A Handbook for Leading Effective Social Change

About the Book

Practicing the Art of Change requires patient practice and conscious awareness of your life and actions. Over time, this practice generates great learning, which produces good works that really serve people. This handbook outlines the 10 important principles that support effective and lasting social change. It includes a Reflective Leadership Notebook with guiding questions to help you illuminate your critical strategic or leadership issues. It is written for leaders working in philanthropy, in social serving institutions, in grassroots groups, and in nonprofit organizations. It is also for students of community development, public service, health, or social work.

About the Author

Ken Hubbell is a seasoned consultant and community change coach. Since 1992, Ken Hubbell and Associates has been working to master The Art of Change. His goal has always been to advance positive social change and to empower agents of change with the tools and knowledge they need to make a difference. Ken has worked on tough social problems like increasing opportunities, health and well-being for rural communities, reducing poverty and hopelessness in urban neighborhoods, expanding access to quality education and careers across the U. S, and in southern Africa, and accelerating affordable housing, technology, and youth leadership in cities, town, and in Native American communities. In carrying out this extensive body of change work, Ken has collaborated with community volunteers, public housing alliances, housing nonprofits, community colleges, and universities, numerous foundations, state and federal agencies, and local and tribal governments. In every instance, he contributed rich graphic storytelling and empathy while practicing the Art of ChangeTM.