This article forms the first in an intended series of articles. The main theme of that series is to reflect on a new language for social transformation. For me, language goes…
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Into the Matrix and Beyond: The Value of Network Values and Values-Focused Processes
A couple of years after the Food Solutions New England Network officially published the New England Food Vision, and just after the network formally committed to working for racial equity in the…
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Funding networks: Answering the what, why, and how
Networks often require donor funding to undertake activities to achieve their visions and missions. But, as we so often hear in our work with networks, mobilizing and managing adequate funds…
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Value and Impact of the Purpose Built Community of Practice
Knowledge Communities, in collaboration with Purpose Built Communities, have released a white paper (that you can download below) telling the story of Purpose Built’s successful and compelling journey to adopt and…
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Waging Peace with Fierce Love : a 3-Part Workshop Series for feminist changemakers
What will it take to transform conflict, to ensure our movement building and changemaking is fueled by fierce love over fear? How can we resource ourselves and each other with transformative, life-giving power?This…
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Transforming Impact : how evaluation and impact are shifting
Given the complexity and depth of the world’s problems, evaluation theories, practices and processes are shifting to better respond to that complexity. The argument goes something like this: problems in…
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Governance – the overlooked route to transformation: How can we best organise for change?
What are the current governance approaches and ways of organising that are being used in attempts to create systems change? What would more systemic governance approaches for our work look/feel like…
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Explicitly Building a Periphery for Your Network
A number of my writings have outlined strategies for weaving a network, but none have detailed the importance of and processes involved in building a network periphery. This blog post…
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2021: deep transformation or shallow change?
2021 is pivotal to creating the future we want. We know that we have less than a decade to address the climate crisis, and that the commitments made this year…
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A Dialogue: How Impact & Evaluation are Shifting
A lively dialogue between trailblazers in networks & systems change on how we can re-conceptualize our approach to evaluation & impactWe all know we’re doing it wrong. Creating outcomes that…
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