Power Principles:

• Power is easier to get and harder to use or keep than it used to be
• Power has shifted from the top of hierarchies to the center of networks
• Digital communication has changed these power relationships
• Hierarchies are often too slow to fulfill their intended functions
• Small groups, loosely connected and united by a common purpose, can create large, short-term effects called “network cascades”

Change movements:

• Not all movements are successful
• A lot of noise is not synonymous with lasting change
• Effective movements have identifiable characteristics
  • Usually have pre-developed strategies, planning & discipline
  • Are clear about intended achievements
  • Engage a large portion of the population
  • Establish wide and deep linkages among networks
  • Train activists to avoid violence and to defend both sympathizers and detractors
  • Identify key potential supporters and win mainstream allies
  • Undermine foes
• Movements often take years or decades before a cascade is triggered by a critical density of connections between participating groups
• Non-obvious and adverse events are used to highlight common values and recruit participants or sympathizers
• Connection wins, isolation loses

Planning:

• Design clear purpose
• State Values
• Enlist popular support

More coming from Liza Loop …

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