"How Change Happens When People Come Together"

If you are wondering how you can use your online community, tools, and social media to affect change, you should probably pick up this book.

In Here Comes Everybody, Clay Shirky attempts to explain group behavior and their organization online. It is an easy read with highly entertaining and relevant examples of how, with the right tools, people can organize outside of the traditional hierarchy. Specifically, Shirky provides a foundation for understanding the types of group interactions and formation that take place as well as the type of activities and contributions different members make to these groups.

The book does a great job of outlining what is going on in society today as a result of people adopting these tools as an effective way to organize, communicate, and take collective action. It also provides examples of how teens have led activist movements to affect change.

Have you read anything lately that provides discussion about facilitating collective action? If you've read this or any thought other provoking books, make sure to let others know and comment below.