BOOK PARTY FOR _Changing the World Without Losing Your Mind:
Leadership Lessons from Three Decades of Social Entrepreneurship _by
Alex Counts (Rivertowns Books, May 2019)
Book Focus
Some people are dreamers. They choose a career shaped by dreams of
making the world a better place—caring for kids, lifting up the
poor, protecting the planet. When your dreams are that powerful,
it’s easy to neglect yourself. Both lives and dreams can suffer the
consequences.
If you’re one of the dreamers, this is the book for you. CHANGING
THE WORLD WITHOUT LOSING YOUR MIND is a down-to-earth guide to
mission-driven leadership. Drawing on his decades of experience as an
acclaimed nonprofit leader, Alex Counts offers practical advice on
such vital activities as fundraising, team-building, communications,
and management. He shows you how to run an organization—and your own
life—both effectively and sustainably, giving joyfully to those
around you while also caring generously for yourself.
Candid, funny, insightful, and wise, CHANGING THE WORLD WITHOUT LOSING
YOUR MIND is a book you’ll refer to throughout your career . . . no
matter where your dreams may lead you.
Book Price: $14.95 (paperback); eBooks will also be available
FROM THE FOREWORD BY NOBEL LAUREATE PROFESSOR MUHAMMAD YUNUS: "A LIFE
OF SERVICE TO OTHERS AND TO SOCIETY CAN BE DEEPLY FULFILLING. ANYONE
WHO SEEKS TO LIVE A LIFE INFORMED BY THIS INSIGHT WILL BENEFIT FROM
THIS EXCEPTIONAL, AND HIGHLY READABLE, BOOK."
Author Bio
Alex Counts [https://www.alexcounts.com/] founded Grameen Foundation
and became its President and CEO in 1997, after having worked in
microfinance and poverty reduction for 10 years. Initially as a
Fulbright Scholar, he trained under Professor Muhammad Yunus, the
founder and managing director of Grameen Bank, and co-recipient of the
2006 Nobel Peace Prize. Since its modest beginnings sparked by a
$6,000 seed grant provided by Prof. Yunus (who was a founding board
member and continues as a director emeritus), Grameen Foundation has
grown to become a leading international humanitarian organization with
an annual budget that reached $25 million in 2009.
COUNTS ADVANCED GRAMEEN FOUNDATION’s philosophy through his
writings, including the books _Small Loans, Big Dreams: How Nobel
Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus and Microfinance Are Changing the
World_ (John Wiley & Sons, 2008) and _Give Us Credit _(Times
Books/Random House, 1996). COUNTS HAS ALSO BEEN PUBLISHED IN _The
Washington Post_ and the _Stanford SOCIAL INNOVATION REVIEW. _In
2007, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Horace Mann
School in New York City.
He is a Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland
College Park, an affiliated faculty of the Do Good Institute, and a
Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA). A fuller bio can be
found here [https://grameenfoundation.org/bio/alex-counts].
Praise for Past Titles by the Author
“Best of all, [COUNTS’] binational book demonstrates that
microcredit isn’t an exotic quick fix but the kind of slow, often
frustrating, step-by-step progress that is usually the hallmark of
real change.” -- San Francisco Chronicle
“Most banking stories are great cures for insomnia. But this author
wisely hones in on the humanity of the borrowing women, whose loans
payments are as vital a part of their lives as breathing is to
us…. _Give Us Credit_ has the vitality of a work in progress, with
human stories that lenders and anyone interested in the human side of
business will appreciate.” -- Minneapolis Star-Tribune
“An illuminating book telling the fascinating story of microcredit
reducing poverty in diverse parts of the globe. In a brilliant style,
it brings the simple concept born in Bangladesh to the world
stage. Alex Counts’ own deep commitment and long involvement in the
microfinance movement presents a rare, preceptive dimension that makes
the book engagingly readable.” – Ambassador A. K. Chowdhury,
Former Under-Secretary General and High Representative of the United
Nations
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