Workshop Title:

Collaborative Social Change: Designing for Impact

Workshop Summary:
As Clay Shirky writes in "Here Comes Everybody", “We are living in the
middle of a remarkable increase in our ability
to share, to cooperate with one another, and
to take collective action. Most of the barriers
to group action have collapsed and without
those barriers we are free to explore new
ways of gathering together and getting things
done.”

This interactive learning laboratory will offer

an opportunity to explore practical ways to Humanity United co-sponsored the
organize people who want to solve event, and Linda Guinee of
problems, enact visions, and further social Interaction Institute for Social
Change facilitated. (Published on
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processes, while building networks that
have the broad-based and sustained impact called for by these challenging
and promising times.

Workshop Date and Time: Fri, Oct 8, 1:00pm-4:00pm, Session 2: Collective

Action Track 3: Increasing Collaborative Capacity

Presenter: Melinda Weekes brings a diverse set of skills to

her work at IISC from professional experiences in law,
community development, urban ministry and nonprofit
consulting. As a Senior Associate, she is engaged in
facilitation, training and process design consulting. In her
native New York City, Melinda practiced law before
moving to Boston to pursue additional graduate work and
ministerial training. Before joining the staff of IISC, her
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consulting clients included the Boston Capacity Tank, the Pine Street Inn,
the Social Innovation Forum, and the United Way of Massachusetts Bay.
Her areas of concentration at IISC include policy development, the arts,
faith based initiatives, and practical applications of design thinking for social
change. She has published scholarly works for Harvard University, the
Journal for Black Music Research and Oxford University Press. As a gospel
music theorist and ordained clergy, she is a sought after conference
speaker, panelist and preacher. Melinda holds a Bachelors of Arts degree
from Wesleyan University, a Juris Doctorate from New York University
School of Law, and a Masters of Divinity degree from Harvard Divinity
School.

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Melinda Weekes, J.D., M.Div.

Senior Associate
Interaction Institute for Social Change
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Cambridge, MA 02138
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The collaborative innovation networks COINs 2010 conference, Oct. 7–9, is

co-sponsored by I-Open and the COINs Collaborative, an initiative of the
Savannah College of Art and Design, Wayne State University College of
Engineering Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Collective
Intelligence. The collaborative builds open knowledge networks to advance
the emerging science of collaboration for research and industry competitive
advantage. Hosted by SCAD. For more information about the COINs 2010
conference, visit www.coins2010.com.