Although these two panels — "Leveraging the Power of Participatory Media" and "The Future of Online Outreach" — were held separately at the 2007 Nonprofit Technology Conference, I thought that they related so well that I'd present them together.
What is network-centric advocacy? In the words of Marty Kearns (PDF), it's "a hybrid of the individual determination and participation typical of direct and grassroots models with the efficiencies and strengths of the organizational model." It leverages the power of networks to achieve things a single person — and even a single organization — couldn't do in a traditional hierarchical strategy.
Although these two panels — "Leveraging the Power of Participatory Media" and "The Future of Online Outreach" — were held separately at the 2007 Nonprofit Technology Conference, I thought that they related so well that I'd present them together.