The 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…
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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…
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Each 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 downloadable file.
Continue ReadingConversations in Networks
In early September I started collecting #MeToo tweets and stumbled into a big-data look at #MeToo and the Kavanaugh confirmation. As I posted previously, the Twitter network is radically split into…
Continue ReadingNetwork Strategies For Your Network
The 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 ReadingDesigning Meetings that Do More
Imagine leaving a meeting feeling naturally inspired, energized by new ideas, with enhanced goodwill toward your colleagues, and a shared sense of alignment and clarity for where to go next….
Continue ReadingSystems Thinking and Networks
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…
Continue ReadingNetwork Trust Assessment
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…
Continue ReadingTrust in Networks is Fundamental to Social Change
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…
Continue ReadingTrust In Networks
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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