Igniting Movements
How Critical Factors And Special Ops Empower World Changers
Igniting Movements provides a framework and methodology for doing just that and empowers people to change the world for the better.
About The Book
Igniting Movements draws upon historical movements and movement theory, interviews with the executive leadership of today’s most exciting global nonprofits, real world experience leading humanitarian operations, and a career as a decorated special operations officer in the United States military. “Hope, drive, and faith are not alone enough to spark a global movement. Visionary leadership, a shared cohesive ideology, effective organizational structure, and powerful strategic messaging—these are the “Four Pillars” around which effective movements are built and real positive change is made. In Igniting Movements author and decorated Special Ops officer Damon Friedman provides a model using these pillars for building effective movements and inspiring people to come together under a singular vision to make the world a better place.”
Movements need visionary leadership, a driving ideology, strong organizational structure, and effective strategic messaging that can bring like-minded people together to pursue a specific vision for a better world.
What’s inside
Table of Contents
C h a p t e r 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Finding Your Purpose
C h a p t e r 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1
On Pragmatism:
Why Hope, Drive, and
Faith Are Not Enough
C h a p t e r 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1
The Human Agent:
How Good Leaders
Attract Committed Followers
C h a p t e r 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 3
Pillar II: Ideology:
The Shared Convictions
That Unite a Movement
C h a p t e r 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 7
Pillar III: Organization:
Building Out the Internal
Structure of a Movement
C h a p t e r 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 1 7
Pillar IV: Strategy:
Contextual Messaging,
Outreach, and Partnerships
C h a p t e r 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 3 7
Igniting Your Movement,
Making Your Mark
Ab o u t S O F M i s s i o n s . . . . . . . . . . . .1 4 5
Chapters
Pages
People who want to change the world often form nonprofits without realizing that this is only a means to an end. Real change comes from movements, informal groups of people and organizations pursuing a common cause. Nonprofit organizations can further movements, but they are not themselves movements. Movements are made up of people working together under a shared sense of purpose. Movements need leaders, but leaders are not the movement, either. The job of leaders and founders is to inspire likeminded people to come together to create change. Movements need visionary leadership, a driving ideology, strong organizational structure, and effective strategic messaging that can bring like-minded people together to pursue a specific vision for a better world. Igniting Movements provides a framework and methodology for doing just that and empowers people to change the world for the better.
About the author.
Dr. Damon Friedman is the author of Igniting Movements which provides a model for building effective movements, inspiring people to come together under a singular vision to make the world a better place. The book draws upon research completed during Damon’s doctoral studies and real-world experience as a humanitarian and special ops leader.
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