Engagement organising: The technology and culture of building power

Matt Price & Jon Stahl write: “We are in the midst of a historic shift from one era of social change advocacy to another.  A world of expert-driven, direct mail oriented organizations is giving way to nimble, data-driven, learning organizations that place relationship building and mobilization of supporters at the heart of their work.  There is a model emerging here, and in this paper, we attempt to describe and document it through the stories of five midsized organizations.