Joshua Glinert, a participant in the London Net Tuesday group, received a free copy of Clay Shirky's new paperback edition of "Here Comes Everybody" for his participation at Clay's London presentation in February.  He is working on a start-up project, Civic Agora, which will be a platform for collaborative deliberation and problem-solving.  Below is his thoughtful review and conversation starter from "Here Comes Everybody." Enjoy!

If you're even remotely into social media and have yet to read (or hear of) Naked Conversations by Robert Scoble, Shel Israel (and the host of other authors who played a part in bringing the book to life), then you have some catching up to do.  Published in 2006 about the way blogging was changing businesses (and with tremendous foresight regarding how blogging would continue to change business), the book is still exceptionally relevant to business managers who not only want to grasp just what the &%*$ social media means, but want to see that meaning in context...especially a successful context.

Hey All,

I wanted to beef up the book review with a little historical perspective on the authors.  This way, you not only learn about the one fragment of their careers, but also why you can trust their information and opinions when it comes to the topic of online media, communications, et cetera.  I figured this component to the review would be valuable - I know I find it refreshing when I open the dust cover and find out the author has been working diligently in the field relevant to the book, rather than hunting squirrel or formulating a new pancake recipe for the past 15 years...

Thank goodness for writers like Leslie Crutchfield.

Instead of reading 'Fundraise: the VIKING way!' we reccommend Crutchfield and McLeod-Grant's "Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Non-profits.' You can read our review of her work (and actually read the fine print on this cartoon) this week on Social Ch@nge.