Dilemmas of Online Organizing: The Diversity & Structure Edition!

Cleverly-titled presentation
Deanna Zandt
Personal Democracy Forum, 6/29/09
http://deannazandt.com/

OMG this is TEH AWESUM
Here Comes Everybody!
What used to take a large organization doesn’t take hardly anything
Example of this:#AmazonFAIL

Remove all that silly structure stuff…
It’s suddenly all like high school
Unintentional – but highly impactful – marginalization of voices
Why does diversity even matter?

History repeating itself?
“Tyranny of Structurelessness”by Jo Freeman
Consciousness-raising
Social media = CR for the digital ages
Narratives are key for organizing

Three facets
Leadership
Trust
ACCOUNTABILITY

Trust
How do we build it?
How do timeframes change our perceptions?

Leadership
Managing on the Fly
A core group of key people
Balancing powering the edges with intentionality
Transparency in decision making
Allison Fine,http://www.allisonfine.com

Leadership
Facilitative Leadership
A plan of action, often updated daily
An understanding of core assumptions and beliefs by key people
Great listening skills and flexibility
Allison Fine, http://www.allisonfine.com

Accountability
How can we ensure that what needs to get called out, does?

questions?
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