How to Make a Difference: The Definitive Guide from the World’s Most Effective Activists

by Kate Robertson, Ella Robertson

"An exceptionally relevant book for this age of activism." Bob Geldof

With a foreword by Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the UN (1997-2006).

How to Make a Difference is a practical roadmap to modern day activism created by the powerful and imaginative minds behind the world's biggest campaigns including Colin Kaepernick, Emma Watson, Sir Bob Geldof, Fatima Bhutto, Black Lives Matter, Doutzen Kroes, Yeonmi Park, Terry Crews, Cher, Matt Damon, Paul Polman and Gina Miller; collectively they combine the latest models of thinking, their real life experiences, radical techniques and effective advice in order to help incentivize everyone and anyone who has ever wondered, how can I help?

From How to Change the Law, How to Protest, How to Use Social Media Effectively, How to End a Problem Forever and How to Change a Big Organization, this book educates as much as it encourages and informs us all to see the world as something that can and must be changed.

This book will help you find an active role in positive, necessary activism and meaningful change on every scale across the globe. The only book to pool together the biggest names in activism and showcase how they have used their voices, their networks and their abilities to change the world around us.

How to Make a Difference speaks to a generation who are switching selfie-sticks for protest placards and will showcase how everyone has the ability to be the change they want to see in the world.

If not now, when?
If not you, who?

Perfect for fans of This Is Not a Drill, No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference and There Is No Planet B.

Genres: Nonfiction, Activism

258 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 8, 2019

Reviews

[Sabine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed reading this book, it's inspiring. Also touched a topic very relevant to me - how to make a change in your own company. Good advice: saved a lot of quotes.

[Ber Oomen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Must read for NGO in Nursing

[FGThomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

A really useful book given the recent protests and desire for people to make a change. I think it frames the difficulty of balancing long term ideals with wanting to achieve tangible progress. It was particularly useful on allyship which is very relevant right now.
I personally liked the interviews - they carry a lot of weight given that the authors interviewed so many people and, although it can feel a bit of a noisy mix of voices, it is interesting how such different strains of activism share effective tactics.
Really recommended for people who feel like they are overwhelmed at the moment and want to take action.

[Casey Browne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed reading this book, and it's inspiring. It was amazing!
An instrumental book gave the recent protests and desire for people to make a change. I think it frames the difficulty of balancing long term ideals with wanting to achieve tangible progress. It was beneficial on allyship, which is very relevant right now. I liked the interviews - they carry a lot of weight given that the authors interviewed so many people and, although it can feel a bit of a noisy mix of voices, it is interesting how such different strains of activism share practical tactics—recommended for people who feel like they are overwhelmed at the moment and want to take action.

[Em · Rating 2 out of 5]

A couple of good points but too generic, obvious and padded with quotes, without much idea of its audience.