Provocateurs Not Philanthropists - Resetting Our Future by Maiden R Manzanal-Frank Paperback

About the Book

Provides everyday leaders with evergreen principles that can help them avoid mistakes when helping, overcome challenges, and achieve lasting impacts at the global level.

Book Synopsis

'The ultimate guide to understanding impact, backed with research and first-hand experience ...this book will change your life!' Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, NY Times bestselling authorYou want to make a difference - to use your passions and talents in the 'developing world' and create a meaningful, lasting impact. But you also know that billions of dollars are wasted on faulty and misguided aid and development projects on an annual basis. While governments, multilateral organizations, and billionaire philanthropists continue to look for the next 'silver bullet', can you be confident that you can make a difference with who you are, what you have, and what you can imagine for the communities you feel called to work with? Yes you can, according to Maiden R. Manzanal-Frank, a global impact advisor with roots in the Philippines and more than a decade in international community development experience. In fact, where larger institutions and philanthropists often fail, you might well succeed by becoming a provocateur instead. Unlike the philanthropists, provocateurs are everyday leaders such as entrepreneurs, teachers, farmers, and engineers. They are ordinary people who make extraordinary personal and professional contributions to making the world a better place. This book distills real-life examples and insights from the experiences of provocateurs in the Global South into practical principles for success that will ensure your impacts will be sustainable and generative.

Review Quotes

'Maiden Manzanal-Frank s take on generating lasting impact through the lens of everyday doers - like farmers, entrepreneurs, and teachers - strongly resonates with our efforts in the Fair Trade community in tackling inequality, ending poverty, and saving our planet. Provocateurs not Philanthropists: Turning Good Intentions into Global Impact illustrates our goal in putting people and planet first over profit. This book demonstrates the impact of smaller actions put together can effect real change, much like an ocean is composed of small drops of water.' --Mitos Urgel, President, World Fair Trade Organization Asia

About the Author

Maiden R. Manzanal-Frank is the Founder and CEO of GlobalStakes Consulting. She is a global impact advisor, instructor, mentor-coach, a Rotary Peace Fellow, speaker and regularly writes for national and international media on strategy, change, leadership, and impact. She lives in Alberta, Canada.