In the quest for transformative change, whether in organizations, communities, or individual lives, understanding the dynamics and drivers of change is critical. The “Tree of Alignment,” a metaphorical concept, provides…
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When “Kin” Is All We Have: From “Stakeholders” to “Care-holders”
“We must move ourselves beyond resistance and survival, to flourishment and ‘mino bimaadiziwin’ (the good life).“ – Leanne Betasamosake Simpson“The challenge is to replace practices that distance and disconnect with ones…
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What philanthropy can learn from Afrofuturism to end violence
What other ways of knowing can philanthropy embrace to imagine our future?This article, by Alexis Flanagan, first appeared in Alliance Magazine. Alexis is the Co-Executive Director of the Resonance Network. You can…
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Putting Relationships First
The case for relationship-centred communities, organisations and systemsWhat follows is an excerpt from the The Relationships Project’s Case Maker, Putting Relationships FirstIF YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD, START WITH…
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How to Grow Trust-Based Conservation Funding: Impact Networks + Pay It Forward Scaling
Trust-based funding approaches are the slow-food version of conservation finance. These approaches are intimate and time-intensive, by nature, and are built on personal relationships, significant upfront investments of time, and…
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Murmurations: Wisdom From Women Changemakers
This article appeared first on YES! Media as part of their “Murmurations” columnA note from adrienne maree brown: Shawna Wakefield is passionate about collaborative work and collective thinking, as well as…
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Leadership Alumni Networks Making a Difference
For all justice-loving people who are curious about networks or what leadership program alumni can and are accomplishing by using network strategies, I am happy to share a recently released…
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Learning From Experience
It takes a bodyMy interview with artist Maggie Roberts covered perspective, vision, AI, bias, resistance, extraction, the bravery of imagination, and the role of art in a crisis. The conversation was nuanced,…
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How to improve funding to networks
Takeaways from a series of co-creation workshopsIn March 2023, Collective Mind launched the results of a major participatory research study on donor funding to networks. As a follow-up to this research,…
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Getting to the Core of Long-Term, Complex, Collaborative and Networked Success
The following content is a 2-post contribution from Curtis Ogden, originally published at Interaction Institute for Social ChangeLessons From 12 Years of Weaving a Regional Network for Better Food FuturesRecently…
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