 | | |  |  |       | Usually, we feel inspired to influence others to use new knowledge because we recognize that old ways of thinking and acting are no longer effective. We realize that if the changes we desire are going to be brought forth, we and others will have to adopt new ways of doing our work. In the Influence Space, your community has the opportunity to influence colleagues in your organizations, constituents in the communities you serve, partners in collaborative change, professionals in your field, policy-makers who shape public agendas and allocate resources, or others you will name, by sharing your new knowledge and know-how. The challenge is to determine what changes you want to see, who it is you need to influence to bring about the change, and what it is you want those influenced to think or do differently. From those determinations, you can develop strategies for introducing your knowledge and know-how. This work may require you and your community members to develop new skills, new relationships, and new ways of explaining or advocating for what you know and know how to do. It may even require you to call on others for help, including knowledge activists, representatives of professional associations, editors of journals, or leaders at the local, regional, national or transnational level. Through your increased confidence, competence and capacity for reflection and action, however, you will become more able to advocate for and act on what you know. Influencing others will require your community to envision a difference, distribute knowledge, invite shared inquiry, and transition your work. |  |  |  |  | |