In February 2023, Collective Mind hosted our Networks in Action on conflict resolution in networks. The session, hosted by Collective Mind founder, Kerstin Tebbe, built from inputs shared by session…
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To support Network effectiveness and Network Leaders
In 2019 – 2020, COPE Scotland joined a 9-month Network Weaving learning series offered by the Q Community for health and care leadership in the UK and Ireland. Facilitated by…
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On Remedy and Redress as Network Principles
“I am trying to shape my despair into some form of action, but for now, I am standing on the cold edge of grief” – Terry Tempest Williams, “Erosion: Essays…
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Changing the Conversation Around Reproductive Justice
“Reproductive justice” was first coined in 1994 by the Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice and defined in 1997 by Sister Song (a formal outgrowth of that group) as “the human…
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Aso Oke: Weaving Community
According to a scholar of textile design Picton (1979), weaving is a simple process of interlacing a set of thread (warp and weft) at right angles to form a web…
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Making “risky” business our business
Bridging the gap between funders and the needs of grassroots groups In previous blogs we have talked about the need for grassroots movements vs. funder’s resistance to risk, and questioned the…
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Understanding network strategy
Every organization needs an effective strategy. Strategy can refer to an overarching strategic plan at the organizational level or a strategy towards achieving specific organizational needs and goals. A strategy…
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Understanding network strategy
Every organization needs an effective strategy. Strategy can refer to an overarching strategic plan at the organizational level or a strategy towards achieving specific organizational needs and goals. A strategy…
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Getting to the Goods (and Beyond “Folded Arms” Syndrome) in Impact Networks
“Your generosity is more important than your perfection.” Seth Godin Over the past 20 years of working with a variety of social change networks, I have observed a common dynamic…
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On Collective Liberation and Natural Networks: an Interview with LLC’s Nikki Dinh and Ericka Stallings
I was able to meet with the Co-Executive Directors of the Learning Leadership Community, an organization I’ve long admired for their commitment to a community-focused transformative leadership practice. This past…
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