A grouping of minds that benefits all

Sometimes it is a little easier to explain something if you offer people a fresh perspective on things from a person outside of the network. The video clip above features an interview with Clay Shirky who has written a book about how people can use many of the tools featured here on the network to benefit themselves, and the larger network. I have also followed the work of David Wilcox, whose article Clay Shirky: nonprofits must become new-style convenors - or lose their members features the video as well as an idea of how groups and membership organisations can now work. David writes: "The positive aspect is that smart organisations can realise what’s happening, and revise the offer that they make to members and supporters to add more value than DIY networking can offer. "The old model, as explained by Clay is that organisations would offer a one-way relationship: sending out a newsletter, for example. Then they might offer a return channel - give us feedback. "However, these days members and supporters are able to communicate laterally with each other." When I met David a few weeks ago over a beer in London I showed him the Landscape Juice Network and he was very interested to see how it was working to help people. Hope the video and article sparks some thoughts and opinions, and maybe explains a little what the network can achieve with transparency at its heart.