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Be a changemaker : how to start something that matters / Laurie Ann Thompson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Simon Pulse, [2014]Description: 230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1582704643 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1582704651 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781582704647 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781582704654 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s):
Contents:
It's your turn now -- What's a changemaker, anyway? -- The secret formula -- Researching your big ideas -- Building your dream team -- Enlisting a savvy adult -- Meeting magic -- Business planning 101 -- Money matters -- The art of making money -- How to sell well -- Working the media -- Speeches that sparkle -- Event planning bootcamp -- Covering your assets -- Pairing up for perfect partnerships -- Making it last -- Now what?
Summary: 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. Contains profiles of successful projects, step-by-step guides to applied changemaking, and a variety of resources.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 361.2 T473 Available 33111007676881
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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!

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-230) and index.

It's your turn now -- What's a changemaker, anyway? -- The secret formula -- Researching your big ideas -- Building your dream team -- Enlisting a savvy adult -- Meeting magic -- Business planning 101 -- Money matters -- The art of making money -- How to sell well -- Working the media -- Speeches that sparkle -- Event planning bootcamp -- Covering your assets -- Pairing up for perfect partnerships -- Making it last -- Now what?

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. Contains profiles of successful projects, step-by-step guides to applied changemaking, and a variety of resources.

Ages 12 and up.

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