Joan Blades, Founder of MoveOn.org, describes the trajectory of MoveOn's three viral moments, and the resulting sub-projects that emerged along the way - MomsRising.org and LivingRoomConversations.org. Her talk includes lessons in movement building, such as staying persistent and listening in order to serve.
Bio
Joan Blades
Joan Blades is a co-founder of LivingRoomconversations.org, MomsRising.org and MoveOn.org. She recently co-authored The Custom-Fit Workplace: Choose When Where and How to Work and Boost Your Bottom Line, winner of a Nautilus book award. She also co-authored The Motherhood Manifesto, which won the Ernesta Drinker Ballard Book Prize. A mediator by training and inclination, she is also an entrepreneur and co-founder of Berkeley Systems-best known for the flying toaster screensaver and the game You Don't Know Jack. She is a nature lover, artist and true believer in the power of citizens and our need to rebuild respectful civil discourse while embracing our core shared values.
Joan Blades, founder of MomsRising and MoveOn.org, introduces Living Room Conversations, an open-source project to bring civility to conversations between opposing views.