The document invites attendees to a book launch on April 26, 2011, featuring discussions on global action networks by author Steve Waddell. It emphasizes the inadequacy of traditional methods to tackle global challenges and presents multi-stakeholder networks as viable alternatives for global governance. The event will include networking, presentations, and discussions with key figures from the Interaction Institute for Social Change and the Society for Organizational Learning.

1.
Join
us
for
the
book
launch
and
discussion
about
innovative
multi-­‐stakeholder
network
strategies
to
address
global
issues:
Global
Action
Networks:
Creating
our
future
together
by
Steve
Waddell
Plus:
Take
the
opportunity
for
mingling
between
the
Interaction
Institute
for
Social
Change
and
Society
for
Organizational
Learning
Date:
Tuesday,
26
April
2011,
5:30
–
Networking
6:00
–
Presentation
6:30
–
Discussion
Place:
Interaction
Institute
for
Social
Change,
70
Fargo
Street,
Suite
908,
Boston,
MA
02210
(Seaport)
Phone
617.535.7100
If
you
like
to
attend,
please
RSVP
to
csavage@interaction.org
Traditional
approaches
to
address
big
global
challenges
such
as
climate
change,
inequality,
war,
disease,
and
environmental
degradation
are
proving
inadequate.
Over
the
last
20
years,
a
new
strategy
involving
multi-­‐stakeholder
global
change
networks
is
providing
a
robust
alternative.
These
Global
Action
Networks
(GANs)
are
a
new
type
of
organization
–
as
different
from
non-­‐profits,
governments
and
businesses
as
those
are
from
each
other.
These
GANs
hold
the
potential
to
become
a
form
of
major
global
governance
in
the
21st
century.
Examples
include
the
UN
Global
Compact,
Transparency
International,
The
Climate
Group,
Social
Accountability
International,
the
Principles
for
Responsible
Investment
(PRI)
and
the
Global
Reporting
Initiative.
These
networks
are
the
focus
of
a
new
book
titled
Global
Action
Networks:
Creating
our
future
together.
We
invite
you
to
join
author
Steve
Waddell,
IISC
Executive
Director
Marianne
Hughes
and
Sherry
Immediato
of
the
Society
for
Organization
Learning.

2.
Some comments about the book:
"All the great challenges of our time, from climate change to poverty, require private actors to be part of the solution.
The search is on to build and nurture effective collaborations so that individual actions become transformative
movements within and across countries and regions. Steve Waddell is showing us what works and what doesn't in the
rapidly evolving world of Global Action Networks. This book is not only a superb analysis of the current state of
affairs. It also shows pathways for a better future."-- Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact Office.
"The concept of Global Action Networks is important for understanding a new, fascinating reality for different actors of
governance addressing critical issues in the world. With this book Steve is making a valuable contribution to advancing
both the concept and the practice of strengthening governance at every level."-- Peter Eigen, Founder - Transparency
International (TI) and Chairman - Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)
We
are
a
nonprofit
organization
that
harnesses
the
power
of
collaboration
within
the
social
sector
to
create
a
just
and
sustainable
world.
IISC
provides
consulting,
facilitation,
network
building,
leadership
development,
and
training
services
so
that
our
clients
can
innovate,
think
strategically
and
take
vision
to
action.
We
build
the
capacity
of
all
with
whom
we
work
by
modeling
the
behaviors
and
transferring
the
skills
and
tools
of
collaboration.
One
way
we
demonstrate
our
commitment
to
social
justice
is
by
building
the
leadership
and
collaborative
capacity
of
grassroots
leaders
to
engage,
speak
out,
and
participate
fully
in
determining
the
policies
and
decisions
that
affect
their
lives
and
their
communities.
SoL,
the
Society
for
Organizational
Learning,
is
an
intentional
learning
community
composed
of
organizations,
individuals,
and
local
SoL
communities
around
the
world.
A
not-­‐for-­‐profit,
member-­‐
governed
corporation,
SoL
is
devoted
to
the
interdependent
development
of
people
and
their
institutions
in
service
of
inspired
performance
and
meaningful
results.
SoL
serves
as
a
space
in
which
individuals
and
institutions
can
create
together
that
which
they
cannot
create
alone.
SoL
was
formed
in
April
of
1997
to
continue
the
work
of
MIT's
Center
for
Organizational
Learning
(1991-­‐1997).
Peter
Senge,
author
of
the
The
Fifth
Discipline:
the
Art
and
Practice
of
the
Learning
Organization
is
the
founding
Chairman
of
SoL.
Learn
more.
Our
purpose
is
to
discover
(research),
integrate
(capacity
development)
and
implement
(practice)
theories
and
practices
of
organizational
learning
for
the
interdependent
development
of
people
and
their
institutions
and
communities
such
that
we
continue
to
increase
our
capacity
to
collectively
realize
our
highest
aspirations
and
productively
resolve
our
differences.
With
this
intention,
organizations
are
truly
worthy
of
the
commitment
of
their
employees
and
communities.

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