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Deanna Zandt is a media technologist and consultant to key progressive media organizations including AlterNet and Jim Hightower's Hightower Lowdown, and hosts TechGrrl Tips on GRITtv with Laura Flanders. She specializes in social media, and is an expert in women and technology. Zandt works with groups to create and implement effective web strategies toward organizational goals of civic engagement and empowerment, and uses her background in linguistics, advertising, telecommunications and finance to complement her technical expertise. She has spoken at a number of conferences, including the National Conference on Media Reform, Bioneers, America's Future Now (formerly "Take Back America,") Women Action & The Media, and provides beginner and advanced workshops both online and in person. In January 2009, Deanna was chosen as a fellow for the Progressive Women's Voices program at the Women's Media Center. She also serves as a technology advisor to a number of organizations, including Feministing, The Girls & Boys Projects and Women Action & The Media.
Preface | p. ix |
The Power of Sharing | p. 1 |
Welcome to the Future, or, The Birth of Sharing | p. 2 |
Sharing for the Rest of Us | p. 4 |
How the Magic Happens | p. 6 |
Freedom of Information Act(ion) | p. 9 |
How Connectors Feed the Magic of Sharing | p. 12 |
Onward, Young Sharer | p. 14 |
Are We There Yet? | p. 15 |
Why the Aggregation of Influence Is a Bad Thing | p. 16 |
A Brief State of the Internet Union | p. 17 |
The Dangers of Replicating Bias and Exclusion Online | p. 21 |
Won't Mobile Fix Everything? | p. 26 |
Change, Not Band-Aids | p. 28 |
We Are What You Share | p. 29 |
Trading in Karma | p. 29 |
On the Internet, Everybody Knows You're a Dog | p. 35 |
Your Life Makes History | p. 39 |
Diving In | p. 43 |
How Sharing Inspires Social Change | p. 46 |
Authenticity, the Great Equalizer | p. 50 |
Know Your Network, Know Yourself | p. 51 |
Trust Everyone | p. 55 |
The Anatomy of Organic Authority | p. 56 |
Institutional Authority on the Hot Seat | p. 57 |
Size Doesn't Matter-Relationships Do | p. 59 |
Avoiding the Newest Numbers Trap | p. 62 |
An Abundance of Attention | p. 65 |
Information Wildfires | p. 68 |
I'm Not Dead Yet: Stopping Info Misflow | p. 69 |
When Twittering Goes Awry | p. 71 |
Lessons of Iran's Aftermath | p. 73 |
Your Networks Save the Day | p. 75 |
Your Network's Role in Building and Managing Your Authority-Sanely | p. 78 |
Playing by New Rules | p. 80 |
Sharing Is Daring | p. 81 |
Free-For-All Organizing, and the Secret Tyrants We All Axe | p. 81 |
How to Be a Useful Agent of Change | p. 87 |
Lions and Tigers and Bears! Oh, My(Space)! The Fears People Have | p. 89 |
The Monsters Under the Bed | p. 91 |
The Benefits Far Outweigh the Hard Parts | p. 100 |
Conclusion: What the Future Holds | p. 103 |
Resources | |
Yeah, But... | p. 107 |
Tips for Individuals | p. 115 |
Tactics for Organizations | p. 127 |
Crowdfunding Share This! | p. 143 |
Notes & Treats | p. 149 |
Acknowledgments | p. 163 |
Index | p. 167 |
About the Author | p. 173 |
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