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Brij Kothari - Literacy Through Entertainment

What do you get when you combine a love of Bollywood music videos with widespread illiteracy? Brij Kothari sees an opportunity to make the world a better place. By subtitling popular entertainment, he helps millions learn to read in a fun way. He's also creating multiplatform stories that will be seen on TV, read on mobile phones, and printed in books. Talking to Design for Change host Sheela Sethuraman in this audio interview, Kothari describes how he improves lives by incorporating education into everyday entertainment.

Review: Giving

Review By Paul Collier

The former president shares how ordinary citizens are helping to solve our big problems.

Spring 2008

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For Love or Lucre

By Jim Fruchterman 26

A veteran social entrepreneur provides a guide to those who are thinking through the thorny question of whether to create a nonprofit, a for-profit, or something in between.

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The Dragonfly Effect

By Jennifer Aaker & Andy Smith 10

Two veterans of consumer psychology, marketing, and entrepreneurship provide a guide to using social media for social change.

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Working Wikily

By Diana Scearce, Gabriel Kasper, & Heather McLeod Grant 4

A few nonprofits are using social media to fundamentally change the way they work and increase their social impact.