start a movement

What Question to ask?

How to Start a Movement?

From a Few to a Swarm


If You Ain't in it, It Won't Work!



Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.Margaret Mead


How do Movements Happen?

Keys of Swarming

We are part of the system. Therefore the more healthy the whole is, the better for each of us as well.Each time a question or need arises, that the swarm recognises as important, the swarm will find a way to take care of it.

What is Swarm Leadership?

(consciously) playing a contributing role within the Swarm.

Swarm leadership is both a personal attitude of responsibility and a leadership role within a movement, tribe or network that you happen to have.

Watch Movements Happen

Idea Leader, Initiator, Free Spirit,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPeeZ6viNgY&feature=relatedFirst Follower(s), Look Here Pointers,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G-cBND9cN4&feature=related

Connector, Makes things happening between the people. Facilitator, Mediator.

Social media like twitter, facebook, process facilitators, coffee lady

Giver of Meaning, Reporter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW8amMCVAJQ

What Makes Swarms Swarm?

Self organisation. Open communication between all members and decentralised control, distributed problem-solving and multiple interactions.Indirect Cooperation. Adaptive mimickingDiversity of knowledge. wisdom of crowds, including weak signals Swarms have no interest in which opinion is right or wins, the swarm wants to flourish. A Clear Collective Purpose or Longing. We need to feel direction.

(1st 3 after Peter Miller The Smart Swarm)



You can control your actions, but you can't control the outcome.



Attract and Include others with a purposeful difference.


What Attracts People to Join?

Shared Purpose

As leaders we should perhaps not be so much focussed on outcomes and results, but on what wants to be heard.

Serve a Higher Purpose

We, the masses, will only contribute if it makes sense and has meaning for us. And of course, if its fun and easy to do so.

How do you create the change?

To make change you need emotions. Strong emotions. Love and hate can create the change.You know, love and hate are not opposites. The opposite of love is not hate but indifference.It isIndifference which allows people to trash the forests. It is indifference what allows us to destroy ourplanet. Those people who do that dont hate the planet. They just... dont care. Hate creates fear. Fear kills compassion. Having no compassion makes you indifferent.

Luckily, love can extinguish indifference. It makes sense to stick with love if you want to create thechange.Once you have peace inside you it is much easier to know right from wrong.

Rainer Nlvak,the initiator of Let's do it! in Estonia

http://www.letsdoitworld.org/

Helping the Swarm Swarm

Do not work from control, but from facilitating the energy. Dare to play different roles. Be idea carrier and see if you are followed. Make your message as attractive, easy and as fun as possible to follow.If you dont have an idea, than follow and support what needs help. Create a community out of your environment, where people regard each others as members of the same movement, with the same purpose.

Intelligent Ant Design

Everyone is told very clear, what needs to go where. What is most important now and what is less so.

Everyone is asked to act like a smart ant. If you see a job, its yours. Fill up the neglects of all others.

Help everyone who cant do something alone first.

Accept and ask help when needed on an equal level. There is no ownership of any job, unless specified by us. But do know that some people may have more experience than you in certain things. Trust those.

You are ready when we all are ready.

Then have smart roles at key points.

Swarm Leaders

Leaders of Movements


How can You Boost a Movement?

What gives life to groups and tribes?

1. A mix of people that love and acknowledge each other.2. Share purpose/vision and access to active participation in getting there.3. Members feel at the same time builder of it all and of service to it all.

Facilitate destiny

By facilitating space for others to participate, cocreation and cohesion become present.

Building an Action Network

Cocreation & NetworksHow do we play it together into existence?

Practical FoundationsWhat do we have to do to make it work?

How does it work?

Knowledge & Insight

What do we want to happen?Creative Tribe Design

Compare with the 4 questions: Why do we take action? What do we want? What assets are needed? What behaviour is needed?

Simple and Clear

(who is the idea owner? What is the goal?)

Stimulate and inspire research and action

(what would be the simplest way to make a difference?)

Are essential and deepening.

(why would we give our lives for this?)

Question arrived paradigms.

(how can the weak/children save us?)

Open new doors and possibilities

(whats beyond democracy?)

Are positive and empowering

(how can our company become world famous?)

Activating and Directing Questions are:

The secret to positive mobilisation.

How to make it work in seven great questions

How to discover the right people?

How to generate great ideas?

How to create easy and attractive access?

How to unlock possibility by making fun of it?

How to host or facilitate rather than lead?

How are you making a difference?

How can we help you do that?

Daan van Geijlswijk and Floris Koot Tribing workshop in one slide:

Get your Tribe Alive: Activating networks

Lessons learned at Wonder, Novib and Sos Kinderdorpen en currently at Knowmads.Key words: Inspire. What is the essential purpose I sign in on?

Connect. How do we connect and involve people and ideas with other people and ideas?

Activate. How do we facilitate action?

Cultivate. How do we deal with each other? (community of practice) (Inclusion)

What else needs to be included?Tools, internet, new media, meetings, brainstorm techniques.Background philosophy and theory.What means do we have to start up and support projects and contacts?

Connectivity & Synergy

Your capability to build up relationships. Your capability to adjust/sense to what is needed here and now. To offer people a clear purpose.

Integrity & Freedom

The measure to which you walk your talk and you can be relied upon. The measure to which your passion, profession and purpose are aligned. The measure to which you dare to act to your own insights.

Informal Leadershipyour principles

Lessons from Improv Theater
your attitude

Say Yes! Have an open attitude: forward, participate and contribute with and to what is already there. Ants get more results when they carry a dead beetle together, than when each of them would like to bring in their own prize.Dare to Take a Risk. In a mass contribute what feels true. Be less inclined to bend to peer pressure. Dare to say or do what feels true, even if you dont know how it will be received. Profile yourself on the net.Let Others Shine. Is about integrity in use of sources, supporting idea carriers, not needing to be original or be the leader. They say if everyone works for himself on stage, you have but one supporter. If everyone works for the others, everyone else is out to let you shine.

Get the Community going
your actions I

STORYTELLING Tell stories that show the community what works and how it works. Tell stories where you want to go with it. Be honest. If you got something from the community show that it worked or how it helped you. SHAREAsk what you need. Offer what you can. Build relationships for their own sake, not to get anywhere. You make the biggest difference if you contribute your personal gifts and talents. Expect nothing in return. CONNECT Good relationships are more important than being in control. INVOLVEGet everyone to share in the action, results and celebrations.

Lessons from Dutch Agents
your actions II

Ask many people for a little.

Use Social Media, Apps, anything that helps to improve everyone to communicate easily.

Invite and invest in Sustainable People. Work where possible with Social Surplus.

Make it interesting and great to contribute. Yes, I was part of and helped it grow!

Use smart facilitation tools to develop the core with a bigger group of people.

Frame principles for the community. Use checkable sentences.

Embrace Diversity.

It is important that every individual in the crowd is also an independent free thinking soul that takes responsibility for his or her own actions.

Its okay if things fail or get messy. We are finding things out. Together.

Allow for the right of initiative.

Make sure the Essentials are taken care of.




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The Answer to How is YesPeter Block

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