https://www.transformativeaction.org/home daily 1.0 2022-09-22 https://www.transformativeaction.org/home-1 daily 0.75 2020-01-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3b3ed8084b6f00015405ba/1565292809235-XZT8EMYC8YNFNGLGWJKE/20140302_Trade%2B151_0503.jpg Home About Find out about our organization, mission, our methods, and the results of our decades of advocacy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d3b3ed8084b6f00015405ba/1565894861758-1VX9YII126C6IJKL3AQP/Aro%252BHa_0073.jpg Home Take Action Ready to take the next step? You can become a contributor to our cause, or participate yourself. https://www.transformativeaction.org/what-we-do daily 0.75 2022-09-23 https://www.transformativeaction.org/contact daily 0.75 2020-11-30 https://www.transformativeaction.org/the-decade-of-transformation daily 0.75 2022-09-23 https://www.transformativeaction.org/whoweare daily 0.75 2020-11-05 https://www.transformativeaction.org/whoweare/project-six-nl492 monthly 0.5 2020-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1606262658013-JK0J6M5QE07SX3JDM2PJ/Neela+2+small+copy.jpg Who We Are - Neela Rajendra Neela Rajendra helps build the bridge from research to action. She advises companies, researchers, NGOs, and universities to help them harness the insights from cutting edge research to advance the frontiers of social innovation and transform their organizations. Leveraging her skills as a trained TAI Facilitator, she brings these groups together to collaborate to create social change. Neela has forged partnerships with entrepreneurs and local governments in countries such as Benin and Nicaragua to accelerate urban economic development, advised C-suite executives on their talent development needs, and worked with faculty and university administrators to develop social entrepreneurship programs on campuses across the country, such as Cornell, Tulane, University of Maryland, Babson, and Claremont McKenna. As Executive Director for the Science of Diversity & Inclusion Initiative (SODI), she combines her expertise in designing high-impact methods to create scalable, positive social change together with her talent for creating engaging and dynamic experiences to build cross-sector partnerships. Neela earned her B.A. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and her M.B.A. from Wake Forest University. It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.transformativeaction.org/whoweare/project-four-rcpa2 monthly 0.5 2020-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1606840736783-MS393ZDMWUQL8UR72BMU/Milano+high+res.jpg Who We Are - Milano Harden Milano Harden is President and Founder of The Genius Group, Inc. Harden has extensive training in philanthropic strategy; nonprofit management; leadership effectiveness; organizational change and development; equity, diversity and inclusion. Harden has deep interests in the leadership effectiveness of next generation leaders, the organizational strengthening of movement building organizations and ethnic philanthropy. Prior to TGG, Harden served as the Program Director at The Healthcare Georgia Foundation in Atlanta, GA and the Manager of Education Initiatives at Harvard University’s Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations & Philanthropy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Harden co-founded Imago Dei, Inc., a nonprofit dedicated to improving young men’s and boys of color social condition, educational attainment and psychological wellbeing. Harden serves on several boards and committees including: Chair, Governance Committee, Langeloth Foundation, New York, NY; Vice Chair, Board of Directors of the International Community School, Avondale Estates, GA; the Steering Committee of the Southeastern Network of African Americans in Philanthropy (SNAAP!); the National Advisory Committee of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities Program; The YMCA of the USA’s Activate America National Expert Panel on Communities of Color; and Member, New Leaders Council of Atlanta’s Curriculum Committee. Harden holds a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University, and a graduate degree in Leadership & Organizational Behavior from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. https://www.transformativeaction.org/whoweare/project-five-x8nb5 monthly 0.5 2020-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1606262286098-XHUCBL1HF9WPPNNUPKWC/Nafessa+small+copy.jpg Who We Are - Nafessa Kassim Nafessa Kassim has a diverse background in both small and large group facilitation and trainings. She is a certified facilitator with Google’s Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute ; a Mindfulness and Social/Emotional Intelligence program. She is also certified with Transformative Action Institute where she has designed workshopsand trained teachers, students, as well as corporate and nonprofit leaders. Nafessa comes alive working with youth and community leaders empowering them to be intrinsically motivated to pursue their passions. Nafessa holds Dual Master’s degree from Columbia University in Global Public Health & Social Work focused on International Development and Social Entrepreneurship. She has 12+ years of experience in development work, building publicprivate partnerships, CSR, and social work. Nafessa is a global citizen having worked and lived in the US, India, Spain, and Indonesia. Through her work at MovingWorlds she built CSR programs which equipped individuals as well as employees of large Fortune 500 companies to volunteer their skills at social impact organizations around the world. She developed and designed the content for the course “Best Practices for Volunteering in Different Cultures” which focuses on sustainability and intercultural competencies. Nafessa is actively involved as a mentor at StartingBloc, and is on the American India Foundation Young Professional Board. https://www.transformativeaction.org/whoweare/project-two-t4dhx monthly 0.5 2020-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1600735553756-72ZYTBDLUWVOLE4WORC3/Design+Faculty+04.jpg Who We Are - Kate Canales Kate Canales is a human-centered designer, design researcher and teacher. She is currently the Chair of the Design Department at the University of Texas at Austin where she teaches prototyping and design ethnography. Before joining UT in 2018, Kate led the Design and Innovation Programs at SMU in Dallas, where she founded their pioneering Master’s program in Design and Innovation (MADI). For many years prior, Kate worked as a designer and design researcher at IDEO and as a Creative Director at frog design, both internationally recognized leaders in the field of design and innovation. She has taught the tools of design in traditional classrooms, corporate boardrooms, mountain retreats and city streets, and she is a passionate and engaging speaker on the topics of design and creative capacity. Past extended education and public speaking clients include Southwest Airlines, Mr. Cooper, the Cleveland Museum of Art, SXSW Interactive, TEDxSMU, and many others. https://www.transformativeaction.org/whoweare/project-three-wjsnn monthly 0.5 2020-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1600984190724-MFPPGOJ417VCLI730M73/Ashley+Headshot.jpg Who We Are - Ashley De Lucca Ashley De Lucca has over 20 years of experience in non-profit fundraising and education. Prior to joining TAI, she worked at a college access and success organization, Project GRAD Los Angeles, and was responsible for raising $5 million annually in public and private funding. De Lucca was one of the founding members of the only college access network in Southern California, SoCal CAN, and served as one of its first Steering Committee Co-Chairs. She also worked in higher education at Mount St. Mary’s College, as the Coordinator of Student Leadership and the Director of New Student Orientation. De Lucca has extensive experience in international education and has led accelerated learning programs for youth in Santiago, Chile; Hong Kong, China; and London, England. She received a BA in History with Magna Cum Laude Honors from UCLA, and attended the University of Barcelona as an Education Abroad Scholar. https://www.transformativeaction.org/whoweare/kaveh-sadeghian monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1601069545622-ZML6Q9STNMH5Q6FJXOOA/Kaveh+photo.jpg Who We Are - Kaveh Sadeghian - Kaveh Sadeghian is an instructional designer and creative strategist with an expertise in corporate and social enterprise training. With a background in ethnography, he integrates data and design to create campaigns and experiences that evoke social responsibility and human connections. Sadeghian also designs creative campaigns and speaks at high-impact organizations, including the World Bank, StartingBloc, the New School, University of Maryland, and AIG. He is a Founding Member and Creative Director of University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Social Impact Strategy, where he oversees the design and implementation of programs for social entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. He has trained over 400 social impact leaders across the globe and has designed several online training programs, reaching over 40,000 students to date. His work has been featured on several media outlets, including CNN, Bloomberg Businessweek, Huffington Post, El Pais, and Mashable. It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.transformativeaction.org/whoweare/new-portfolio-item monthly 0.5 2020-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1601069860821-4TKROBIQGR21T1IECTIN/Scott+2020.jpg Who We Are - Scott Sherman Dr. Scott Sherman is the Founder of the award-winning social enterprise, the Transformative Action Institute (TAI). The original mission of TAI was to train the next generation of social entrepreneurs, innovators, and change makers for the 21st century. Sherman is an expert on the most effective ways that people succeed in their attempts to change the world – whether working for public health, the environment, or economic prosperity. He is currently writing a book summarizing his research, How We Win: The Science of Making the World a Better Place. Over the last decade, Sherman has taught courses on social entrepreneurship and social innovation at numerous universities, including Yale, Princeton, and Johns Hopkins. In 2005, Sherman won the international Echoing Green competition, which recognized him as one of the world’s “best emerging social entrepreneurs.” Sherman earned his undergraduate and law degrees from U.C. Berkeley, as well as his Ph.D. in environmental studies from the University of Michigan. https://www.transformativeaction.org/whoweare/michael-wiliams monthly 0.5 2020-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1601070597227-9DGOJ2KCLWGWUNH0HN39/Headshot.Michael.jpg Who We Are - Michael Wiliams Michael Williams has the unique ability to raise people’s confidence and to unleash their innate gifts and abilities in order to achieve progress toward the life they want to live. He is a serial entrepreneur, gifted facilitator and experience designer . He founded Goodwin Investment Advisory and Williams and Jansen Investments, which lead him to invest in the launch of High Road Craft Ice Cream . He has gained a wealth of leadership experience having served as theExecutive Director of Leadercast , the largest leadership development event in the world. With the realization that many of the highlights of his corporate and entrepreneurial endeavors involved working with others to grow personally and professionally, he has committed his life to helping people, ideas, and experiences come alive. Michael gets energy facilitating this learning and that is why he dedicates time teaching at universities, schools, and companies of all sizes. He is a certified facilitator with The Arbinger Institute, The Transformative Action Institute and The Center for Courage and Renewal. Michael has served as a professor at Watson University, Georgia State University and guest lecturers at Berry College and Clayton State University teaching Social Entrepreneurship, Nonprofit Management, Negotiations, Advanced Entrepreneurship, and Professional Sales. Michael holds an MBA in International Business Development and Marketing. He has served on the Board of Directors of two international NGO’s and as a Director for numerous startup companies. In 2010, Berry College awarded Michael the Most Outstanding Young Alumni Award and he was awarded the Hosea Williams Award for Community Activism by the City of Atlanta. https://www.transformativeaction.org/whoweare/cicy-zhang monthly 0.5 2020-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1606773356440-RB4NSF0HVJG87G02U4OY/%E5%BC%A0%E8%83%9C%E7%94%B7+%E5%BD%A2%E8%B1%A1%E7%85%A7+copy.jpg Who We Are - Cicy Zhang Cicy is a passionate educator and life coach. She holds a Master’s degree in Educational Technology Innovation from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and is the founder of the Brain Association at Harvard Graduate School of Education and was shortlisted for the Rhodes Scholar Program in 2016. Before joining the Harvard Graduate School of Education, she worked closely with the national education reform program of Colombia’s Ministry of Education to develop a national teacher training system. With her experience in numerous international development organizations, she founded a Chinese education non-profit called “YouthPower” in 2012 to design social innovation and leadership training courses for tens of thousands of high school students, covering more than 300 schools in China. Cicy is an experienced young leader and an international trainer for cross-cultural communication. Her past clients include industry leaders such as Apple Education, The Body Shop, as well as multiple non-profit pioneers in China. Beyond that, Cicy is an internationally certified life coach and has over 1,000 hours of experience in leadership training and life coaching. https://www.transformativeaction.org/whoweare/angel-acosta monthly 0.5 2021-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1615310667106-0N2K71PX4A0NNY7EPFYO/1.png Who We Are - Angel Acosta Angel Acosta is a doctoral candidate in the Curriculum and Teaching Department at Teachers College, Columbia University. For the last decade, he has worked to bridge the fields of leadership, college access, social justice and mindfulness. As a program director for the national nonprofit, CFES Brilliant Pathways, Angel has supported over 30,000 educational leaders and their students by facilitating leadership trainings and creating pathways to higher education. With a passion for helping young people to think globally and act locally, he directed and taught at a global leadership study abroad program in Rome through the award-winning Leadership exCHANGE. This opportunity to bring students from all over the world to study leadership, cross-cultural communication and social entrepreneurship inspired Angel to deepen his commitment to social justice in the U.S.A. He began his doctorate program exploring the interconnections between social justice education and mindfulness-based education. After participating in the Mind and Life Institute’s Academy for Contemplative Leadership, he began consulting and developing learning experiences that weave leadership development, conversations about inequality and healing to support educational leaders through contemplative and restorative practices. As he finishes his doctorate, Angel continues to consult for organizations like the NYC Department of Education, UNICEF, Columbia University and others. His dissertation explores healing-centered education as a promising framework for educational leadership development and for addressing entrenched racial inequality in the U.S.A. Through TAI, he hopes to help organizations harness the skills and power of innovation for exponential social impact. He is a proud Dominican American and part of the first generation in his family to go to college. https://www.transformativeaction.org/whoweare/regina-njima monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/6f26fd51-b360-4ce8-9a3d-143fa98326b5/Regina+Passport+pic+copy.jpg Who We Are - Regina Njima - Regina Njima Regina Njima is an innovation catalyst for creating an Abundant Africa, and, together with launching Kizo Africa is also co-founder of Kizo Ventures–bringing Silicon Valley insights to Africa’s startup and corporate leaders. Regina’s passions lie in the intersection of youth, entrepreneurship, innovation and technology. Prior to this, Regina worked at Singularity University in Silicon Valley as Director of Global Innovation Challenges. She designed and implemented innovation competitions around the world for entrepreneurs using exponential technology to solve the world’s pressing problems. During her tenure Regina led an 8-fold expansion of countries running Global Innovation Challenges. Before this, she was the Program Manager for the Global Startup Program (Singularity University’s flagship entrepreneurship program). Before joining Singularity University, Regina worked for Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB), the United Nations (UNESCO), and co-founded Global Eagle Investment Company. Regina holds an MBA from the University of San Francisco, California and a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health from Kenyatta University, Kenya. She regularly speaks at technology and innovation events and serves as a mentor and coach for youth and entrepreneurs. https://www.transformativeaction.org/whoweare/david-baptista monthly 0.5 2022-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/a127a3d0-8799-4fb1-ab43-207bf171178b/DB.jpg Who We Are - David Baptista - David Baptista David's passion is helping students develop the essential dispositions, skills, habits and values that support lifelong learning and wellness. His quest to understand education has taken him on a 20-year teaching journey. He has taught STEAM, philosophy, history, theater, SEL and trained teachers and consulted for schools across Brazil. David is a 2018 Echoing Green Fellow, Lectica Inc. board member, and Co-founder and Executive Director of Latin American Leadership Academy. Cognitive science sparked his passion for education, and he is broadly interested in cultivating self- and collective- transcendent and regulatory practices across multicultural contexts. https://www.transformativeaction.org/skills-for-success daily 0.75 2022-09-22 https://www.transformativeaction.org/skills-for-success/project-four-nx88f monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1601523146067-XWD1R273NBCV579REEMD/Challenge+Cards+3.0_Page_07.jpg Skills for Success - Innovation In a survey of more than 1500 CEOs across the world, the single most important skill for the 21st century was identified as creativity. Yet, even more important is putting that creativity to good use; this is innovation. Indeed, in a rapidly changing world, the most successful people will be those who can adapt quickly and innovate. Often people who go through our training sessions report their measurements of creativity increase by as much as 50 to 100 percent. https://www.transformativeaction.org/skills-for-success/project-six-57k95 monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1601523901513-3GA4ILFVORXYFPKEQ11G/Challenge+Cards+3.0_Page_09.jpg Skills for Success - Problem Solving - Dream it. The most successful people are those who have strategies for coming up with creative solutions to the many problems that may confront them. Again this is something that is rarely taught in traditional education. Yet there are principles for becoming an effective problem-solver in complex situations. https://www.transformativeaction.org/skills-for-success/project-five-k5zlw monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1601523474619-WGYUWYVV0NR10IUUXE7Z/Challenge+Cards+3.0_Page_11.jpg Skills for Success - Communication Another vital skill is being able to communicate with others in a way that uplifts all people. Many professional and personal conversations can be filled with misunderstanding and conflict. Yet there are skills that everyone can learn to resolve these conflicts and leave all people satisfied, even in the most difficult of circumstances. This includes principles of negotiation, diplomacy, and conflict resolution from experts across cultures. https://www.transformativeaction.org/skills-for-success/project-three-47jp6 monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1601521959845-SJ27OJ4X4IUJ2WHFJDCZ/Challenge+Cards+3.0_Page_05.jpg Skills for Success - Resilience All people will experience moments of adversity, challenge, trouble, loss, and even failure. There’s an expression that “what does not kill you, makes you stronger.” Unfortunately, that’s not true for most people. The vast majority gets weaker when they face the problems and difficulties of life. Fortunately, there’s a growing body of scientific research about how people can get stronger during the storms of life. We can train people in this skill, seeing measurable growth and development. https://www.transformativeaction.org/skills-for-success/project-one-947kx monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1601515858362-QUZBG1DVTKOFBHOYQ05E/Challenge+Cards+3.0_Page_01.jpg Skills for Success - Time Optimization This is about doing what is most valuable: getting the greatest “return on time investment.” In a world where there are so many demands on our time, we need to make sure that we can identify and act on the key priorities. It’s about having the courage to say no to the countless distractions, temptations, and low-value activities that threaten to overwhelm us. Surprisingly, this is a skill that few people have learned. It is rarely taught in formal education. It’s no wonder that more than 90 percent of workers report being unhappy, overwhelmed, and disengaged. There are scientifically proven ways of engaging people to thrive and flourish at work, making them feel like they are making the best use of their time. https://www.transformativeaction.org/skills-for-success/project-two-zw49n monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1601521709642-E6RLWDYOAXZC1Q32WJNU/Challenge+Cards+3.0_Page_03.jpg Skills for Success - Changing Mindsets There are a number of mindsets that have been proven to increase success. For example, researchers at Stanford have studied mindsets that lead to greater growth. Other researchers at Yale, Princeton, and Stanford have studied how people reframe stressful experiences as exciting challenges to get better. The “action mindset” builds upon this scientific research on mindsets. This is about how people develop a sense of agency and control – believing that they can do something to make a situation better, rather than complaining about it or being passive. Surprisingly, there is even evidence for helping people develop mindsets that increase their ability to have good luck. https://www.transformativeaction.org/skills-for-success/social-emotional-learning monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1601524390504-35ACO4GOUDABTK2GS1ON/Challenge+Cards+3.0_Page_15.jpg Skills for Success - Social & Emotional Learning The capacity to understand other people’s perspectives, needs, and interests is essential. Traditional education has focused on the importance of academic intelligence; yet we now know that success depends on emotional and social skills as well. This includes developing the skills of empathy and compassion. https://www.transformativeaction.org/skills-for-success/prosocial-behaviors monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1601524673500-K6SY9SM73PXOJIHMMX6K/Challenge+Cards+3.0_Page_13.jpg Skills for Success - Prosocial Behaviors - Many of the most important business skills include integrity, ethics, character, generosity, and helping others. Yet the stereotype of effective businesses is that they are places where selfishness and greed dominate. Which is correct? Overwhelmingly, in recent years, the evidence proves that the companies and people who “do good” are the also ones that do well financially, and where people thrive professionally. These are behaviors that can be taught and put into place in any school or work environment; they make people healthier, happier, and more productive, with a greater sense of purpose and meaning. https://www.transformativeaction.org/skills-for-success/teamwork monthly 0.5 2020-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1601524865973-KCSLWP3B2SGYU2EX0HQZ/Challenge+Cards+3.0_Page_17.jpg Skills for Success - Teamwork Finally, the ninth skill is about how to foster cooperation and the most effective groups to work together towards common goals. Very few people have developed this skill naturally; it is something that people can improve with a series of activities and simple daily practices. https://www.transformativeaction.org/transformative-principles daily 0.75 2022-09-23 https://www.transformativeaction.org/take-action daily 0.75 2020-10-31 https://www.transformativeaction.org/transforming-education daily 0.75 2022-09-23 https://www.transformativeaction.org/transform daily 0.75 2020-10-07 https://www.transformativeaction.org/resources daily 0.75 2021-06-03 https://www.transformativeaction.org/innovative-education daily 0.75 2020-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847895972-04K0P91LO30PWAYK24X3/image-asset.jpeg Innovative Education - Education Philosophy Most traditional education is deadening. Teachers rely on lectures far too much, even though studies continually show that this is the least effective method of learning. Admittedly, there are some gifted teachers who are dynamic, charismatic, and passionate – teachers who have the students sitting on the edge of their seats, excited to learn. Nonetheless, we still discourage teachers from dominating the classroom. The best education will involve and engage the students in learning. The root of the word “education” comes from the Latin “educare,” which means to draw out. We are attempting to draw out of the students the best that they have to offer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847805828-AJIWBELW8MFMGSFE5CQ2/image-asset.jpeg Innovative Education - Transformative Action It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.transformativeaction.org/whole-education-philosophy-document daily 0.75 2020-10-31 https://www.transformativeaction.org/transforming-work daily 0.75 2020-11-30 https://www.transformativeaction.org/making-life-better daily 0.75 2020-11-30 https://www.transformativeaction.org/transformative-principles-1 daily 0.75 2022-09-23 https://www.transformativeaction.org/general-1 daily 0.75 2020-11-25 https://www.transformativeaction.org/principle-2 daily 0.75 2022-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1604592019377-5IHSHQQXD7DAQND1HA7E/TAI+aikido.png Principle 2 - Principle 2 Transform your enemies into allies The best way to eliminate your enemy is to make him your friend. Abraham Lincoln https://www.transformativeaction.org/principle-3 daily 0.75 2020-11-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1604592479235-B1BI1S9RO18G8S01PVVK/TAI+Shine+a+light.jpg Principle 3 - Principle 3 Shine a light on the obstacles Sunlight is the best disinfectant --U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis https://www.transformativeaction.org/principle-1 daily 0.75 2022-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1604590665807-I8VD7HNU87H0NTH3DEWE/TAI%2BCleaner%2BWater.jpg Principle 1 - Principle 1 Offer a Better Vision of the Future To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. R. Buckminster Fuller https://www.transformativeaction.org/testimonials daily 0.75 2022-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1607989958690-5WQE8PCK2MGXJCXBNPSH/2017+Training+Group+Photo+small.jpg Testimonials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1612826380176-FSSV6TGAI4TRW8W6FYCR/Kaveh+facilitating.png Testimonials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1612827303837-Z3XPXOBNXMWF8B95UN2N/Solutions2+copy.jpg Testimonials https://www.transformativeaction.org/education-training daily 0.75 2020-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605730861441-IKZBCLT3JEZMZ2065Y1S/Omotola+3.png Education & Training - Training 15 to 19-year olds to create lasting change in their communities “I had the rare opportunity and privilege to go through the TAI program and it has been one of the most significant experiences that I will forever be grateful for. The skills I learned have been more than helpful for me in my personal and professional life. The TAI trainings instill a deep understanding of how to work for the common and greater good of the society without getting burned out or fatigued despite challenges and obstacles that might stand in the way. Going through the program TAI offers has been instrumental in helping me make decisions about my life and career and what I want to bring to the world and the legacy I want to leave behind. It has not only helped me to be a better person but has been paramount in the success of the organization I started, JumpStart Academy. We train young people in skills such as how to be resilent in the face of insurmountable issues that crop up daily, how to have a forward and optimistic outlook to life, and how to believe their each of their lives has meaning and they have what it takes to reach their goals, despite the difficult situations they may face given their life circumstances. I always recommend TAI to anyone I meet because the value of what they add to individual lives and professionals is far worth more than gold, diamonds, silver and rubies combined together.” Omotola Akinsola, Founder, JumpStart Academy (She currently is Assistant Professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605727608388-IGCP1SL3TI7RGT8BVATT/Sara%2B3.jpg Education & Training - Cultivating emotional intelligence and conflict resolution among 100,000 young people Move This World is an organization that builds resilient communities. Their trainings for young people in schools have reduced suspensions and fighting by up to 75 percent. “A number of Move This World's exercises were inspired by TAI's work, and these curricular tools have been implemented with over 100,000 youth and 3,500 educators across the globe.” Sara Potler LaHayne, Founder and CEO, Move This World Ashoka Activating Empathy Award, World Economic Forum Global Shaper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605728240880-GEDTYMKXSV0O4WJGN9HD/Marina%2B3.jpg Education & Training - Winning Ashoka’s award for offering “the best curriculum on social innovation.” "When asked about the best curriculum on social innovation that I've come across, I frequently refer professors to the TAI example. It is rare to see a course and body of teaching tools that is derived from such rigorous research and theoretical underpinnings that make professors impressed, combined with an engaging pedagogy that keep students learning and growing more than most other courses allow. TAI won an Ashoka U Cordes Innovation Award in 2010 to recognize impact, replicability and innovation. This is a well-deserved honor given the robust track record, level of impact and uniqueness of pedagogy that the TAI curriculum represents.” Marina Kim, Director, Ashoka U Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605727757230-8S0JIYQ68YOYZEYJB8SB/Lennon.jpg Education & Training - Offering the “gold-standard curriculum” for training the next generation of change makers “The most effective social entrepreneurs I know didn't grow up wanting to be social entrepreneurs. They lived the problems they seek to address, or they grew intolerant of a status quo that conflicted with their values, and possessed the combination of agency, empathy, and practical skills required to do something about it. TAI invites students to go inward, to reflect on where they come from, and what they're passionate about, and to examine their strengths and talents, and how those strengths fit within the broader social change landscape. It offers practical skills training, grounded not in anecdote, but in actual science and research. “We know what great teaching and great coursework look like. The problem tends to be one of too much demand and too little supply, with the result that the best courses remain locked away to the privileged few who are able to enroll each semester. TAI has found a way to spread its principles far beyond the walls of a single institution, combining reach and accessibility with a gold-standard curriculum. It would be easy to dismiss ‘training the next generation of changemakers’ as lofty rhetoric. TAI has made it an achievable reality.” Lennon Flowers, Senior Change Manager, Ashoka Empathy Initiative (2011-13) Founder, the Dinner Party, an award-winning social enterprise https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605729566049-I6HVINKP3HYHX9HSR98M/Patricia+2.png Education & Training - Re-imagining teaching to prepare students for the challenges of the 21st century “TAI offers teachers incredible ways to unleash student potential as innovators and changemakers. Their training exercises are backed by rigorous research. They are easy to adopt with the teaching guidelines for implementation. TAI is unique in getting faculty to get out of traditional academic bubbles and re-imagine teaching to prepare students for the challenges of the 21st Century. No participant will remain in the analytical margin. Every participant will emerge with a deep understanding of what students will experience. TAI programs are truly energetic and energizing. I have seen the power of their teaching proposals from the ‘Story of your Life’ assignment to dancing Michael Jackson’s Thriller in a class activity on leaders and followers. My students still talk about what they learned; they apply the lessons in their changemaking.” Patricia Márquez, Dean, Kroc School of Peace Studies University of San Diego https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605727901298-19H82J4P3EVDQ2DY7T46/Linda%252BKay%252BKlein.jpg Education & Training - Helping students find meaning and purpose at nearly 200 colleges and universities “When Echoing Green first considered the creation of an activity guide that would equip faculty and staff at colleges, universities and nonprofits to instill a sense of purpose in emerging professionals, we went straight to TAI. As an Echoing Green Fellowship organization, we knew TAI's strong reputation for turning scientific research into engaging and effective classroom content. “Though it has evolved with time, TAI's contributions remain the backbone of our Work on Purpose curriculum, which is now being used by approximately 800 faculty and staff at nearly 200 colleges, universities, nonprofits and, most recently, corporations.” Linda Kay Klein, Former Director, Work on Purpose, Echoing Green, Founder and President of the non-profit, Break Free Together https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605744399762-9M6W1DPWQCUAKWOT1O8J/Boys%2Bwith%2Bbanners.jpg Education & Training - Aspiring college students become the first in their families to graduate from college “Project GRAD helps low income, 1st generation high school students get into and succeed in college. We were inspired by TAI’s work highlighting the importance of skills like emotional intelligence, resilience, empathy, and grit. It easily won over our skeptical partner – public school administrators, counselors, and teachers. After consulting with TAI, we completely redesigned our approach to college access and college success. We now deliver curricula promoting social emotional learning skills and the growth mindset to help our students overcome the myriad barriers to academic success. Claremont Graduate University has been evaluating our progress the past four years in a quasi-experimental, longitudinal study and the results are extremely promising. There have been statistically significant improvements in student attitudes, academic behaviors, and grit. Project GRAD scholars graduate at a rate three times higher than their peers. Just as we hope our students transform their extended families and communities, we know that the power of TAI’s ideas can send ripples across the world.” Erik Osugi, Former VP and Chief Program Officer, Project GRAD Los Angeles https://www.transformativeaction.org/changing-the-world daily 0.75 2020-11-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605732339463-OQDU2BDI96ASW80QMBWX/Aditya%25252B2.jpg Changing the World - Teaching the next generation of peacemakers to follow in the footsteps of Gandhi "Transformative Action is the only evidence based social entrepreneurship training programme we have seen that delivers results! Scott was able to quickly understand our needs, draw from his vast library and design a course customized to our needs. The Gandhi Fellows loved his infectious energy, creative activities and never tired from his workshops! Even 4 years later we still use his theory of action and material to create social entrepreneurs who will change the world." Aditya Natraj, Director, Gandhi Fellows Program Ashoka Fellow and Echoing Green Fellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605731240808-9PAODYYGDIM58CRYBO80/Benson+2.png Changing the World - Training a million young people in nonviolence in a nation beset by war and genocide "I am sometimes called ‘small Gandhi,’ not because I am one, but because of my experiences with Transformative Action! It inspired me to start a peace movement of one million youth in Democratic Republic of Congo. Already we have trained over 3,000 youth in active nonviolence on the way to our goal. More than 50% of the lessons, stories and experiences come from TAI." Benson Wereje, Founder, CIYOTA Ashoka Fellow and Echoing Green Fellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605731870736-4FDVAWOVKKQCFUSZVWI1/Danny+2.png Changing the World - Helping spark a clean energy revolution “The Transformative Action Institute defined the direction of my undergraduate experience at Princeton. Inspired by everything I learned, after college I went on to work with leading social entrepreneur Paul Polak on clean drinking water and bioenergy social ventures. Afterwards I worked on a win-win strategy for clean energy startup -- the same basic principles of transformative action. Now I’ve started a new social enterprise. I can't stress enough how much of a catalyst that first experience with TAI was for my life and career. Over the past eight years since I first took the Princeton course with TAI, I have met numerous high-impact change makers in the realms of social and environmental entrepreneurship. Among all these individuals, I would estimate that 80% of them have a connection to and were impacted meaningfully in some way by the Transformative Action Institute. TAI and its teachings are a hidden, deeply powerful force within the existing field of social impact - and I could not be more wholehearted in supporting the scaling of their work nationally and beyond.” Danny Growald, co-Founder, Aetheos Energy Co-Chair, BankFWD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605732040042-AV2BQ10OSJHDQDCT7PTJ/Emily+2.png Changing the World - Turning Swords into Plowshares Growing up in an army family, Emily Nuñez wanted to see if she could transform the power of the military into peaceful purposes. She has developed an award-winning social enterprise that is a “quadruple bottom-line” company: helping people, purpose, and planet, while also making profits. Her award-winning social enterprise is reducing waste, hiring veterans, and strengthening understanding between civilians and members of the military. “The Transformative Action Institute impacted my life in an awesomely positive way. As a result of the lessons I learned through the TAI, I was empowered to make a bold commitment to start Sword & Plough and incorporate social impact in every step of our business model. Scott and his team challenged me to think about innovation, and even luck, in news ways. This exciting process has helped me in my life as a social entrepreneur every single day. Because of the Transformative Action Institute, I am a more resilient, bold and innovative leader and entrepreneur. Imagine the positive social impact that would occur in the world if every student could learn the principles of transformative action!” Emily Nuñez, Sword & Plough, Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605732374527-CPV5ZCY7TT6P6KDC2LUM/Screen%25252BShot%25252B2020-11-17%25252Bat%25252B2.09.53%25252BPM.jpg Changing the World - The next generation of social entrepreneurs and world leaders "TAI is leading the way in training the next generation of social entrepreneurs and world leaders. For the past three years, the University of Pennsylvania has worked with TAI to train social entrepreneurs with the tools of transformative leadership. We now have trained over 130 social innovators. “I've witnessed how the TAI curriculum can be applicable for any early stage social entrepreneur. Regardless of the industry, venture stage, or interests of the entrepreneurs, the TAI curriculum helps people clarify their purpose, set a game plan in motion and build a growth mindset. Participants in our program walked away from the training with a greater willingness to dare greatly and take risks, to think more critically and creatively, to ask for help, and to spot new opportunities and alliances. TAI helps changemakers reach their full potential and create great social impact." Cosmo Fujiyama, Former Program Director, Center for Social Impact Strategy, University of Pennsylvania. Currently, Cosmo is the Vice President of Training at The Management Center. https://www.transformativeaction.org/making-organizations-more-effective daily 0.75 2020-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605724384893-DQFJSLVV10EA1HKOJQUS/Nanxi.png Making Organizations More Effective - Creating a way to deliver vaccines to the millions of people who can’t access them 2.1 million people die each year from vaccine-preventable diseases because of accessibility problems. As a senior at UC Berkeley, Nanxi helped develop a breakthrough technology that enables vaccines to be delivered to anywhere in the world without refrigeration. This became an award-winning social enterprise, Nanoly. She then went on to start another successful enterprise, Enplug, before the age of 23. “The successes of both Enplug and Nanoly can directly be attributed to the support, training, and mentorship I received from the Transformative Action Institute. If every entrepreneur could experience a Transformative Action Institute program, startups would have a much higher success rate. The work the Institute does is meaningful and necessary.” Nanxi Liu, Founder of Nanoly and Enplug, currently the CEO of Enplug https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605723526477-N3L9TQ06J2XHDL82LKDB/Angela.png Making Organizations More Effective - Transforming educational systems across Africa “Educate!” is a program that trains young people to become leaders and entrepreneurs across Africa, with practical lessons in problem-solving and social innovation. It has been adopted as part of the national curriculum for all high school students in Uganda, and is now being integrated into the national curricula in nine other nations across the continent from Kenya to Cameroon. I was a young educator struggling to build an impactful program in Uganda. There were only basic methods and junk science examples available to me until I came across TAI’s work. Transformative Action is how to turn good intentions into lasting behaviour change. It answers the hardest questions: how do people change and why do movements so often fail? The training and coaching by Transformative Action gave me the tools to revolutionize my approach. I am a better organization leader and teacher. Today, I reach over 25,000 African students a year. This is the power of Transformative Action--a global ripple effect of changemakers." Angelica Towne, Former Director of Educate! Director of Program Strategy, Educate! Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605726548145-X4SHVAOK5YLU7SFCQG6W/Ayesha.png Making Organizations More Effective - Addressing the most pressing social issues facing communities TAI is “an innovative thought leader in the social entrepreneurship and leadership space, and has provided expertise to support many university programs, fellowships, incubators, accelerators and training programs around the world.” Thus, Points of Light invited TAI to help create and design the Civic Accelerator. Over the last three years, we have supported and graduated 74 teams and over 150 entrepreneurs and invested $600,000 in peer-selected teams. Our portfolio of civic ventures have directly mobilized 397,000 people, with a broader reach of 4.2 million people, to address the most pressing social issues facing communities in the areas of education, environment, economic development and tech-for-good. We view TAI’s training, insights, and ongoing advice and support, as essential elements of our program and our success.” Ayesha Khanna, President, Points of Light Civic Incubator Founder, Civic Accelerator https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605725977377-HY8W9K2ZJPNSRAAG5SLZ/Mark.png Making Organizations More Effective - Delivering high quality, low-cost healthcare to the world’s poor "I'm extremely privileged to have gone through TAI, and I can clearly credit it with converting me into a social entrepreneur. What started in the TAI classroom is now, only a few years later, an organization of 315 people that has delivered healthcare to nearly 300,000 people in one of the poorest parts of the world.” Mark Arnoldy, Founder and Former CEO, Possible, Head of Customer Success, Asana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1605727001554-S132YP8PPG0QPWT3NJJQ/Eric.png Making Organizations More Effective - Changing the traditional higher education experience “It is by far the best model I know to develop the skills of personal and social change: empathy, creativity, resilience, grit, leadership, and entrepreneurship.” Eric Glustrom, Founder of Watson University Ashoka and Echoing Green Fellow, Forbes Top 30 Social Entrepreneurs under 30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e14b00a21af6d0351f02e89/1606186246132-USTXV503VGEGN8KOAO2P/Andrew+M.png Making Organizations More Effective - Developing a “new science of change” Transformative action “may emerge as a new science of change that one day could become an academic discipline no less common than physics, engineering, or chemistry. The impact that TAI was able to leave on our team in just two short days of teeing up our Dream Academy training program has stuck with us to this day – and my mind is always racing to think about the next big project on which we can all work together. But what it races even faster for is when I'm thinking about the different world we will have on our hands when TAI’s work really takes off not only at The Future Project, but within the walls of every non-profit, high school, and university in the world. “Put simply, the Transformation Action Institute is a revolutionary approach to the topic of revolution, and The Future Project was, in the literal sense of the world, transformed, and so was I personally, to be exposed to it at such a formative moment. I'll be forever grateful for that and forever in anticipation of the emergence of the science of change that it can inspire.” Andrew Mangino, Co-Founder, The Future Project Ashoka Fellow, Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneur https://www.transformativeaction.org/purpose daily 0.75 2020-11-25 https://www.transformativeaction.org/next-generation daily 0.75 2022-09-23 https://www.transformativeaction.org/solutions daily 0.75 2020-11-25 https://www.transformativeaction.org/better-education daily 0.75 2020-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847902870-ZOUR0EX0L2QSQNRC1SP2/image-asset.jpeg Better Education - Make it stand out. It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1589847903067-57HDPDJ6TWU40QPAQLS4/image-asset.jpeg Better Education - Make it stand out. It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.