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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Co-Design Series Part 3First, we wanted to make sure our definition of co-design fit our list of network values.1) The co-design process needs to create an alternative to the inevitable unequal…
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“Only connect! That was the whole of her sermon. Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height….
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Co-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 ReadingWhat Is Self Organizing?
Self-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 ReadingFoodshed team learns how to establish consent instead of consensus
In Propositions for Organizing with Complexity: Learnings from the Appalachian Foodshed Project (AFP), Nikki D’Adamo-Damery described nine propositions that emerged from the work of the AFP. Proposition #2 was: “Establish Consent instead of Consensus.” The…
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Not all networks are the same! If you are interested in transforming systems so that they are good for everyone, then you are probably helping people co-create a System Shifting…
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We are now offering two network worksheets at no cost.The first is the Network Weaver Checklist, revised from the NW Handbook version and in an easy to print pdf format….
Continue ReadingA NETWORK OF NETWORKS
Editor’s note: I’ve become more and more convinced that networks are much more effective when they are also part of networks with other networks, where they can share information, learn,…
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