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Network governance is the idea that decision-making that is currently lodged in representative bodies such as congress or city councils can be shifted into self-organizing networks. This shift has the…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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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Co-Design Series Part 4Most of you reading this post are involved in what are called social change efforts. We are working on social change because we want the world to…
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As was mentioned in Monday’s post, the sense of urgency is a major impediment keeping our networks from being transformative. I’d add busyness to that: having endless to do lists that…
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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…
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