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David Gershon—Living the Possible

September 7, 2010

By Rachel Schaeffer

David Gershon has spent his lifetime achieving not only his dreams, but also supporting and inspiring millions of others to achieve theirs.

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Teleseminar on Transformative Social Change


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In this hour-long audio teleseminar, David introduces strategies and tools you can use to change behavior, empower communities and transform large systems. Drawing on his book Social Change 2.0, he describes how you can step up in your ability to make a difference in the world. Click here to listen to the audio recording.

Changing the Game: The Craft of Transformative Leadership


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David Gershon offers participants the knowledge to design a transformative change strategy and the leadership skills to implement it. This training is based on David’s three decades as a social architect and practitioner of transformative change. This is not offered as a public training and is customized to the specific needs of the group or organization. To learn more click here.

Practice of Empowerment


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This training is an introduction to the empowerment methodology taught in the Empowerment Institute Certification Program. It provides the empowerment foundation on which second order change strategies can be built. To learn more click here. 

Host a Social Change 2.0 Study Circle


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A small group, using the Social Change 2.0 Study Circle Guide applies the book’s strategies to enhance an existing or develop a new social change initiative. The types of groups that could benefit include community-based organizations, local government agencies, social entrepreneurs, funders, corporate social responsibility initiatives, college and high school service learning programs and clubs, and faith-based social action committees.

pdf Social Change 2.0 Study Circle Guide

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The Conversation of the Century — David Gershon is interviewed by Barbara Marx Hubbard.

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Transformative Social Change


An interview with David Gershon by Chris Johnstone on the five transformative change strategies from Social Change 2.0.

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Social Change 2.0 Testimonials


“David Gershon, a daring social architect, is what an engineer is to a bridge builder. In Social Change 2.0, David puts forth with clarity, brilliance, innovation, and passion a blueprint for sustainable societal transformation. It is a practical, inspirational, and ethical guide to initiate, maintain, and/or reignite the soul of any social movement. This book is an outstanding addi- tion to the world.”
—Brian K. Gibbs, PhD, Associate Dean for Diversity and Cultural Competence, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

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