Optimism Central

Item Description

The editors of The Intelligent Optimist are always surrounded by books. Their office in San Francisco is almost like a library. These books represent a wealth of knowledge that we use for research, inspiration or sourcing new articles in the magazine.

For this auction, our associate editor dove into the book collection to create four packages of the best books around inspiring themes.

Each package consists of four or five books and CDs and two classic theme issues from The Intelligent Optimist (formerly Ode). All four packages have the potential to change your perspective on our world, just like The Intelligent Optimist does. Here are its contents:

2. Social Entrepreneurship

It's not politics that will change our society for the better, it's business. But for that to happen, businesses will need to become social. Read all about it in this package. 

The Social Entrepreneur's Handbook: How to Start, Build, and Run a Business That Improves the World, by Rupert Scofield. Find out more

Changing Business from the Inside Out: A Treehugger's Guide to Working in Corporations, by Timothy J. Mohin. Find out more

Big Business, Big Responsibilities: From Villains to Visionaries: How Companies are Tackling the World's Greatest Challenges, by Andy Wales, Matthew Gorman and Dunstan Hope. Find out more

Be the Solution: How Entrepreneurs and Conscious Capitalists Can Solve All the Worlds Problems, by Michael Strong and John Mackey. Find out more

PLUS! The Intelligent Optimist’s classic theme issues on silence and laughter,and the latest edition of the magazine. 

Item Special Note

To all bidders in The Intelligent Optimist Auction:

If you have the winning bid on one or more items, an automatically generated message from Bidding for Good in your email “in” box at auction’s end will serve as proof of your win. You'll hear from the staff at The Intelligent Optimist with instructions on how to redeem the item in the days to follow. 

If you bid on a tangible item, we’ll mail your item the week after the close of the auction on November 18. We will add $4.99 to your charge for shipping and handling for small items and $9.99 for larger items. You’ll be charged the actual shipping price on items of significant weight. We will mail these the least expensive way available from the United States Post Office (i.e., media mail for books and magazines), with delivery confirmation. If you’re concerned about shipping costs, please contact auction@theoptimist.com for a quote.

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Please email us at auction@theoptimist.com with any questions.

Thank you for participating in The Intelligent Optimist Auction and making a bid for a better world!