First, An Introduction For a long time, we’ve trained our eyes to see things with edges and boundaries: organizations, countries, selves. Things with edges and boundaries feel manageable and solid. …
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First, An Introduction For a long time, we’ve trained our eyes to see things with edges and boundaries: organizations, countries, selves. Things with edges and boundaries feel manageable and solid. …
Continue ReadingThe most effective way for people to build their skills as Network Weavers is to set up a Community of Practice –a group of people who share an interest in…
Continue ReadingAll the network jargon got your head spinning? This two page handout has dozens of words commonly used in network circles and their definitions. Download and pass on to everyone…
Continue ReadingWant to know how start with network building? This free toolkit offers a set of activities you can incorporate into your next gathering to set you on a path to…
Continue ReadingEach week, we add a new free item to our store. This week we are offering: Network Weaver FREE RESOURCES PACKAGE. ALL of the free resources currently available at the Network Weaver Resource Page in one complete…
Continue ReadingThe following video is about 20 minutes long and provides a short overview of network strategies. It was done for the Food Policy Network State Networks, who graciously agreed to…
Continue ReadingA new free resource is available in the Resources section of Network Weaver. The self-organizing toolkit includes a set of simple actions that you can take to jump start self-organizing…
Continue ReadingCo-Design Series Part 2 THE WHY Co-design is a process that guides a group of people through various iterations of coming together to create something. This something might be a…
Continue ReadingSelf-organizing is perhaps the most important and least understood aspect of System Shifting Networks. There are many scientific definitions of self-organizing but they are hard to wade through. After 20…
Continue ReadingA new downloadable free item is up on the Network Weaver Resources page. One of the most critical support structures for networks is a well-thought out communications ecosystem – a…
Continue ReadingMany people are asked “Why networks?” or “When does it make sense to use a network approach?” This handout explains all and makes it easy for you to email to…
Continue ReadingThose of us who work with change networks could sometimes do a better job of clarifying the distinction between ‘networking’ and ‘network weaving’. Leaving that distinction un-articulated and merely implied…
Continue ReadingI’m a network hunter. My idea of fun is to spend hours traveling through the web world, spying new networks and learning all I can about network development. From my…
Continue ReadingIn 2004, Valdis Krebs and I collaborated on an article that described the stages of network development and introduced the term network weaver. In 2005 an edited version of this…
Continue ReadingThere are over 1.4 million tax-exempt non-profits in the United States, many of them working on the hard-to-shift systemic problems of our society, such as racism, poverty, immigrant rights, access…
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