Tapping the power of the internet to build networks for social change, a VIVA (Voice, Ideas, Vision, Action) Idea Exchange is the engine of WikiWisdom™. In a short time, a large group of individuals are empowered to collaborate, imagine a better future, and create an action plan to make that vision reality. As a final step, New Voice Strategies connects them directly with decision-makers interested in and empowered to make change.
Step One:
Those with frontline experience on how things “really work”— teachers on improving our schools, nurses on better health care practices, police officers on creating safer communities – are invited to join a VIVA Idea Exchange and share their ideas on how to solve a challenging problem.
Step Two:
Participants brainstorm ideas about solving that societal challenge in a safe, moderated, 24/7 online conversation.
Step Three:
A small group of thought leaders from the initial conversation is invited to distill the ideas generated by the large group into an action plan.
Step Four:
The thought leaders deliver the action plan directly to a decision maker interested in and empowered to make change.