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Entrepreneur for Society Entrepreneur for Society
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Preview for Bill Drayton: Entrepreneur for Society -- one of 16 DVDs created by Ashoka's Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship. Bill Drayton, founder of Ashoka and a leader in the social entrepreneurship movement, shares his own story as a guide to creating widespread social change. To buy the films, visit dvd.ashoka.org.

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Ashoka Fellow Chetna Gala Sinha Ashoka Fellow Chetna Gala Sinha
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Chetna Gala Sinha describes her work and highlights her organization's efforts to empower women in rural India.

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Bill Drayton at CGI Bill Drayton at CGI
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Bill Drayton speaks about Ashoka and the "everyone a changemaker" world as a panelist at the 2007 Clinton Global Initiative.

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An Introduction to Youth Venture An Introduction to Youth Venture
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Youth Venture, an Ashoka program, promotes and invests in teams of young people around the world designing and launching their own lasting social ventures. The program enables youth to have the transformative experience of leading positive social change.

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Youth Venture on ABC News Youth Venture on ABC News
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Roy Gamse, Acting President of Youth Venture, and Kyle Freas, Youth Venture "That Was Easy" Competition grand prize winner, speak about the Youth Venture program on ABC News' "All Together Now" program.

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Bill Drayton: America\ Bill Drayton: America's Best Leaders 2005
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US News & World Report's Best Leaders 2005 Panel, featuring Bill Drayton, Founder of Ashoka. Chosen as an individual who embodies leadership today, Drayton speaks about how to create the leaders of tomorrow. The event was hosted by US News & World Report and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University.

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Teresa D\ Teresa D'Amaral: 2006 Visionaris Finalist
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Ashoka Fellow Teresa D'Amaral created a legally-mandated demand for and a locally-supported supply of disabled workers. Teresa was named a 2006 Brazil Visionaris Finalist by Ashoka and UBS.

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Valeria Budinich on the Full Economic Citizenship Initiative Valeria Budinich on the Full Economic Citizenship Initiative
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Valeria Budinich, Chief Entrepreneur of the Full Economic Citizenship Initiative at Ashoka USA speaks with Kelly Janiga of the William Davidson Institute about social entrepreneurship and the efforts undertaken to develop sustainable commercial partnerships between business and social organizations.

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Edith Grynszpancholc: 2006 Visionaris Finalist Edith Grynszpancholc: 2006 Visionaris Finalist
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Ashoka Fellow Edith Grynszpancholc strengthens the public health care system to diagnose and treat pediatric cancer. Edith was named a 2006 Argentina Visionaris Finalist by Ashoka and UBS.

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Rodrigo Baggio: 2006 Visionaris Finalist Rodrigo Baggio: 2006 Visionaris Finalist
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Ashoka Fellow Rodrigo Baggio provides low-income communities access to new computer technologies to promote social inclusion. Rodrigo was named a 2006 Brazil Visionaris Finalist by Ashoka and UBS.

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Why I Work at Ashoka Why I Work at Ashoka
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Listen to Global Staff Members speak about what attracted them to Ashoka and why they are so excited about working to promote social entrepreneurship around the world. If this excites you, we want to hear from you -- you, too, could help create an Everyone a Changemaker world!

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Rene Patriota: 2006 Visionaris Finalist Rene Patriota: 2006 Visionaris Finalist
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Rene Patriota promotes education campaigns and legislative actions that teach people about their legal rights. Rene was named a 2006 Brazil Visionaris Finalist by Ashoka and UBS.

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Ashoka\ Ashoka's Citizen Base Initiative
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Bill Drayton discusses the need for citizen sector organizations to build a grassroots base of support, similar to business; changing the way we currently think about mobilizing resources.

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Jose Lumerman: 2006 Visionaris Finalist Jose Lumerman: 2006 Visionaris Finalist
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Ashoka Fellow Jose Lumerman created a community housing model to assist psychiatric patients and reintegrate them into society. Jose was named a 2006 Argentina Visionaris Finalist by Ashoka and UBS.

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Clinton at Global Philanthropy Forum Clinton at Global Philanthropy Forum
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Clipped version of Bill Clinton's Keynote address at the Global Philanthropy Forum at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA. A call to action for sustainable, scalable social change projects. Clinton: "I hope I live long enough to see Drayton win the Nobel Prize."

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Daniel Becker: 2006 Visionaris Finalist Daniel Becker: 2006 Visionaris Finalist
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Ashoka Fellow Daniel Becker creates a framework of citizen responsibility for community health by developing local networks of residents, businesses and governments. Daniel was named a 2006 Brazil Visionaris Finalist by Ashoka and UBS.

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Victoria Shocron: 2006 Visionaris Finalist Victoria Shocron: 2006 Visionaris Finalist
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Ashoka Fellow Victoria Shocron integrates the mentally ill into society by giving them the tools to help themselves. Victoria was named a 2006 Argentina Visionaris Finalist by Ashoka and UBS.

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