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Last fall, I heard about an online educational portal called Plus Acumen, which advertises itself as the “world’s school for social change” and offers several free classes. Many of their…
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Do you suspect your network has trust problems ? This simple survey, when taken by participants in your network, can pinpoint the nature of your trust challenges. It might be…
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Trust is a core principle – in Chaos Theory, we’d call trust within human systems a powerful ‘Strange Attractor.’ The purpose of a Change Network is to amplify the flow of knowledge, information, resources, skills, and assets…
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Trust in networks is different than trust in organizations or coalitions where it is essential to spend time building trust among everyone because the relationships are likely to be long-term.However,…
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Network innovation is a key ingredient in system shifting networks. Innovation Asset Assessment is a survey you can use to assess just how innovative your network is. It can be…
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Co-Design Series Part 4Most of you reading this post are involved in what are called social change efforts. We are working on social change because we want the world to…
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A new free resource is available in the Resources section of Network Weaver. Many people ask me “How do I get people to participate more in our network?” This simple…
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I have a number of ‘network friends’ – people I know, online & by video & phone, whom I’ve not yet met in the flesh. People who for one reason…
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