Leading social change with a network mindset
The revolution in communications technology — from social networking tools to conference call systems, blogs and wikis — is changing the way we work. A recent paper from the Monitor Institute, Working Wikily 2.0: Social Change with a Network Mindset, examines how grantmakers and nonprofits can advance social change by embracing principles such as openness, transparency, decentralized decision-making and distributed action. The authors explore when to ‘work wikily,’ what types of networks to use and eight lessons to help you start networking in order to achieve your goals. (The first lesson? “Design your experiments around a problem to solve, not the tools.”) The article concludes with a useful list of blogs, articles and books focused on networking.
(PDF) http://www.monitorinstitute.com/documents/WorkingWikily2.0hires.pdf
Phoebe Owens