Swarmishly translating evangelistic materials

Andre Yee recently brought his ministry, Gospel Translations, to my attention. This is a great case study of a swarm having a Kingdom impact. He writes:
“Let me introduce myself – my name is Andre Yee, I am founder of an initiative called Gospel Translations.   Two years ago, we launched GT with the goal of making [...]

How the Taliban use Luke 10 to control villages in Afghanistan

In “On War #325: How the Taliban Take a Village,” William S. Lind and Mark Sexton explore the current methods used by the Taliban to gain control of an area in Afghanistan. The analysis is interesting because it reflects a successful pattern similar to church-planting movement theory revolving around Luke 10 and the “person of [...]

New to swarming? Start here: Why write about swarms; or, an introduction to the need for swarming

Yes, I am passionate about the idea of “swarming.” How is this different from “networking” or “partnerships” or YWAM? Why do I consistently and insistently write about it? Why do I persist in calling it “swarming” instead of calling it “networking”? Here’s the short tour for people new to swarming.
In the July 2006 issue of [...]

Some things swarms are not

At the behest of some of our loyal fans (yeah, you know who you are), forthwith a post to talk about the weaknesses and inadequacies of individual swarms!
What swarms are

focused: a clear goal, simple rules, and teachable behaviors to reach the goal: stuff anyone can do draws people to do stuff
relational: working collaboratively through responsibilities [...]

Review: Movements that change the world

Steve Addison has written a new book, “Movements that change the world,” which will be available shortly (see http://www.movements.net). He was kind enough to send a pre-release copy to us for review.
The book is an excellent popular introduction to the concept of movements. Each chapter features several stories, with in particular a look at the [...]

Swarming Journal: July 17, 2009

Definitions & Descriptions

Swarms 101: Introduction to swarming by computer and phone (Bioteams)

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Swarming Journal: June 17, 2009

Iran The protests in Iran have become very swarmish, with a specific plausible promise (the annulment of the election) and certain shared values (nonviolence). There is some concern that if communications between the protestors are jammed, they may become isolated, and therefore blind and more likely to tend to violence. This [...]

Should the church be a swarm?

I’ve studied organic movements and particularly swarms for the past decade. I’ve come to believe this organizational format is one of the best for apostolic bands. But is it the best for the church? Should the church be a swarm?
At this time, I believe the answer is: “no.” This is why. There are two different [...]

Swarmish Case Study: NPR

Why NPR is the Future of Mainstream Media:

NPR localizes: “a culture incredibly devoted to local coverage”
crowdsources content: “creates content from member stations”
uses standards-based outlets: twitter, web, downloadable podcasts
encourages reuse: “the radio organization released a content API that allows developers to remix/reuse any content created by the network”

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Swarms and SC Strategy

Swarming – the launch of purposeful, highly relational, sustainable, improving & innovating, open-source, rapidly-multiplying groups (!) – can be viewed as a key complement to typical SC strategy, not as a competitor. In fact, most “SC teams” are often swarms in their own right (they just don’t use that terminology).
The Strategy Coordinator model has been [...]