Network Mindset Archives

Getting With the Flows: “Net Work” As Change

23SepSeptember 24, 2019 By Curtis Ogden

For a number of years now I have been digging into network approaches to social change, including supporting collaborative network formation and development at national, regional, state and local levels around…

Reinventing Organizational Learning — Towards Transformative Learning

28AugAugust 28, 2019 By Sahana Chattopadhyay

Moving from the “learning as usual” to emergent learning and paradigm shifts In transformative learning, the emphasis shifts from information to imagination, from intended learning to emergent learning. ~ Aftab Omer…

The Importance of Learning in Networks

30JulAugust 2, 2019 By June Holley

We are seeing a shift in the social transformation space from evaluation to learning and support for change. Evaluation has too often been a judgment-based, funder driven approach to determining whether…

Start At Yes : building resilient networks

18JunJune 18, 2019 By Carole Martin

In working with communities to build resilient networks, I’ve noticed a pattern. Those who “start at yes” – listening for the possibilities, helping others make sense of their ideas, shining…

MENDING THE COMMUNITY CUP

14MayMay 14, 2019 By Beth Tener

For years in conversations in organizations, within advocacy groups, and social change initiatives, I have heard variations of these themes: “We know we have to move beyond top-down approaches –…

Awareness Activities

04JanJanuary 4, 2019 By June Holley

A lot of research has been conducted lately to identify how awareness or mindfulness operates in our brain, the benefits of this mental state, and how we can spend more…

A Network Connector Story

14DecFebruary 1, 2019 By June Holley

Sometimes a story can convey meaning better than a lecture. This week’s free resource is a story from the early days of the Appalachian Center for Economic Network’s (ACEnet) Kitchen…

A Network Connector Story

03DecDecember 18, 2018 By June Holley

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. …

Trust: Foundation of Effective Networks

02NovFebruary 1, 2019 By June Holley

This article is a chapter from the Network Weaver Handbook with several worksheets you can use with your networks, projects and organizations. They go together nicely with the blog posts Trust…

Network Weaver Mindset Posters

26OctFebruary 1, 2019 By June Holley

Ari Sahagun and Odin Zackman co-designed seven posters on Network Weaver Mindsets — fresh with ecological metaphors. Feel free to use them in your work! We’d love to hear your thoughts and…

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