The Joy of “Connecting”
Hurray! Our book about building social-impact networks is still selling nicely after 42 months on Our Best Seller List! "Connecting to Change the World: Harnessing Networks for Social Impact" is on its way to 5,000 sales. To our surprise, nearly a quarter of the sales are ebooks.
Writing a book is hard work and flinging it out into the world to find an audience is something of a gamble. Will anyone notice? Will anyone care? Will anyone pay money for it? "Connecting" was even more of a gamble because there was no natural audience for it, no professional association of social-impact network builders, no annual conferences about network building, no magazines for network builders. But during the past four years, we've heard from many readers who appreciated the practical advice and frameworks in "Connecting" and put them to use. We've provided free advice to readers who had questions unaddressed in the book. We've worked for networks and philanthropic funders investing in social-impact networks. And, of course, we've kept thinking and learning about network building.
We're grateful to every customer, for every bit of feedback, and for the new opportunities to contribute to the efforts of social change agents. Thank you.
BTW: The networking dogs image is from Dog Mountain, Home of the Stephen Huneck Gallery, and well worth a look if you love dogs and fabulous art with dogs and other animals.
