Scott Sherman
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Scott Sherman 2005 fellow
Bold Idea
Train a new generation of social entrepreneurs, innovators, and visionaries using a combination of positive psychology and nonviolence social change practices.
Organization
In a time when many people are dismayed with the state of the world and fearful of the future - from national security to financial concerns, from health care to the environment - TAI offers a positive vision of hope and optimism. Instead of merely protesting what is wrong, TAI is training the next generation of social entrepreneurs to devote their energy to creating solutions. Their vision is to create the leaders of the most innovative social movements and successful social ventures of the future - the Gandhis and Carnegies of the 21st century. They advocate an innovative model of personal and social transformation, called Transformative Action.
Biography
Scott Sherman, a writer and researcher on the most effective methods of social change, has been teaching in universities since 1990 and was recognized as the top professor on the UCLA campus in a survey of the student body in 2001.
