When thinking about social change movements, networks teach us that it all comes down to the human connection. People Power Movement as Network networks nonprofits Occupy social change social movements Tea Party MORE >>

Part 2 of 5: This post builds on  my summary of a recent report from the FCC entitled “The Information Needs of Communities: The Changing Media Landscape in a Broadband Age.&# For it was in that year that  newspaper revenues peaked at $48.6 billion. But technology was not the only culprit: greed also had much to do with it. MORE >>

That’s changing now as companies like Salesforce simplify and reduce the cost of capturing what we do in software. It doesn’t matter who you are – software is going to take over more and more of what you do. Every once in a while, someone writes something that gives voice to an idea you’ve struggled to articulate. MORE >>

Reality changes all the time. In fact, when you really think about it:  change is reality. Those of us working to embed collaborative practices into organizations and networks of people need to embrace this understanding of change in all we do. We are agents of change – and we now need to embrace change as an agent. Rather MORE >>

Bigger Frame for Social Change. America’s “professional” social change community is not driving the Occupy Movement. The Occupy Movement means different things to different people. It’s far too early to know exactly what these protests will or won’t turn into; they are simply too new to predict. MORE >>