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Collective action, impact, intelligence & stupidity

February 4, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 572 Views Arab Spring, brainstorming, cognitive science, collective action, collective impact, complexity, decision making, design, Egypt, Ethan Zuckerman, evaluation, Hossein Darakhshan, Ken Blanchard, MIT Media Lab, Occupy movement, politics, psychology, social innovation, social laboratories, social media, Wael Ghonim, Winston Churchill

Collective impact is based largely on the concept that we can do more together than apart, which holds true under

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Systems thinking and collective impact

January 21, 2016 Cameron D. Norman 1344 Views collective action, collective impact, new year's resolutions, social innovation, Stanford Social Innovation Review, systems change, systems thinking

When we seek change the temptation is looking for ‘the key’ component of a problem or situation that, if changed,

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Social Media / Social Activism

October 12, 2010October 12, 2010 Cameron D. Norman 544 Views activism, collective action, Facebook, Malcolm Gladwell, public engagement, social innovation, social media, Twitter

If we continue to view social media as working/not working, good/bad, real/fake we start to miss the point that these tools and technologies are doing something and are supporting real people, some of whom are doing a lot; to dismiss that is to risk squashing the spirit and potential that we all have to advocate and participate in change.