Engage Network http://engagenet.org Change On A Human Scale Tue, 15 May 2012 23:56:38 +0000 en hourly 1 Purpose Driven Transitions http://engagenet.org/ideas/purpose-driven-transitions http://engagenet.org/ideas/purpose-driven-transitions#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 23:56:38 +0000 engage http://engagenet.org/?p=39523 The Engage Network has been, since before its inception, a purpose-driven endeavor.  It was built on the individual and collective purposes of many smart, soulful, visionary, successful, strategic, heartfelt, and intentional people.  We take purpose seriously here– both the purpose…

]]> http://engagenet.org/ideas/purpose-driven-transitions/feed 0 5 Ways to Ruin a Small Group Network http://engagenet.org/ideas/5-ways-to-ruin-a-small-group-network http://engagenet.org/ideas/5-ways-to-ruin-a-small-group-network#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 00:01:51 +0000 engage http://engagenet.org/?p=39207 The Engage Network is often referred to as  “the small group people” because we have a particular passion for the connection and opportunity that can only be cultivated in small groups.  Small groups are distributive structures through which  an…

]]> http://engagenet.org/ideas/5-ways-to-ruin-a-small-group-network/feed 0 Margaret Wheatley on Emergence http://engagenet.org/ideas/rt/margaret-wheatley-on-emergence http://engagenet.org/ideas/rt/margaret-wheatley-on-emergence#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:51:08 +0000 engage http://engagenet.org/?p=36505 Read Margaret Wheatley’s profound post on the lifecycle of Emergence: the development of networks into intentional communities of practice and finally into powerful systems capable of global influence.

]]> http://engagenet.org/ideas/rt/margaret-wheatley-on-emergence/feed 0 PODCAST: Navina Khanna on Food and Justice http://engagenet.org/ideas/rt/podcast-navina-khanna-on-food-and-justice http://engagenet.org/ideas/rt/podcast-navina-khanna-on-food-and-justice#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:30:27 +0000 engage http://engagenet.org/?p=36496 Community of Practice 2011 member Navina Khanna interviewed about how spending her formative years in India impacted her approach to food justice.

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]]> http://engagenet.org/ideas/rt/podcast-navina-khanna-on-food-and-justice/feed 0 Why 2011 Was Such a Powerful Year for Organizing http://engagenet.org/ideas/why-2011-was-such-a-hot-year-for-organizing http://engagenet.org/ideas/why-2011-was-such-a-hot-year-for-organizing#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:44:00 +0000 engage http://engagenet.org/?p=35182 Greenpeace’s Digital Mobilisation Lab brings together the best writings about online and offline organizing from 2011, the year that brought us Occupy, Arab Spring and Keystone XL.

]]> http://engagenet.org/ideas/why-2011-was-such-a-hot-year-for-organizing/feed 0 A More ENGAGED Volunteer Base http://engagenet.org/news-blog/a-more-engaged-volunteer-base http://engagenet.org/news-blog/a-more-engaged-volunteer-base#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:31:39 +0000 engage http://engagenet.org/?p=34903 The Engage Network has partnered with Greenpeace’s Digital Mobilisation Lab to develop strategy for how to more deeply and powerfully engage Greenpeace’s 10 million volunteers around the globe. Watch this series of shorts and see how illuminating bright spots from…

]]> http://engagenet.org/news-blog/a-more-engaged-volunteer-base/feed 0 Bringing the Human Touch to Organizing http://engagenet.org/news-blog/bringing-the-human-touch-to-organizing http://engagenet.org/news-blog/bringing-the-human-touch-to-organizing#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:34:31 +0000 engage http://engagenet.org/?p=34051 Read how large networks of tightly knit groups are “rebuilding the fabric of our broken communities by standing together.”  In his insightful commentary about the panel discussion on The Future of Networked Democracy, blogger Tom Watson identified the thread of…

]]> http://engagenet.org/news-blog/bringing-the-human-touch-to-organizing/feed 0 VIDEO: From the Tea Party to Occupy Wall Street and Beyond: The Future of Networked Democracy http://engagenet.org/news-blog/video-from-the-tea-party-to-occupy-wall-street-and-beyond-the-future-of-networked-democracy http://engagenet.org/news-blog/video-from-the-tea-party-to-occupy-wall-street-and-beyond-the-future-of-networked-democracy#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:44:06 +0000 engage http://engagenet.org/?p=33922 A diverse and engaging panel gathered to address The Future of Networked Democracy. Occupiers and Tea Party Patriots agree: trust and deep relationship is key to building robust movements with any agenda.

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Across the world, millions are entering the public arena and forming powerful new networks for change. The result is a rising wave of challenges to the political…

]]> http://engagenet.org/featured-content/watch-the-archive/feed 0 Food justice—for Navina Khanna, it’s what’s for dinner http://engagenet.org/ideas/food-justice%e2%80%94for-navina-khanna-it%e2%80%99s-what%e2%80%99s-for-dinner http://engagenet.org/ideas/food-justice%e2%80%94for-navina-khanna-it%e2%80%99s-what%e2%80%99s-for-dinner#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:23:15 +0000 engage http://engagenet.org/?p=25580 Grist is highlighting local changemakers in its series The Change Gang – profiles of those who are leading grassroots efforts toward a more sustainable society and healthier planet. First to be profiled is a member of Engage and…

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