Gideon Rosenblatt
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Gideon Rosenblatt lives in Seattle, Washington and writes about networks, social change, technology, innovation, and a variety of other topics at Alchemy of Change.

Between 2001 and early 2010, Gideon was the Executive Director of Groundwire, a mission-based, not-for-profit technology and strategy consulting firm dedicated to building a sustainable society. Over that time he led Groundwire’s transformation into a nationally recognized leader in citizen engagement. In 2004, Gideon wrote a framework for rethinking the environmental movement called Movement as Network. Before joining Groundwire, Gideon held a variety of senior management positions in marketing and product development over ten years at Microsoft. While there he pioneered some of the company’s earliest work on the Internet. He received his MBA in marketing from the Wharton School in 1991 after several years doing business consulting in Beijing, China.

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Blog Entries by Gideon Rosenblatt

The Heart of the Occupation

4 Comments | Posted October 19, 2011 | 13:59:29 (EST)

The Occupy Movement means different things to different people. It's far too early to know exactly what these protests will or won't turn into; they are simply too new to predict.

One thing is clear, however: this movement represents a critique of modern life in the United States of America, of our...

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Keeping Wall Street Like Cairo, Not London

15 Comments | Posted September 28, 2011 | 17:01:29 (EST)

There comes a time in every generation when its members must choose between the path in front of them and a path that juts out towards another destination. We are now seeing this choice play out on Wall Street and the streets of Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and dozens...

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Citizens United v. United Citizens: Building a Movement to Drive Money Out of Politics

Posted January 20, 2011 | 08:44:42 (EST)

Friday, January 21st, marks the one-year anniversary of Citizens United, a Supreme Court case that dramatically accelerates the corruptive force of money in U.S. politics.

When money flows in our economy, it's a fuel that helps businesses flourish and people make a living. When money flows in our political...

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