Network Values Surveys Module
Having a group or network take a values survey raises awareness of the values and behaviors that enable networks to be system shifting or transformational.
This Network Values Module includes two web-based network values surveys, along with printable versions and a printable flyer of a list Network Values.
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3 Level Networks
Transformation or system shifting requires networks to be involved in networks of networks. This diagram and activity is designed to help networks develop networks of networks to maximize their impact.
Networks need to be part of three types of networks, shown in the drawing below. Activity:
First, locate your network: is it a local network, a network with a…
Collective Impact
Systems Shifting Network Approach
If you are a Collective Impact initiative, you might want to share this chart with your partners and spend time deciding which network qualities you might easily incorporate into your efforts.
offered by June Holley Download People frequently ask “How do network approaches differ from Collective Impact? Actually, Collective Impact, with a few…
Innovation Asset Assessment
Network innovation is a key ingredient in system shifting networks. This is a survey you can use to assess just how innovative your network is.
offered by June Holley
Download Network innovation is a key ingredient in system shifting networks. This is a survey you can use to assess just how innovative your network is. It can be printed out, handed out to network…
June Holley’s Network Weaving Institute
June Holley has created a new entity, the Network Weaving Institute, so that you can easily track and collaborate in her writing and set up time for consultations with her.
June has been weaving networks, helping others weave networks and writing about networks for over 40 years. She is currently increasing her capacity to capture learning and innovations…
A Loosely-woven Basket to Contain a Thought
In Whose Story Is This? (A Hero Is a Disaster, 2019), Rebecca Solnit reminds us of Ursula Le Guin’s proposal of “the bottle as hero.” By this Le Guin means that instead of the easily-accessible dramatic story of the male-brandishing-spear and hunt being “heroic,” she considers women’s work of gathering into a bottle or basket true heroism, and worthy drama. In the early years of our…
The Transformative Power of Networks of Networks
Three Level Networks for Transformation
I’ve mentioned before that transformation or system shifting requires networks to be involved in networks of networks. This blog post will explain why every network needs to be part of and explicitly develop networks of networks to maximize their impact.
Networks need to be part of three types of networks, shown in the drawing…
What Is Self Organizing?
by June Holley
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 years of helping networks self-organize, I’ve created a definition that is very concrete and practical for getting started with self-organizing.
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How Marginalized Muslim Voices Can be Amplified Through Collaborative Journalism
by Juwayriah Wright
Juwayriah Wright's reflections on amplifying Muslim voices through collaborative Journalism is part of Network Weaver’s BIPOC Editorial series. Learn more about the series here.
Liberation, in a world as complex and fractured as ours, is a deeply personal yet profoundly collective pursuit. As a Muslim journalist at Time Magazine, the idea of liberation goes…
How do Stories Strengthen our Movements and Strategies?
by Jazz Kerr
Jazz Kerr's reflections on storytelling and movement strategy is part of Network Weaver’s BIPOC Editorial series. Learn more about the series and our submissions guidelines here. We invite you to connect with us at [email protected]
You may wonder why, in writing, I return so often to the land. The land is our first storyteller, and I do my best to stay…