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Close the Triangle
Guest post by Scott Bechtler-Levin After spending a couple days with nearly 150 smart, network weavers at the GEO/ Monitor Institute “Growing Social Impact in a Networked World” conference (http://www.geofunders.org/networksconference.aspx), I am reminded of one of my favorite quotations: “The more you learn, the more you realize how little you know…” (Socrates, according to Plato) One of many ‘ah-has’ came early during the well facilitated conference. It was just an off-hand comment from June … [Read more...]
The Power of Curation
Guest post by Paula Goldman The wisdom of crowds, the insanity of crowds. Mention the word “network” to most people and their reactions tend to sway between these two polar extremes. It’s either “crowdsourcing is the answer to everything” --or it’s a complaint that social networks like Facebook and Twitter are just “too full of chatter.” If I have one takeaway from the GEO/Monitor Group conference on Networks earlier this week, it’s about how crucial the curator is in determining the difference … [Read more...]
Evaluating Networks and their Effectiveness
Guest Post by Tom Kelly Lists. I am a list maker. To do. To followup. To call. And at a conference like Growing Social Impact in a Networked World (http://www.geofunders.org/networksconference.aspx), I made several lists--in my notebook, on my iPad, emails to myself, and on those very cool hexagonal Post-its. I will work through all of them over the next week or so but the list that will keep growing is the one of insights and new ideas I gained from hearing fellow participants share their … [Read more...]
Network Leadership: A Few Ingredients in the Secret Sauce
Guest post from Kathy Reich For a while I’ve been puzzling over what makes a good network leader. The traditional models of organizational leadership clearly don’t apply, but then, which models do? The Grantmakers Gathering on Networks provided a few a-ha moments for me about network leadership: The first leader or leaders in a network are like first responders at the scene of a crash—they’re in charge of making things happen until the structures get set up to fully address the situation. No … [Read more...]
Power and Control
Guest post from Marie Sauter Among many insights gleaned from this week’s conference on “Growing Social Impact in a Networked World” (http://www.geofunders.org/networksconference.aspx), one theme keeps recurring for me: the importance of grantmakers sharing power and control within broadly construed networks of collaborators in the quest for social change. During Domestic Violence (DV) Awareness Month, I’ve been reflecting on how concepts of power and control have shaped the dialog in the DV … [Read more...]
Networks are beautiful
Guest post from Stephanie McAuliffe Bob Agres Executive Director of Hawai’i Alliance for Community Based Economic Development said that network weaving is the humility to discover the unique gift of each person you encounter and to connect it with a need. That’s beautiful. I heard several people at the Gran maker’s Gathering on Networks say that networks are beautiful. I find beauty in the trust that allows network ties to strengthen and in the visual representation of networks. It is fun to … [Read more...]
Day Two: Growing Social Impact in a Networked World – Focus on the How to
Guest post by Laura Efurd While we continue to grapple with some key questions around supporting, investing in and growing networks, on day two of the conference we got a bit more down and dirty with practical matters like “how to”. We started the morning by reflecting in small groups on emerging insight and strategies. My favorite insight from this session was the comment that sometimes it is as simple as having conversations. Though we might not have the whole networked world figured out, … [Read more...]
Turning Waste into Opportunity
Guest post from Sande Smith During the first day of the Growing Social Impact in a Networked World conference, I had plenty of opportunities to have my mind blown. I wasn’t the only one. I heard my colleagues asking questions about the changes that would have to happen in their organizations for them to be able to truly embrace a new way of being - a way that embraced network philosophy. As my own mind began to reconstruct meaning, I found myself thinking about two presentations in … [Read more...]
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