The world needs genuine innovators—those who dedicate themselves to an ideal, draw from many domains, and reframe challenges as opportunities. Innovators not only move mountains but often change the entire landscape. That landscape defines the potential available to the rest of the community. When focused on important problems innovations can result in enormous social good. We plan to increase the potential for innovative solutions in areas where good ideas are needed most.

We believe that anyone who wants to change the world should be helped to be successful.

What we do...
Our core program, Local Agenda, has three main versions: a youth program, a community-based adult program, and a program designed specifically for the baby boomers in their second half of life. Local Agenda is a comprehensive model that includes educational workshops, resource materials, technology-based learning tools, connection to experts and to support from the local community.

We train others in how to implement this model effectively. We also engage with universities, experts, funders, and community consultants to ensure budding social entrepreneurs get what they need.

Why do we do this?
Although we often view the world from a global perspective, we know that critical issues happen locally—impacting real people in their own communities. Whether the challenge is homelessness or teen pregnancy or environmental degradation, the context is really someone's backyard. Three beliefs ground our work:

1. People who live in a community have the critical local knowledge for solving their own challenges. Because they are the most affected, they are the most invested in working for change.
2. We want to get at the core of problems. If local citizens can gain needed skills, strategies, and knowledge to approach and solve these problems with their own ideas, the chance of real, sustained change increases dramatically—driven by local values and goals.
3. The sweet spot of innovation is the intersection of local knowledge and a new perspective. Sometimes people who live in a place don't see potential value right in front of them, and people who come from outside don't understand local issues. We believe the truly exciting ideas come from an exchange of vision, experience, new perspectives, and local knowledge.

Our mission is to enable people to solve local challenges with sustainable, innovative solutions.

We focus on the underserved and poor in diverse communities worldwide, developing effective, local change-makers through education.