Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship Award
April 22, 2008
2008 WINNER -- David Bornstein
CASE honors David Bornstein, journalist and author of How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas, and other award-winning books, with the 2008 CASE
Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship Award.
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David Bornstein Awarded Annual 2008 Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship Award
DURHAM, N.C. – Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business presented the 2008 Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship Award of the Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE) on April 22 at 7:00 p.m. in Geneen Auditorium. The award was presented to David Bornstein, author of How to Change the World, The Price of a Dream: the Story of Grameen Bank, and more. Bornstein has become a leader in sharing the stories and successes of social entrepreneurs through his writing, drastically increasing the awareness of the field. Bornstein gave a public talk after the award presentation (watch video).
His books have chronicled the worldwide growth of the anti-poverty strategy “micro-credit” and the growth of the social sector and of social entrepreneurship as a field. The Price of a Dream, which drew on ten months of research in villages in Bangladesh, won second prize in the Harry Chapin Media Awards, was a finalist for the Helen Bernstein New York Public Library Book Award for Excellence in Journalism, and was selected by the San Francisco Chronicle as one of the best business books of 1996. How to Change the World has become "A bible in the field," according to Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times. It is arequired text for anyone wanting to make a difference in the world.
Bornstein's articles have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, New York Newsday, Il Mundo (Italy), Defis Sud (Belgium) and other publications. He co-wrote the two-hour PBS documentary series "To Our Credit," which focuses on “micro-credit" programs in five countries.
Learn more about David Bornstein at www.howtochangetheworld.org