Ken Meter’s book, Building Community Food Webs. was released by Island Press on April 29. The book highlights the importance of community network-building as a core part of building community-based food…
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Several months ago I was interviewed by Leslie Meehan and Ben Roberts of Now What?! The topic was Collaborative Funding for a Just Transition and we explored innovative strategies to generate needed…
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Working to advance racial equity in systems and organizations is challenging and often isolating work. REASN – the Racial Equity Action Support Network – is a network in Minneapolis St….
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This week, Network Weaver is excited to share a 3-part series by Root. Rise. Pollinate! on fostering connection in virtual space. The series was originally published earlier this year at…
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This week, Network Weaver is excited to share a 3-part series by Root. Rise. Pollinate! on fostering connection in virtual space. The series was originally published earlier this year at…
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This week, Network Weaver is excited to share a 3-part series by Root. Rise. Pollinate! on fostering connection in virtual space. The series was originally published earlier this year at…
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Collective Mind is on a mission – to equip network leaders and managers with the skills and approaches to make their networks effective and impactful. We exist because we believe in…
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Why this article? Purpose and positionThe word power keeps popping up wherever I turn. Through my ten years of doing my doctorate action research it was all over my notes…
Continue ReadingThinking Like an Octopus (and With a Collaborative Heart): Evolving and Interlocking Networks
“You’ve got to keep asserting the complexity and the originality of life, and the multiplicity of it, and the facets of it.”Toni MorrisonA network that I have been a part…
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Many networks (and especially funders of networks) dive into the process of generating network maps without much thought about how they will be used. The resulting maps too often end…
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