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Virtual meetings and events are common place by now. Technology like Zoom and the persisting globalization make effective virtual meetings a must. Since January 2019 I am co-hosting the monthly network weaver…
Continue ReadingAppreciating the Complexity of Human Ecosystems
Networks are made of individuals. Each person is a complex system where we can’t control nor truly predict their behavior, so combining them to form a network can make things…
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…
Continue ReadingNetwork Weaver Job Description
Many networks are hiring network weavers and/or network coordinators or managers. I pulled together two excellent examples of job descriptions, which are detailed below. You can also access them through…
Continue ReadingCheck Out These Network Weaving Events!
Did you know we have an Events Page? We publish Network Weaving Events hosted by our Network Weaver Consultants and other amazing weavers. Below are some upcoming webinars, meetings and…
Continue ReadingThe Importance of Learning in Networks
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…
Continue ReadingLiberating Structures in Network Development
When working in a network comprised of technical folks, it is easy stay in the familiar territory of presenting knowledge when the network gathers. Sometimes assumptions are made about scientists,…
Continue ReadingLearning Weavers
What are learning weavers? Why does your network need them? I’ve often thought that we need to spend much more time and energy making sense of and learning from what…
Continue ReadingMicrotrends To Amplify for Transformation
How does change happen? I saw a book in the airport about microtrends and how they give a glimpse of the possible future. Microtrends are new behaviors, actions or directions…
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