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Kevin Polks gently sent this and you can find the diagram at the bottom of the page.

Update by Kevin Polk on March 25, 2013:

The Prosocial diagram is a combination of the ACT Matrix diagram and Dr. Elinor Ostrom's 8 core design features of successful groups. Dr. Ostrom won the Nobel prize in economics for her work showing that small groups of people could "manage the commons" as she termed them; scarce resources such as water, land, etc. were the commons.

Evolutionary Biologist David Sloan Wilson has been working to apply Ostrom's 8 core design feature to neighborhood groups in the city where he lives and works, Binghamton, NY. The goal is to influence groups to adopt the design features and manage the commons and less tangible resources such as time.

David asked me to use the Matrix diagram to help teach the core design features and influence people toward using them.

The Matrix is an evolutionary process, so the presentation has evolved since I first presented it at the ACT World Conference in June of 2012. It will continue to evolve. Stay tuned.

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