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The Nonprofit Book We’ve Been Waiting Four Years To Read Is Finally Here: New Power

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The book is a guide about how to navigate and thrive in a connected world that has been increasingly been influenced and increasingly defined by two different forces, old and new power. It is open, participatory, and peer-driven. It is a sector must read. It is closed, inaccessible, and leader-driven. It downloads and it captures.

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The Engaged Leader: A Strategy for Digital Transformation

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The book offers best practices, examples, and frameworks for leaders who want to nurture and develop a deeper connection with their stakeholders. For example, “Use people as filters.” The chapter includes some great reflection questions: What stories can you share to advance your top goals?

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Connected Citizens Report: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks

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The report analyzes many examples of networks and provides tools and tips for Network-Centric Grantmaking. Diana Scearce, who I’ve had the pleasure of working with on the Network of Networked Funders project, is the report author. And, how can funders leverage them for good? Seeds of the Future: Connected Citizens Today.

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The Participatory Museum Process Part 2: Participants' Experiences

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This is the second in a four-part series about writing The Participatory Museum. Several hundred people contributed their opinions, stories, suggestions, and edits to The Participatory Museum as it was written. So, some of that is about power, about the idea that I might be able to influence something, as well as just being heard."

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The Participatory Museum Process Part 1: Overview and Statistics

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This is the first of a four-part series on the behind-the-scenes experience of writing The Participatory Museum. Overview: Stages of Development and Participation Types The Participatory Museum was written over a 15 month period that began in December of 2008. Next week, part 2 will focus on participants' experiences.

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Groundswell Book Club Part 1: Listening

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This week, we're covering the first objective in Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff's book Groundswell : listening (chapter 5). Here's an example: if the Exploratorium wants to appeal to adult-only visitors, it needs to find ways to address the perception that it is overrun with kids. What does it mean to listen to the groundswell?

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Social Media for Good and Evil, Strong and Weak Ties, Online/Offline,and Orgs and Networks

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There have also been some good critiques of the article that I’d like to highlight here: Article Isn’t Well Researched: There Are Good Examples Out There of Folks Using Social Media for Activism. The examples are there, too. I posted a link on FB page and it prompted quite a discussion from nonprofit folks.

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