This episode was originally published on April 5, 2018 as part of Blackbaud’s previous Raise & Engage Podcast.
In recent years we’ve seen the power of movements. Movements can create trends, bring people together in support of a common cause, and drive meaningful and significant change. But how do they happen? What gets a movement started, and then what causes it to grow and accelerate?
Today’s guest, Henry Timms, talks with host Steve MacLaughlin about these questions and more. As a co-founder of #GivingTuesday during his time as president and CEO of the 92nd Street Y and co-author with Jeremy Heimans of New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World–and How to Make It Work for You, Henry is more than familiar with the powers that drive movements. Listen to the episode to hear what Henry has to say about new power and how it is shaping and affecting modern movements for social good.
Topics Discussed in This Episode:
- The differences between old power and new power
- How movements like #GivingTuesday, the Ice Bucket Challenge, and #MeToo represent a fundamental change in the way that power is harnessed and used
- The importance of mobilization
- How new power is giving more people more agency to get involved in causes and make change
- Why people are more loyal to causes than to specific organizations and how that’s disrupting old models of power
- What Henry thinks movements will look like and how they’ll change over the next decade
- Which old power values are still important
- What can be learned from established movement-builders
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Henry Timms
New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World–and How to Make It Work for You
Article: New Power & Social Good: Thoughts from Jeremy Heimans
“When you start to look at the world, you start to see these themes emerging, which is that the people who are coming out on top are the people who understand mobilization.”
“We’ve all realized now that the assumptions of the 20th century – that if truth was on your side you’d come out on top – we know that’s no longer true.”
“The key to a movement is that it’s only a movement if it moves without you.”
