NYC Event: How network orgs are re-invigorating social change

If you attended our event in New York on May 2 here is the slideshare of my presentation. Thanks to the 100+ people who showed up, to Monifa from MomsRising and May from 350.org for great presentations, and to everyone for the riveting discussion afterwards on these exciting new models of organizations.

How Network Orgs and Free Agents Are Reinvigorate Social Change

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If you're in New York on May 2, check out an exciting event we’re co-producing, "How Network Orgs and Free Agents are Re-invigorating Social Change Movements". In it we share some of our latest thinking on the topic, and then we'll hear real world, really awesome stories from May Boeve, the Executive Director and co-founder of global climate campaigners 350.org, and Monifa Bandele, a senior campaigner at the 1M (engaged) member strong MomsRising.org. It’s a free community building event (with free drinks!) thanks to some of our awesome partners.

This event was successfully test-marketed in Vancouver, and we plan to do it in DC and San Francisco later this year. If you're interested in attending, speaking, or being a partner, or in us coming to your city, leave a comment below or email me and we'll get you on the list.

NYC Event: How Network Orgs and Free Agents are Re-invigorating Social Change Movements

There has been a sea change recently creating new models for how social change organizations structure themselves to accomplish a social good. Network organizations, typically those “born after the Internet”, are smaller, nimble, less hierarchical, highly collaborative and deeply social by nature. Their leadership, culture, structure, programs, and outcomes are often quite different from those of traditionally structured NGO’s. As these structures are more aligned with the fundamental organizing principles of the web, done right this enables them to punch far above their weight online. In this session we will discuss:

the differences between network orgs and more traditional NGO’s
why network orgs are an adaptation to the unique challenges and opportunities of our times
why traditional NGO’s struggle with managing digital innovation
why network orgs create better online campaigns – including many examples!
some fundamental principles of network centric campaigns

We’ll then hear first hand stories from recent campaigns at two very successful network orgs, 350.org and MomsRising.

RSVP by clicking here.

Jason Mogus is the principal strategist of Communicopia, a Vancouver, Canada based firm that has been leading transformative digital projects for social change institutions for 19 years. Jason has worked with network orgs like the TckTckTck climate coalition, Nothing But Nets campaign, and Web of Change (which he founded), as well as for many large global NGO’s, governments, and sustainable businesses.

May Boeve is Executive Director and co-founder of 350.org, an international campaign dedicated to fighting the climate crisis. May is the co-author of Fight Global Warming Now, and lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Monifa Bandele is a Campaign Director for MomsRising, an on-the-ground and online organization with more than 1 million members, more than 550 contributing bloggers, and more than a hundred aligned national organizations working together to increase family economic security, to end discrimination against women and mothers, and to help ensure all children can thrive. In both 2010 and 2011, Forbes.com named MomsRising’s website one of the “Top 100 Websites For Women.”