Dense community networks bring resilience, equality and agency to our places: how we’re mapping and exploring social capital to test and develop these hypotheses Strong communities are made up of…
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Over the past few years, I have been increasingly influenced by the concept of “weaving” — what for me means connecting people, ideas, and projects to foster more collaborative social…
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On Wednesday March 16th Katy Mamen and Paul van der Cingel held a webinar on “Building Our Network Mapping Muscles.” For those of you who weren’t able to attend the session,…
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You are invited to an interactive webinar on network mapping on March 16th An introduction from June Holley Some time ago I connected Katy and Paul, as they were both interested in new…
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When you’re making a system map in Kumu, it’s important to have skill and familiarity with the tool itself, but it’s equally important to have an understanding of the concepts…
Continue ReadingNetwork Mapping and Analysis : How-to Guide | Societal Platform
Societal Platform Thinking emphasises the importance of network effects and facilitating interactions between and within formal and informal networks, involving state (sarkaar), civil society (samaaj) and markets (bazaar), to catalyse…
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Because networks often engage many people, some of whom are only occasionally involved, it is harder to track the impact of the network. One solution to this might be the…
Continue ReadingNavigating Uncertainty to Gain the Real Value of Collaboration
PART 1 Investing in Collaboration A client recently called us her “network therapists.” She works for a foundation and was helping launch a network. The foundation saw that if organizations…
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Many networks want to generate network maps but don’t have the resources and/or time to invest in computer software of web-based mapping platforms. A consultant to help you generate these…
Continue ReadingHow To Map Networks: Understand Basic Elements Of Networks (Agile Praxis)
WHAT IS A NETWORK? Social networks have existed since the discovery of fire. Although we have always expressed ourselves through language, feelings and body language, and our relationships with others…
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