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“Why not allow patrons to comment on directors' decisions, vote on costume design, listen to dancers' conversations, volunteer to help out in ways beyond just writing a check? They can see themselves as co-producers, not just bystanders.”

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“The most successful social media experiments-whether spearheaded by one person, a group of individuals, a company, or an institution-invite you in, treat you as a friend, and make you feel at home. Look around, they say, and tell us how we can make things better; get to know us. Get involved and tell us what you think.”

Thinking Knows Feels Looks Persons Home Individual Social Company Successful Groups Media Involved Treats Institutions Social Media Experiments Invites Connecting Get Involved

Author:Melinda Blau

“If we don't support the people who support us, what are we going to do?”

People Ifs Support Connecting

Author:Chris Brogan

“We must take responsibility for educating ourselves. Being part of a 'smart mob' doesn't guarantee that you're a responsible participant or collaborator.”

Responsibility Smart Responsible Guarantees Taking Responsibility Connecting Participants Guarantees That Collaborators

Author:Howard Rheingold

“Surround yourself with a loving community.”

Community Surround Connecting Surround Yourself

Author:Susan Harrison

“By the late '90s, those who were paying attention perceived the Internet as a 20-foot tidal wave coming, and we are all in kayaks.”

Attention Feet Internet Late Wave Pay Attention Connecting Tidal Waves

Author:Andy Grove

“It's not that the (social media) tools themselves inspire trust and collaboration. We use them as a medium to connect, and thus generate trust and enthusiasm.”

Use Social Media Inspire Tools Social Media Mediums Enthusiasm Collaboration

Author:Nancy White

“Open, frank communication is the lynchpin to teamwork. A fractured team is like a fractured bone; fixing it is always painful and sometimes you have to re-break it to heal it fully - and the re-break always hurts more because it is intentional.”

Sometimes Hurt Break Team Communication Painful Bones Heal Teamwork Collaboration Frank Fixing

Author:Patrick Lencioni

“Economic activity is no longer an adversarial contest between embattled sellers and buyers "In the distributed economy, where collaboration trumps competition, inclusivity replaces exclusivity and transparency and openness to others becomes essential to the new way of conducting business, empathic sensibility has room to breathe and thrive. It is no longer so constrained by hierarchies, boundaries of exclusion, and a concept of human nature that places acquisitiveness, self-interest, and utility at the center of the human experience."”

“Hackman's paradox: Groups have natural advantages: they have more resources than individuals; greater diversity of resources; more flexibility in deploying the resources; many opportunities for collective learning; and, the potential for synergy. Yet studies show that their actual performance often is subpar relative to "nominal" groups (i.e. individuals given the same task but their results are pooled.) The two most common reasons: groups are assigned work that is better done by individuals or are structured in ways that cap their full potential.”

“Intelligence will become more and more collective; innovation and order will become more and more bottom-up.”

Order Innovation Bottom Collectives Collaboration

Author:Matt Ridley

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