Giving
Subtitle: how each of us can change the world
By: Bill Clinton
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780307266743
Subjects: Social action; Ontwikkelingssamenwerking; Voluntariado; Generosity; Hulpverlening; Voluntarism; Liefdadigheid; Acción social; Generosidad
Description: A look at how individual endeavors can save lives and solve problems, offering compelling examples of both citizen and corporate activism at work in the world today. "Almost everyone--regardless of income, available time, age, and skills--can do something useful for others and, in the process, strengthen the fabric of our shared humanity." Inspiring stories of people and organizations--some famous, as well as many private citizens whom readers will be hearing about for the first time--show that the act of giving takes many forms; that offerings of time, skills, objects, and ideas can be just as important as contributions of money; and that the lives of those who give are changed as well.--From publisher description.
Notes: "Borzoi book."

Includes bibliographical references and webography (p. 215-226) and index.
Table of contents: title: The explosion of private citizens doing public good; title: Giving money; title: Giving time; title: Giving things; title: Giving skills; title: Gifts of reconciliation and new beginnings; title: Gifts that keep on giving; title: Model gifts; title: Giving to good ideas; title: Organizing markets for the public good; title: Nonprofit markets can be organized too; title: What about government?; title: How much should you give and why?