Join the EC on January 30 to hear Stephen Goldsmith, author of the Power of Social Innovation, speak on enabling social innovation social enterprise in communities.

When:  January 30, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.
Where: The Entrepreneur Center, 105 Broadway
Cost:    EC Members         - $30.00
            Non-EC Members - $50.00
Space is limited

Civic leaders across the U.S. and throughout the world are discovering creative ways to overcome the obstacles that seal the doors of opportunity for too many. These inspiring individuals believe that within our communities lies the entrepreneurial spirit, compassion and resources to make progress in such critical areas as education, housing and economic self-reliance.

The Power of Social Innovation offers public officials, social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and individual citizens the insights and skills to create healthier communities and promote innovative solutions to public and social problems. This seminal work is based on Stephen Goldsmith's decades of experience, extensive ongoing research, and interviews with 100+ top leaders from a wide variety of sectors.
 
The book explores the levers and guiding principles used by champions of civic progress who drive new organizations, new interventions or new policies to enhance social conditions. The Power of Social Innovation features illustrative case studies of change-oriented philanthropists, including New York City public schools, United Way of America, the United Negro College Fund, and Teach For America. The book shows the catalyzing role each plays in transforming a community’s social service delivery systems.

About the Author
Stephen Goldsmith is the Daniel Paul Professor of Government and the Director of the Innovations in American Government Program at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Goldsmith, himself an entrepreneur, occupies the unique position of having approached issues of social innovation as a national leader across sectors—including government, for-profit corporations providing public services, and major nonprofit and philanthropic organizations.

Goldsmith served two terms as mayor of Indianapolis, America’s twelfth-largest city, where he earned a reputation as one of the country’s most innovative public officials. His transformative efforts to revitalize urban neighborhoods and to transfer real authority to community groups received national acclaim. Goldsmith then led reform as a special advisor to President Bush on faith-based and nonprofit initiatives and is currently the Chair of the Corporation for National and Community Service, serving for eight years under President Bush and now under President Obama, where he has helped lead efforts to expand and strengthen the government’s service agenda. In May 2010, Goldsmith took a leave of absence from Harvard to serve as Deputy Mayor for Operations for the City of New York.  Goldsmith focused on creating a City government for the 21st Century that was smaller, more efficient, and more cost effective; uses fewer vehicles; consolidates back office functions and reduces redundancies across agencies; shares data; and uses technology to better serve the public.

His latest book, The Power of Social Innovation, published in March 2010, suggests a path for better relationships between government and social entrepreneurs and provides tangible examples of successful civic entrepreneurs.  Among Stephen Goldsmith’s other publications include The Twenty-First Century City: Resurrecting Urban America and the award winning Governing by Network: The New Shape of the Public Sector.