[FRIAM] Exley on organizing

[Carl Tollander]

This morning one of the discussions centered on community
organization, particularly with respect to education.  Several folks
expressed interest in this article.

An interesting take on the scale of organizing and leadership.
Some overtones of Smart Mobs.

http://zackexley.com/2006/09/organizers-guide-to-trusting-people.html

Referred by Britt Blaser:   http://www.blaserco.com/blogs/?p=26

All very exhortative...but things I needed to hear anyhow.  The point is,
I think, to stop nibbling at big problems with small proof-of-concept 
projects.

Fits nicely in with last Sunday's NYT mag article on Dean's 50-state 
strategy.

One might see a connection to problems in computer science education as 
well.

Carl