technology and community: strategic options for movement building

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?

Flickr: lagthenoggin

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

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CHANGE

Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody wants to change.

-Leo Tolstoy

QUESTIONS?

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