How You Can Help: An Easy Guide to Doing Good Deeds in Your Everyday Life

ISBN-13: 9780415922975 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 280 str.

William D. Coplin

Opis

This is a book for anyone who wants to make the world a better place but doesn't know how. The book should help you understand your own level of do-gooding and/or do-gooder potential as well as understanding what your interests and skills are in order to direct them at a given goal. This book should help you find opportunities for helping others and give you ideas for ways you can help. It is broken into five sections, entitled: what is a genuine do-gooder?; the roles of a do-gooder - volunteers, donors, citizens, careers; finding nearby windows of opportunity; the power to create change; and toolkits.

Recenzje

"This book makes doing good a little easier..." -- American Way
"Shifting focus from self to others, William D. Coplin shows how to make the world a better place in How You Can Help: An Easy Guide to Doing Good Deeds in Your Everyday Life. The public affairs professor packs in self-assessment quizzes, suggested activities and extensive contact information before sending readers off to donate something (time, blood, talent, money) toward the enhancement of society. Purity of motive isn't an issue in this low-guilt book--action is. Deeming Mother Teresa an unworkable role model, he profiles 'genuine do-gooders,' such as a kindly school teacher who spent eight years of Sundays welcoming visitors to a harsh jail." -- Publishers Weekly
"This is a wonderful book. It will be enormously helpful to all individuals who want to make the world a little better. Would-be volunteers with only a few hours a week or a month to spare will find very good suggestions and resources for how to get involved. Would-be doctors and even philanthropists (big donors) will find very practical ideas for getting started. And for those who want to make doing good their life's work, there is also valuable information. We often hear that people want to get involved but don't know how. This book will make it impossible for anyone to use that excuse anymore. And best of all, it's written without jargon or preaching and with lots of passion and conviction." -- Sara E. Melendez, President and CEO, Independent Sector
"Highly inspirational...With clearly stated principles and real life examples, How You Can Help will inspire every reader to help make things better in our world." -- Jack Brill, co-author of Investing With Your Values: Making Money and Making a Difference (1999)
"Finally we have a realistic roadmap which can be used to leverage our charitable giving and our volunteer time in ways that will genuinely improve society. This book includes all the component parts that anyone--regardless of age, sex, income level or political persuasion--can assemble into a powerful strategy that will truly make a difference." -- Curtis Weeden, co-author of Corporate Social Investing: The Breakthrough Strategy for Giving and Getting Corporate Contributions
"Bill Coplin shows how you can help, no matter who you are, what you are and where you are." -- Ralph Nader

Spis treści

Part 1 What Is a Genuine Do-Gooder?; Chapter 1 The Blessing and Curse of Mother Teresa; Chapter 2 The Mission; Chapter 3 Organize Thyself; Part 2 Ways You Can Help; Chapter 4 Effective Volunteering; Chapter 5 Donors Unite: You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Money; Chapter 6 Good Citizens and Watchdogs; Chapter 7 Careers That Serve Society; Part 3 Finding Nearby Windows of Opportunity; Chapter 8 Families; Chapter 9 Neighbors; Chapter 10 Employees; Chapter 11 Consumers; Chapter 12 Investors; Chapter 13 Social Organizations, a.k.a. Packs; Chapter 14 Retirees; Chapter 15 Students; Chapter 16 Alumn; Part 4 The Power to Create Change; Chapter 17 Cooperative Problem Solving; Chapter 18 Getting on the Agenda of Players; Chapter 19 Problem Solving through Existing Organizations; Chapter 20 Creating New Organizations;

O autorze

William D. Coplin is Professor of Public Affairs and Director of the Public Affairs Program of the Maxwell School of Citizenship at Syracuse University. He is the co-author of Power Persuasion: A Surefire System to Get Ahead in Business, which was selected by Fortune Magazine's Book of the Month Club.