How to Start a Movement

This is my current favorite TED talk.  It's a talk by Derek Sivers about starting a movement.  He uses a silly video as a perfect example to show how a movement is made - one person starts something and people look at him like he's crazy, but as soon as the first follower joins in, it becomes a movement and more and more people join.  I think the reason I love this video is that I often find myself in the "first follower" role regarding technology in my district. A movement is starting, but it's slow going; this video is encouraging!

Here are some of my favorite points he makes:

• The first follower is an underestimated form of leadership in itself. The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader.
• Followers are often more important than the leader because new followers emulate the followers, not the leader.
• As more people join in,  it becomes less risky and there's no reason not to join in.
• We can't all be leaders, so have the courage to follow and show others how to follow.