Provides everyday leaders with evergreen principles that can help them avoid mistakes when helping, overcome challenges, and achieve lasting impacts at the global level.
Provides everyday leaders with evergreen principles that can help them avoid mistakes when helping, overcome challenges, and achieve lasting impacts at the global level.
Developing & emerging countries, Nonprofit organizations & charities (general), Philanthropy & charity
You 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.
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This is a step-by-step guide to becoming a 'provocateur' and making a difference, mostly in the developing world, but perhaps in your own community or society. 'Provocateurs' are ordinary people who use their own skills to become leaders. For example, Manzanal-Frank, who has a wealth of experience in this area, cites the example of an accountant who visited an orphanage in Bangladesh, and found that it needed financial help. She eventually decided to set up a non-profit society to help this orphanage, and other orphanages in developing countries. An easier example which anyone with a cause could follow is the ex-policeman who started a blog to help prevent bullying, but this is used much later in the book. It is really almost like a textbook with many lists of considerations to remember, and reflective questions to answer at the end of each chapter, and there is a fair bit of jargon to cut through. If you are serious about becoming a 'provocateur', it's probably advisable to take notes! However, Manzanal-Frank's thorough research means that she covers everything, including why non-profits fail and how not to set yourself up for failure. It is extremely difficult to set up a charity, or a foundation in Australia, but the book suggests other ways of looking at causes, such as the ex-policeman's idea, so I will keep it in mind. ~ BOOKADDICTION, https://bookaddiction.blogspot.com/2022/11/provocateurs-not-philanthropists.html
Provocateurs not Philanthropists Turning Good Intentions into Global Impact by Maiden R. Manzanal-Frank published by John Hunt Publishing is a book for sure interesting and accessible to everyone. The questions that will be answered in the book are mainly addressed to leaders distant and close to us, a book for anyone "who wants to turn their good intentions into global impact" writes the author. Anna Maria Polidori ~ Anna Maria Polidori , https://alfemminile.blogspot.com/2022/11/resetting-our-future-provocateurs-not.html
Maiden R. Manzanal-Frank has brought forth here today within the pages of Resetting Our Future: Provocateurs not Philanthropists is an inspiring and practical narrative that will leave readers feeling uplifted and empowered to create a future they are eager to embrace. Full review: https://annecarlini.com/ex_books.php?id=390 ~ Exclusive Magazine, Review
Provocateurs, Not Philanthropists offers a grounded critique of traditional development practices, inviting readers to question how international development is implemented, and can be more thoughtfully developed. The author draws from her extensive experience in the Global South, outlining ten practical guiding principles for global impact. The book has a rich selection of qualitative discussions of impact, showcasing both problematic and successful projects. Through numerous examples and anecdotes from her personal experiences, Maiden demystifies the often linear stories that dominate discussions of development, emphasizing instead the messy, fragmented, and organic nature of real-world international development and humanitarian work. The ten principles of global impact are explored in detail, with each chapter dedicated to a specific principle. Ultimately, the book challenges conventional thinking about the nonprofit world, proposing a framework for how people can meaningfully engage in development work. It encourages readers to embrace the role of provocateurs—those who catalyze change through thoughtful, inclusive, and sometimes messy processes. This is a guide and call to action, empowering anyone to engage meaningfully in the development sector. ~ Christoph Schultz, Former Executive Director, Fig Tree Foundation
I really enjoyed the book, it was insightful and practical. Maiden brings her wealth of experience to the space and helps to look forward to a better future for NGO practice. The book uses the 10 principles of global impact as its framework and then each chapter then goes into detail on how to apply each principle. This made the book easy to follow and also gave practical ideas of how you can incorporate these principles into your own work. A must read for those looking to enter the development space or for those already in it and also questioning the industry and your work. ~ Lauren Donnison, Founder and Director Hear my Voice Women's Network
This is a must read for anyone looking to better the world! It is a needed paradigm shift, calling into question the traditional but broken models for social change and lead the way for a more productive way of looking at global impact. ~ Tiffany Zehara, Humanitarian Entrepreneur
Provocateurs not Philanthropists: Turning Good Intentions into Global Impact by Manzanal-Frank is a breath of fresh air to the person who wants to make a real difference in the world of development. The book is a fresh look at organizing and running projects. Organized around 10 principles, the book shows the reader that humility shown by admitting a lack of total knowledge and accepting failure will allow a person to create true collaboration and become a provocateur. Those who have experience in the world of development and those who are just starting will appreciate this book. ~ Mike Schmidt, Director, Intercultural Studies Program, Prairie College
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
Societies are immersed in current problems that are both vast and complex. Creating meaningful change calls for more than diligent bureaucrats, daring entrepreneurs, purpose-driven philosophers and well-meaning philanthropists. To achieve impacts of magnitude, Manzanal-Frank builds a case for a different kind of transformative leader – provocateurs – who create synergies, inciting others to collective action. Identifying various and personal examples from around the world and providing insightful questions that invite the reader to pause for reflection, Provocateurs not Philanthropists: Turning Good Intentions into Global Impact delivers a perceptive and straightforward manifesto of principles to inspire global impact leadership. ~ Rod Santiago, CEO, Archway Community Services
We all want to make an impact on the world - to leave it better than we found it - but this can feel overwhelming and confusing. Maiden Manzanal-Frank has written the ultimate guide to understanding impact, backed with research and first-hand experience, and practical steps to start giving back today. No matter where you are in your life or career, this book will change your life! ~ Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is the Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach and New York Times bestselling author of Triggers, Mojo, and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There
The world is full of people who mean well and have good intentions to solve global issues, but many wonder how? Here is a book that focuses on 'Impact' vs tick in the box good works, now you can have a measurable impact in all you want to do. ~ Dr Ravi A Fernando, Chairman/CEO, Global Strategic Corporate Sustainability Pvt. Ltd and Executive in Residence INSEAD Business School
"We need system change," is often heard when talking about solutions for the many crises the world is going through. For that, we need leaders who urge for the radical change, out-of-the-box, and building new systems on all levels. You could call them “provocateurs”, the ones that provoke change towards a sustainable, fair and humane society. We have many of those provocateurs already, but we need more! This easy-reading book will wake up the audience and let them realize how to become an impact leader towards the urgently needed system change. ~ Leida Rijnhout, Chief Executive, World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO)
Maiden Manzanal-Frank is able to share with readers, from her rich background in community development, how the 'provocateur' can be the person that provides the leadership to make a genuine and sustained change that improves the lives for the poor and marginalized. ~ Terry Gray, Executive Director, Impact Bridges Group
