NYC IPers -- Markle Foundation Invite: Clay Shirky and "Here Comes Everybody"

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Verhulst, Stefaan [SVerhulst () markle org]
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:50 AM
To: David Farber
Subject: FW: Markle Foundation Invite: Clay Shirky and "Here Comes Everybody"

Hi Dave -
Perhaps of interest to IP subscribers based in NYC - thanks
S

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From: zoe.baird-bounces+sverhulst=markle.org () markle org [mailto:zoe.baird-bounces+sverhulst=markle.org () markle 
org] On Behalf Of zoe.baird () markle org
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 11:38 AM
To: Verhulst, Stefaan
Subject: Markle Foundation Invite: Clay Shirky and "Here Comes Everybody"



We are pleased to invite you to a book presentation by

Clay Shirky

Here Comes Everybody
The Power of Organizing Without Organizations <http://www.herecomeseverybody.org/>

[http://www.markle.org/events/herecomeseverybody/images/cover.jpg]

Please join us for an innovative and informative look at how the virtual world is changing our real one.

The Internet has become an integral part of our personal and professional lives and has transformed the ways in which 
we connect and collaborate with one another.

Clay Shirky's<http://www.shirky.com/> book provides a lucid and penetrating analysis on how technological advances have 
empowered people to do things together, and how those tools can upend traditional organizational structures to meet 
people's needs. In an engaging style, Clay Shirky's Here Comes Everybody<http://www.herecomeseverybody.org/> 
illustrates how everyday people are taking advantage of new technologies, such as social networking and peer-to-peer 
applications, to share information, work together, and take public action in the "virtual" world to affect great social 
transformations in our real one.

Please join us in celebrating the publication of this exciting book.

When:   Thursday, April 10, 2008
Time:   5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Where:  The Markle Foundation
10 Rockefeller Plaza, 16th Floor
Between 48th & 49th Streets
New York, New York

5:00 PM Welcome and Introduction by Zoe Baird, President Markle Foundation
5:15 PM Discussion: "How do new forms of collaboration, enabled by technology, affect our society?" by Clay Shirky, 
Author
6:00 PM Q&A session, followed by Cocktails and Book Signing


To see a copy of the program, click here<http://www.markle.org/events/herecomeseverybody/program.pdf> (PDF, 457K).

Books will be available for purchase at the event.

Space is Limited - Please register by Thursday April 3rd at:
http://www.markle.org/events/herecomeseverybody/

What Others Are Saying about Here Comes Everybody:
"How do trends emerge and opinions form? The answer used to be something vague about word of mouth, but now it's a 
highly measurable science, and nobody understands it better than Clay Shirky. In this delightfully readable book, 
practically every page has an insight that will change the way you think about the era of social media. Highly 
recommended."
        –Chris Anderson, editor in chief of Wired magazine and author of The Long Tail


"Clear thinking and good writing about big changes."
        –Stewart Brand


"Clay Shirky may be the finest thinker we have on the internet revolution, but Here Comes Everybody is more than just a 
technology book; it's an absorbing guide to the future of society itself. Anyone interested in the vitality and 
influence of groups of human beings from knitting circles to political movements to multinational corporations needs to 
read this book."
        –Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good for You and Emergence



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