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Books like Filmmaking for Change

Producer to Producer
by Maureen Ryan • 2010
Low-budget producing: where to spend, where to cut, and how to get your film seen.
4.23
338
🎬 Indie Filmmaking🎥 Film Producing💰 Low-Budget Film📋 Production Workflow📊 Film Budgeting
Producer to Producer Summary
Producer to Producer 94%
Low-budget producing: where to spend, where to cut, and how to get your film seen.
by Maureen Ryan 2010
4.23
338 ratings
🎬 Indie Filmmaking🎥 Film Producing💰 Low-Budget Film📋 Production Workflow📊 Film Budgeting
Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers
by Richard Botto • 2017
Money isn't the first ask. Build a crowd, earn their trust, then launch your campaign.
4.40
15
🎬 Indie Filmmaking💰 Crowdfunding Strategy📣 Audience Building📱 Social Media Marketing🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship
Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers Summary
Crowdsourcing for Filmmakers 93%
Money isn't the first ask. Build a crowd, earn their trust, then launch your campaign.
by Richard Botto 2017
4.40
15 ratings
🎬 Indie Filmmaking💰 Crowdfunding Strategy📣 Audience Building📱 Social Media Marketing🎨 Creative Entrepreneurship
How Not to Make a Short Film
by Roberta Marie Munroe • 2009
The Sundance programmer's playbook for making a short film that festivals actually want to see.
3.67
492
🎬 Indie Filmmaking💰 Microbudget Filmmaking🎞️ Short Films🏆 Film Festivals🚫 Avoiding Cliches
How Not to Make a Short Film Summary
How Not to Make a Short Film 93%
The Sundance programmer's playbook for making a short film that festivals actually want to see.
by Roberta Marie Munroe 2009
3.67
492 ratings
🎬 Indie Filmmaking💰 Microbudget Filmmaking🎞️ Short Films🏆 Film Festivals🚫 Avoiding Cliches
The Kickstarter Handbook
by Don Steinberg • 2012
Your Kickstarter succeeds on 30 days, a video, and the crowd you build beforehand. The playbook.
3.74
133
🎯 Crowdfunding💡 Creative Entrepreneurship👥 Audience Building📢 Media Outreach🎬 Video Marketing
The Kickstarter Handbook Summary
The Kickstarter Handbook 93%
Your Kickstarter succeeds on 30 days, a video, and the crowd you build beforehand. The playbook.
by Don Steinberg 2012
3.74
133 ratings
🎯 Crowdfunding💡 Creative Entrepreneurship👥 Audience Building📢 Media Outreach🎬 Video Marketing
How Change Happens
by Leslie R. Crutchfield • 2018
Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.
3.74
160
📢 Social Movements✊ Community Organizing🗳️ Political Strategy📖 Narrative Change🏗️ Movement Building
How Change Happens Summary
How Change Happens 92%
Six factors determine whether a movement wins or dies. None of them start in Washington.
by Leslie R. Crutchfield 2018
3.74
160 ratings
📢 Social Movements✊ Community Organizing🗳️ Political Strategy📖 Narrative Change🏗️ Movement Building
Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player
by Robert Rodríguez • 1995
$7,000, no crew: a 23-year-old's diary of shooting a feature in Mexico and breaking into Hollywood.
4.19
6k+
🎬 Independent Filmmaking📹 Guerilla Filmmaking🔗 Creative Constraints💰 Bootstrapping📚 Self-Education
Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player Summary
Rebel Without a Crew, or How a 23-Year-Old Filmmaker with $7,000 Became a Hollywood Player 92%
$7,000, no crew: a 23-year-old's diary of shooting a feature in Mexico and breaking into Hollywood.
by Robert Rodríguez 1995
4.19
6k+ ratings
🎬 Independent Filmmaking📹 Guerilla Filmmaking🔗 Creative Constraints💰 Bootstrapping📚 Self-Education
United States of Distraction
by Mickey Huff • 2019
Six companies own nearly all American media. The product is a public too distracted for democracy.
3.74
114
🗞️ Media Criticism📰 News Literacy📡 Propaganda Studies🏢 Corporate Media🤥 Disinformation Age
United States of Distraction Summary
United States of Distraction 92%
Six companies own nearly all American media. The product is a public too distracted for democracy.
by Mickey Huff 2019
3.74
114 ratings
🗞️ Media Criticism📰 News Literacy📡 Propaganda Studies🏢 Corporate Media🤥 Disinformation Age
The Silenced Majority
by Amy Goodman • 2012
The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.
4.06
251
📻 Independent Media📺 Media Criticism🔍 Investigative Journalism✊ Grassroots Movements💸 Economic Inequality
The Silenced Majority Summary
The Silenced Majority 92%
The news decides which wars and uprisings didn't happen. Here is what they buried.
by Amy Goodman 2012
4.06
251 ratings
📻 Independent Media📺 Media Criticism🔍 Investigative Journalism✊ Grassroots Movements💸 Economic Inequality
From Dictatorship to Democracy
by Gene Sharp • 1993
Dictatorships collapse when people refuse to cooperate. The strategic manual that shows how.
3.83
2k+
🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance🗳️ Democracy Movements📊 Strategic Nonviolence🏗️ Movement Building🏛️ Civil Society
From Dictatorship to Democracy Summary
From Dictatorship to Democracy 92%
Dictatorships collapse when people refuse to cooperate. The strategic manual that shows how.
by Gene Sharp 1993
3.83
2k+ ratings
🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance🗳️ Democracy Movements📊 Strategic Nonviolence🏗️ Movement Building🏛️ Civil Society
Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets
by Steven H. Goldberg • 2009
Philanthropy's defect: donations scatter, nothing scales. The fix looks like a stock market.
3.41
22
🏢 Nonprofit Management🌱 Social Entrepreneurship💸 Venture Philanthropy📊 Impact Measurement🎯 Prediction Markets
Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets Summary
Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets 92%
Philanthropy's defect: donations scatter, nothing scales. The fix looks like a stock market.
by Steven H. Goldberg 2009
3.41
22 ratings
🏢 Nonprofit Management🌱 Social Entrepreneurship💸 Venture Philanthropy📊 Impact Measurement🎯 Prediction Markets
The United States Constitution in Film
by Eric Kasper • 2018
How Hollywood has tracked and shaped America's constitutional debates, from presidents to privacy.
⚖️ Constitutional Law🎬 Film And Law🇺🇸 American Politics🏛️ Popular Constitutionalism🔍 Cultural Analysis
The United States Constitution in Film Summary
The United States Constitution in Film 91%
How Hollywood has tracked and shaped America's constitutional debates, from presidents to privacy.
by Eric Kasper 2018
⚖️ Constitutional Law🎬 Film And Law🇺🇸 American Politics🏛️ Popular Constitutionalism🔍 Cultural Analysis
Rules for Revolutionaries
by Becky Bond • 2016
The volunteer-led organizing model that scales from a living room to a nationwide movement.
3.84
762
📢 Political Organizing🌱 Grassroots Campaigns🤝 Volunteer Mobilization📈 Mass Mobilization🕸️ Distributed Organizing
Rules for Revolutionaries Summary
Rules for Revolutionaries 91%
The volunteer-led organizing model that scales from a living room to a nationwide movement.
by Becky Bond 2016
3.84
762 ratings
📢 Political Organizing🌱 Grassroots Campaigns🤝 Volunteer Mobilization📈 Mass Mobilization🕸️ Distributed Organizing
Giving Done Right
by Phil Buchanan • 2019
Nonprofits are not businesses. The distinct set of skills that effective giving actually requires.
3.85
146
🎯 Strategic Philanthropy🏢 Nonprofit Management📊 Impact Measurement🌍 Effective Altruism💰 Donor Advice
Giving Done Right Summary
Giving Done Right 91%
Nonprofits are not businesses. The distinct set of skills that effective giving actually requires.
by Phil Buchanan 2019
3.85
146 ratings
🎯 Strategic Philanthropy🏢 Nonprofit Management📊 Impact Measurement🌍 Effective Altruism💰 Donor Advice
How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck
by Steve Stockman • 2011
Ten seconds is all your video gets. The working-director playbook for making people stay past that.
4.20
1k+
🎬 Video Production🎥 Beginner Filmmaking📖 Storytelling Basics👁️ Visual Storytelling✂️ Editing And Pacing
How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck Summary
How to Shoot Video That Doesn't Suck 91%
Ten seconds is all your video gets. The working-director playbook for making people stay past that.
by Steve Stockman 2011
4.20
1k+ ratings
🎬 Video Production🎥 Beginner Filmmaking📖 Storytelling Basics👁️ Visual Storytelling✂️ Editing And Pacing
Do Good Well
by Nina Vasan • 2013
Turn your passion for change into a self-sustaining organization built to last and scale.
4.03
60
💼 Social Entrepreneurship🌱 Social Innovation🧩 Systems Thinking🏘️ Community Organizing📏 Impact Measurement
Do Good Well Summary
Do Good Well 91%
Turn your passion for change into a self-sustaining organization built to last and scale.
by Nina Vasan 2013
4.03
60 ratings
💼 Social Entrepreneurship🌱 Social Innovation🧩 Systems Thinking🏘️ Community Organizing📏 Impact Measurement
Chokepoint Capitalism
by Rebecca Giblin • 2022
A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.
4.25
1k+
🧠 Creative Industries💻 Digital Platforms🏢 Corporate Power⚖️ Copyright Reform🤝 Collective Bargaining
Chokepoint Capitalism Summary
Chokepoint Capitalism 91%
A few corporations hold the gates between artists and audiences. The plan to pry them open.
by Rebecca Giblin 2022
4.25
1k+ ratings
🧠 Creative Industries💻 Digital Platforms🏢 Corporate Power⚖️ Copyright Reform🤝 Collective Bargaining
Citizens
by Jon Alexander • 2022
Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.
4.04
317
🗳️ Participatory Democracy🤝 Civic Engagement👥 Collective Action🏘️ Community Organizing📖 Narrative Change
Citizens Summary
Citizens 91%
Society runs on two stories: we are subjects or consumers. A third story changes everything.
by Jon Alexander 2022
4.04
317 ratings
🗳️ Participatory Democracy🤝 Civic Engagement👥 Collective Action🏘️ Community Organizing📖 Narrative Change
Glimpses of Utopia
by Jess Scully • 2020
A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.
3.97
110
🗳️ Participatory Democracy💡 Alternative Economics🌳 Commons Stewardship🤲 Care Economy🏦 Financial Reform
Glimpses of Utopia Summary
Glimpses of Utopia 91%
A fair society is not theoretical. Its pieces are already running in cities across the world.
by Jess Scully 2020
3.97
110 ratings
🗳️ Participatory Democracy💡 Alternative Economics🌳 Commons Stewardship🤲 Care Economy🏦 Financial Reform
The Big Picture
by Ben Fritz • 2018
How Marvel, Netflix, and the Chinese box office dismantled the movies you used to love.
4.02
2k+
🎬 Hollywood Economics📺 Streaming Disruption🎥 Franchise Filmmaking🌏 Global Box Office🏢 Media Consolidation
The Big Picture Summary
The Big Picture 91%
How Marvel, Netflix, and the Chinese box office dismantled the movies you used to love.
by Ben Fritz 2018
4.02
2k+ ratings
🎬 Hollywood Economics📺 Streaming Disruption🎥 Franchise Filmmaking🌏 Global Box Office🏢 Media Consolidation
Anatomy of Fake News
by Nolan Higdon • 2020
Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.
4.00
35
📰 Media Literacy📋 News Literacy🔍 Disinformation Studies📢 Propaganda Analysis💰 Attention Economy
Anatomy of Fake News Summary
Anatomy of Fake News 91%
Censorship backfires against fake news. Tech fixes flop. The only cure is a skill schools abandoned.
by Nolan Higdon 2020
4.00
35 ratings
📰 Media Literacy📋 News Literacy🔍 Disinformation Studies📢 Propaganda Analysis💰 Attention Economy
Business and Entrepreneurship for Filmmakers
by Charles Haine • 2019
Film schools teach craft, not cashflow. The business skills every working filmmaker actually needs.
4.00
5
🎬 Creative Entrepreneurship🎥 Film Industry🎨 Creative Freelancing💼 Creative Business💰 Bidding And Pricing
Business and Entrepreneurship for Filmmakers Summary
Business and Entrepreneurship for Filmmakers 91%
Film schools teach craft, not cashflow. The business skills every working filmmaker actually needs.
by Charles Haine 2019
4.00
5 ratings
🎬 Creative Entrepreneurship🎥 Film Industry🎨 Creative Freelancing💼 Creative Business💰 Bidding And Pricing
Hitchcock/Truffaut
by François Truffaut • 1985
A bomb under the table, a document nobody cares about: Hitchcock decodes suspense for Truffaut.
4.47
10k+
🧱 Film Craft🎬 Auteur Theory⏳ Suspense Mechanics✍️ Screenwriting🎙️ Director Interviews
Hitchcock/Truffaut Summary
Hitchcock/Truffaut 91%
A bomb under the table, a document nobody cares about: Hitchcock decodes suspense for Truffaut.
by François Truffaut 1985
4.47
10k+ ratings
🧱 Film Craft🎬 Auteur Theory⏳ Suspense Mechanics✍️ Screenwriting🎙️ Director Interviews
Twitter and Tear Gas
by Zeynep Tufekci • 2017
Twitter can fill a square overnight. Why that speed so often leads to a movement's collapse.
4.08
1k+
🧑‍💻 Digital Activism📢 Attention Economics🛡️ Information Warfare🚪 Media Gatekeeping🤝 Collective Action
Twitter and Tear Gas Summary
Twitter and Tear Gas 91%
Twitter can fill a square overnight. Why that speed so often leads to a movement's collapse.
by Zeynep Tufekci 2017
4.08
1k+ ratings
🧑‍💻 Digital Activism📢 Attention Economics🛡️ Information Warfare🚪 Media Gatekeeping🤝 Collective Action
The Promise of a Pencil
by Adam Braun • 2014
A pencil, a $25 deposit, hundreds of schools. The playbook for building a movement from scratch.
4.12
8k+
🚀 Social Entrepreneurship📚 Education Nonprofits🧭 Finding Purpose🤝 Networking Strategy💎 Authentic Leadership
The Promise of a Pencil Summary
The Promise of a Pencil 91%
A pencil, a $25 deposit, hundreds of schools. The playbook for building a movement from scratch.
by Adam Braun 2014
4.12
8k+ ratings
🚀 Social Entrepreneurship📚 Education Nonprofits🧭 Finding Purpose🤝 Networking Strategy💎 Authentic Leadership
Cinema Speculation
by Quentin Tarantino • 2022
How a child snuck into adult movies in 1970s Los Angeles and came out a filmmaker.
4.04
15k+
🎬 New Hollywood🎞️ Cinephilia🎥 Genre Cinema💥 Exploitation Films📖 Auteur Theory
Cinema Speculation Summary
Cinema Speculation 91%
How a child snuck into adult movies in 1970s Los Angeles and came out a filmmaker.
by Quentin Tarantino 2022
4.04
15k+ ratings
🎬 New Hollywood🎞️ Cinephilia🎥 Genre Cinema💥 Exploitation Films📖 Auteur Theory
Good To Great And The Social Sectors
by Jim Collins • 2001
The discipline behind great companies works for nonprofits too, once you redefine what counts.
4.05
7k+
🏛️ Nonprofit Leadership🌍 Social Impact🔄 Organizational Change📏 Performance Measurement📊 Data-Driven Decisions
Good To Great And The Social Sectors Summary
Good To Great And The Social Sectors 91%
The discipline behind great companies works for nonprofits too, once you redefine what counts.
by Jim Collins 2001
4.05
7k+ ratings
🏛️ Nonprofit Leadership🌍 Social Impact🔄 Organizational Change📏 Performance Measurement📊 Data-Driven Decisions
This Is an Uprising
by Mark Engler • 2016
Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.
4.20
1k+
🕊️ Civil Resistance📢 Social Movements🧱 Movement Building⚡ Disruption Tactics🪧 Mass Protest
This Is an Uprising Summary
This Is an Uprising 91%
Nonviolence is not a virtue. It is a technology of conflict, and it brings down regimes.
by Mark Engler 2016
4.20
1k+ ratings
🕊️ Civil Resistance📢 Social Movements🧱 Movement Building⚡ Disruption Tactics🪧 Mass Protest
National Security Cinema
by Matthew Alford • 2017
The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.
3.81
113
📢 Propaganda Studies🎬 Military-Entertainment Complex📺 Media Manipulation📜 Historical Revisionism🏢 Media Consolidation
National Security Cinema Summary
National Security Cinema 91%
The Pentagon secretly approved or killed your favorite movies, one script at a time.
by Matthew Alford 2017
3.81
113 ratings
📢 Propaganda Studies🎬 Military-Entertainment Complex📺 Media Manipulation📜 Historical Revisionism🏢 Media Consolidation
Make Your Own Amazing YouTube Videos
by Brett Juilly • 2017
Your smartphone shoots great video. Here is the roadmap from first idea to loyal subscribers.
3.71
14
🎬 Video Production✨ Content Creation🎥 Filmmaking Basics✂️ Video Editing👥 Audience Building
Make Your Own Amazing YouTube Videos Summary
Make Your Own Amazing YouTube Videos 91%
Your smartphone shoots great video. Here is the roadmap from first idea to loyal subscribers.
by Brett Juilly 2017
3.71
14 ratings
🎬 Video Production✨ Content Creation🎥 Filmmaking Basics✂️ Video Editing👥 Audience Building
Getting Beyond Better
by Roger L. Martin • 2015
Real social change replaces a broken equilibrium with a just one. Here's the strategic process.
3.93
356
🧩 Social Entrepreneurship💡 Social Innovation🔁 Systems Change⚖️ Value Creation Models📐 Scaling Impact
Getting Beyond Better Summary
Getting Beyond Better 91%
Real social change replaces a broken equilibrium with a just one. Here's the strategic process.
by Roger L. Martin 2015
3.93
356 ratings
🧩 Social Entrepreneurship💡 Social Innovation🔁 Systems Change⚖️ Value Creation Models📐 Scaling Impact
Manufacturing Consent
by Mark Achbar • 1994
No conspiracy, no censorship: why the news in a free society still serves the powerful.
4.41
699
📖 Critical Media Studies📊 Political Economy🔍 Propaganda Studies🏢 Corporate Media📡 Political Communication
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent 91%
No conspiracy, no censorship: why the news in a free society still serves the powerful.
by Mark Achbar 1994
4.41
699 ratings
📖 Critical Media Studies📊 Political Economy🔍 Propaganda Studies🏢 Corporate Media📡 Political Communication
No Is Not Enough
by Naomi Klein • 2017
Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.
4.10
11k+
🏦 Political Economy✊ Progressive Activism🌀 Crisis Politics🌍 Climate Justice💸 Economic Inequality
No Is Not Enough Summary
No Is Not Enough 91%
Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.
by Naomi Klein 2017
4.10
11k+ ratings
🏦 Political Economy✊ Progressive Activism🌀 Crisis Politics🌍 Climate Justice💸 Economic Inequality
The People's Platform
by Astra Taylor • 2012
Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.
4.04
610
🖥️ Internet Culture🏭 Platform Capitalism👁️ Attention Economy⚖️ Copyright Reform📉 Digital Inequality
The People's Platform Summary
The People's Platform 91%
Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.
by Astra Taylor 2012
4.04
610 ratings
🖥️ Internet Culture🏭 Platform Capitalism👁️ Attention Economy⚖️ Copyright Reform📉 Digital Inequality
A World of Three Zeros
by Muhammad Yunus • 2017
Capitalism's missing piece: businesses that solve poverty, earn their keep, and pay zero dividend.
3.69
2k+
🏢 Social Entrepreneurship💰 Microfinance⚖️ Wealth Inequality🌍 Climate Economics🏠 Poverty Alleviation
A World of Three Zeros Summary
A World of Three Zeros 91%
Capitalism's missing piece: businesses that solve poverty, earn their keep, and pay zero dividend.
by Muhammad Yunus 2017
3.69
2k+ ratings
🏢 Social Entrepreneurship💰 Microfinance⚖️ Wealth Inequality🌍 Climate Economics🏠 Poverty Alleviation
Enhancing Energy-Based Livelihoods for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs
by Asian Development Bank • 2018
Clean energy micro-enterprises in India are giving women economic power and reshaping communities.
👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs⚡ Energy Access💰 Microfinance⚧️ Gender And Development🏦 Financial Inclusion
Enhancing Energy-Based Livelihoods for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs Summary
Enhancing Energy-Based Livelihoods for Women Micro-Entrepreneurs 91%
Clean energy micro-enterprises in India are giving women economic power and reshaping communities.
by Asian Development Bank 2018
👩‍💼 Women Entrepreneurs⚡ Energy Access💰 Microfinance⚧️ Gender And Development🏦 Financial Inclusion
Digital Dead End
by Virginia Eubanks • 2011
Access is not the problem. Power designs inequality into code, and the marginalized already know it.
3.86
72
💻 Digital Inequality🔬 Critical Technology Studies✏️ Participatory Design🏫 Popular Education👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology
Digital Dead End Summary
Digital Dead End 91%
Access is not the problem. Power designs inequality into code, and the marginalized already know it.
by Virginia Eubanks 2011
3.86
72 ratings
💻 Digital Inequality🔬 Critical Technology Studies✏️ Participatory Design🏫 Popular Education👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology
Hegemony How-To
by Jonathan Smucker • 2017
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
4.24
442
🧭 Movement Strategy🗳️ Community Organizing🧠 Gramscian Politics📢 Narrative Strategy⚡ Left Self-Critique
Hegemony How-To Summary
Hegemony How-To 91%
Activist is a political dead end: it isolates movements, excuses sympathizers, cedes power.
by Jonathan Smucker 2017
4.24
442 ratings
🧭 Movement Strategy🗳️ Community Organizing🧠 Gramscian Politics📢 Narrative Strategy⚡ Left Self-Critique
Moral Ambition
by Rutger Bregman • 2024
The 80,000-hour career: a guide to using it on solvable, neglected problems, not just paychecks.
3.76
13k+
🌍 Effective Altruism💼 Social Impact Careers🔄 Career Reinvention⚠️ Existential Risk📢 Activism Strategy
Moral Ambition Summary
Moral Ambition 91%
The 80,000-hour career: a guide to using it on solvable, neglected problems, not just paychecks.
by Rutger Bregman 2024
3.76
13k+ ratings
🌍 Effective Altruism💼 Social Impact Careers🔄 Career Reinvention⚠️ Existential Risk📢 Activism Strategy
Manufacturing Consent
by Edward S. Herman • 1988
You are not the news audience. Advertisers are, and they are the real censors.
4.23
25k+
📰 Media Criticism📊 Political Economy🏢 Corporate Media📢 Propaganda Studies🔍 News Selection Bias
Manufacturing Consent Summary
Manufacturing Consent 91%
You are not the news audience. Advertisers are, and they are the real censors.
by Edward S. Herman 1988
4.23
25k+ ratings
📰 Media Criticism📊 Political Economy🏢 Corporate Media📢 Propaganda Studies🔍 News Selection Bias
Journalism and PR
by John Lloyd • 2014
PR is bypassing the newsroom and speaking directly to you. Journalism hasn't caught up.
3.78
9
📢 Public Relations📺 Media Studies💻 Digital Disruption🔍 Corporate Transparency🛡️ Reputation Management
Journalism and PR Summary
Journalism and PR 91%
PR is bypassing the newsroom and speaking directly to you. Journalism hasn't caught up.
by John Lloyd 2014
3.78
9 ratings
📢 Public Relations📺 Media Studies💻 Digital Disruption🔍 Corporate Transparency🛡️ Reputation Management
Republic, Lost
by Lawrence Lessig • 2011
America's government answers to funders, not voters. The corruption is legal, and it's by design.
4.18
3k+
💰 Money In Politics🗳️ Election Reform🔗 Systemic Corruption🏛️ Democratic Reform🏢 Dysfunctional Congress
Republic, Lost Summary
Republic, Lost 91%
America's government answers to funders, not voters. The corruption is legal, and it's by design.
by Lawrence Lessig 2011
4.18
3k+ ratings
💰 Money In Politics🗳️ Election Reform🔗 Systemic Corruption🏛️ Democratic Reform🏢 Dysfunctional Congress
Reveille for Radicals
by Saul D. Alinsky • 1946
Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.
3.84
589
🤝 Community Organizing🌱 Grassroots Democracy👥 Indigenous Leadership🎯 Self-Interest Politics⚔️ Conflict As Catalyst
Reveille for Radicals Summary
Reveille for Radicals 91%
Democracy requires organized conflict and leaders from the bottom. A 1946 manual, still unheeded.
by Saul D. Alinsky 1946
3.84
589 ratings
🤝 Community Organizing🌱 Grassroots Democracy👥 Indigenous Leadership🎯 Self-Interest Politics⚔️ Conflict As Catalyst
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World
by John Wood • 2006
A trekking trip, an empty library: why a Microsoft exec quit to build schools across Asia.
4.10
5k+
🚀 Social Entrepreneurship🌍 Global Development📖 Founder Memoir🏘️ Community Development👧 Girls' Education
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World Summary
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World 91%
A trekking trip, an empty library: why a Microsoft exec quit to build schools across Asia.
by John Wood 2006
4.10
5k+ ratings
🚀 Social Entrepreneurship🌍 Global Development📖 Founder Memoir🏘️ Community Development👧 Girls' Education
Justice at Work
by Marc Doussard • 2022
How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.
5.00
3
🏙️ Urban Policy✊ Labor Movements🤝 Coalition Building⚖️ Racial Justice📢 Community Organizing
Justice at Work Summary
Justice at Work 91%
How coalitions fuse racial and economic justice to win policy in cities.
by Marc Doussard 2022
5.00
3 ratings
🏙️ Urban Policy✊ Labor Movements🤝 Coalition Building⚖️ Racial Justice📢 Community Organizing
The Power of Positive Deviance
by Richard Tanner Pascale • 2010
Inside every struggling community, a few people are thriving under the same constraints. Find them.
4.16
354
🏗️ Social Innovation🔄 Behavior Change🏘️ Community-Driven Change🔗 Systems Thinking🌍 Global Health
The Power of Positive Deviance Summary
The Power of Positive Deviance 91%
Inside every struggling community, a few people are thriving under the same constraints. Find them.
by Richard Tanner Pascale 2010
4.16
354 ratings
🏗️ Social Innovation🔄 Behavior Change🏘️ Community-Driven Change🔗 Systems Thinking🌍 Global Health
Politics Is for Power
by Eitan D. Hersh • 2020
Political obsession is a spectator sport that cedes power to the people who actually organize.
4.09
1k+
🏘️ Community Organizing⚡ Power Building📱 Slacktivism📺 Media Criticism🫂 Empathy In Politics
Politics Is for Power Summary
Politics Is for Power 91%
Political obsession is a spectator sport that cedes power to the people who actually organize.
by Eitan D. Hersh 2020
4.09
1k+ ratings
🏘️ Community Organizing⚡ Power Building📱 Slacktivism📺 Media Criticism🫂 Empathy In Politics
Blueprint for Revolution
by Srdja Popovic • 2015
Rice pudding, Lego men, and the nonviolent playbook that wins twice as often as violence.
4.30
2k+
🕊️ Civil Resistance🌱 Grassroots Organizing🧱 Movement Building🤝 Coalition Building🎭 Creative Resistance
Blueprint for Revolution Summary
Blueprint for Revolution 91%
Rice pudding, Lego men, and the nonviolent playbook that wins twice as often as violence.
by Srdja Popovic 2015
4.30
2k+ ratings
🕊️ Civil Resistance🌱 Grassroots Organizing🧱 Movement Building🤝 Coalition Building🎭 Creative Resistance
Give Smart
by Thomas J. Tierney • 2011
Philanthropy has no market feedback. Here is the accountability framework that replaces it.
3.59
249
🎯 Strategic Philanthropy🏛️ Foundation Management🔗 Theory Of Change📏 Impact Measurement💰 Grantmaking
Give Smart Summary
Give Smart 91%
Philanthropy has no market feedback. Here is the accountability framework that replaces it.
by Thomas J. Tierney 2011
3.59
249 ratings
🎯 Strategic Philanthropy🏛️ Foundation Management🔗 Theory Of Change📏 Impact Measurement💰 Grantmaking
Save the Cat! Strikes Back
by Blake Snyder • 2009
Script problems aren't failure. They're the raw material of every breakthrough draft.
4.17
1k+
📝 Screenwriting Guides🏗️ Story Structure🎯 Pitching And Loglines✂️ Rewriting And Editing🧱 Creative Obstacles
Save the Cat! Strikes Back Summary
Save the Cat! Strikes Back 91%
Script problems aren't failure. They're the raw material of every breakthrough draft.
by Blake Snyder 2009
4.17
1k+ ratings
📝 Screenwriting Guides🏗️ Story Structure🎯 Pitching And Loglines✂️ Rewriting And Editing🧱 Creative Obstacles
Write It, Pitch It, Sell Your Screenplay
by DMA/Donna Michelle Anderson • 2015
The story framework and pitch strategy industry insiders expect, from a former script evaluator.
4.50
8
🎬 Screenwriting🏗️ Story Structure🎭 Character Arcs📐 Three-Act Structure🎥 Film Industry
Write It, Pitch It, Sell Your Screenplay Summary
Write It, Pitch It, Sell Your Screenplay 91%
The story framework and pitch strategy industry insiders expect, from a former script evaluator.
by DMA/Donna Michelle Anderson 2015
4.50
8 ratings
🎬 Screenwriting🏗️ Story Structure🎭 Character Arcs📐 Three-Act Structure🎥 Film Industry
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