ashoka believes there should be a world where everyone can change the world. Then when they have social challenges they cand respond efficiantly and with freedom, confidence, and support to overcome the challenges. Ashoka's goal is to make a successful world that enables citizens to think and act as change makers.

INFORMATION:

• Social Entrepreneurs think of and execute soulutions to the world's most challenging social problems.
• They are ambitious and persistent and think of solutions that will make a big impact in the world.
• Instead of leaving big problems to the government, who should be fixing these thing in the first place, they take on these social problems and find out what is not working and then change the system all together.
• They are visionaries yet they see the reality in things and try to implement the most practical approach to fixing a problem.
•  Social Entrepreneurs try to please and help the most people possible in the most user-friendly, understandable, and ethical way possible.
• Buisness Entrepreneurs make new buissnesses, but social entrepreneurs think of solutions and use use them, which can be more valuable than new jobs.
• Susan B. Anthony (U.S.): Fought for Women's Rights in the United States, including the right to control property and helped with the creation of the 19th amendment.
• Vinoba Bhave (India): Founder and leader of the Land Gift Movement, he caused the moving of more than 7,000,000 acres of land to help India's untouchables and landless.
•  Dr. Maria Montessori (Italy): Developed the Montessori approach to early childhood education.
•  Florence Nightingale (U.K.): Founder of modern nursing, she established the first school for nurses and fought to improve hospital conditions.
•  John Muir (U.S.): Naturalist and conservationist, he established the National Park System and helped found The Sierra Club.
• Jean Monnet (France): Responsible for the reconstruction of the French economy following World War II, including the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). The ECSC and the European Common Market were direct precursors of the European Union.