Q & A: David Gergen

The former presidential advisor wants the federal government to champion social entrepreneurs
http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/david_gergen/
Author: Phills, James A., Jr.
Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review
Year: 2008
Number of pages: 4

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Abstract:

David Gergen is one of America’s best-known political pundits. And well he should be. Having spent three decades as advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Clinton, Gergen knows as much about what goes on inside the Beltway as anyone.

What most people don’t know is that Gergen is also an astute observer of social innovation. From his perch at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (where he is a professor of public service and director of the Center for Public Leadership), Gergen has taken an active role in not just studying social entrepreneurship, but also championing it.