technology and community: strategic options for movement building
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This keynote was delivered at the MyCharityConnects Conference as part of Net Change 2011, on June 6, 2011, by Amy Sample Ward. For more information, visit http://amysampleward.orgTRANSCRIPT
TECHNOLOGY & COMMUNITY: STRATEGIC OPTIONS FOR BUILDING MOVEMENTS
UNTITLED by Deanna Zandt
QUESTIONS
What is a movement? What’s the role of organizations in
movement building? What does it look like? What’s holding us back? How do we get started?
WHAT IS A MOVEMENT?
A MOVEMENT IS NOT
CoalitionsEngagementCampaignsBrandsIndividuals
A MOVEMENT IS
CollaborationCo-design
Real impactGoals
Communities
CoalitionsEngagementCampaignsBrandsIndividuals
A MOVEMENT IS
WithFor
WHAT’S OUR ROLE?
WHAT’S OUR ROLE?
What’s the opportunity?
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE?
I believe that the decision to combine the BlueGreen Alliance and the Apollo Alliance is one of many important steps that all of us need to take to forge a stronger movement to demand the transition to a clean energy economy.
But building a movement that can lead to a new direction in Washington, D.C. will not come easily, nor can it rely on sticking to old orthodoxies. We simply must be willing to build new partnerships and take risks on new organizational structures. The BGA-Apollo merger is done in that spirit. – David Foster
WHAT’S HOLDING US BACK?
WHAT’S HOLDING US BACK?
Click here for slacktivism.
WHAT’S HOLDING US BACK?
Followers vs actions.
WHAT’S HOLDING US BACK?
But we have 1,000,000,000 Facebook friends!
WHAT’S HOLDING US BACK?
We are all unique and beautiful snowflakes. Sure.
WHAT’S HOLDING US BACK?
There’s nothing to fear, but fear itself. Sort of.
WHAT DO WE NEED?
WHAT DO WE NEED?
Physics for poets.
WHAT DO WE NEED?
A tradesman’s tools.
WHAT DO WE NEED?
A full cast.
WHAT DO WE NEED?
And then it came to pass…
START TODAY.
START TODAY
Ask for help Listen for common goals Trust more Share everything Try following Ask for help
CHANGE
Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody wants to change.
-Leo Tolstoy
QUESTIONS?
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