Guest post by Adene Sacks As the GEO gathering comes to a close, funders are spending their morning on the practical consideration of how adopting a network mindset will change our day to day work. One of the most interesting discussions I participated in this morning focused on what networks mean for those established field organizations whose names are often synonymous with the work we do. Monitor Group senior consultant Heather Grant McLeod made the fascinating point that many of … [Read more...]
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Networks and Social Movements
Guest post by Mary Manuel Movement: “A collection of persons or groups who come together around a common concern. Typically their mission is to bring about some type of societal change relative to their concern.” They are characterized by the following elements: collective intentional action, continuity of sustained action, outsider status, scope and scale, and formation of collective identity. * In her article Unstill Waters: The Fluid Role of Networks in Social Movements, Robin Katcher … [Read more...]
Wikimedia: Networks + Strategic Planning = Big Yes
Guest post by Carole Martin Sue Gardner of Wikimedia Foundation and Eugene Kim of Blue Oxen Associates paired up during Monday’s session to describe the approach they took during Wikimedia’s planning process. It quickly became obvious that by engaging a wide array of their volunteers in strategy formulation, they created an uncommon opportunity to educate community members about strategic thinking and inclusive processes in a networked world. Why does this matter? These skills are vital to … [Read more...]
The Story of the Boston Youth Sports Initiative Network
Note from Beth: Since the concept of working in Networks is can be hard to explain to newcomers, learning from case studies, stories, and examples can be illuminating. The design was to share this learning was amazing. In the morning, each of the ten case study presenters gave a 5 minute "teaser" about their case study or what one presenter called "showing a little leg." After lunch, conference participants got to to choose two presenters to spend an hour with in a small group to ask … [Read more...]
The Digital Immigrant
Guest post by Mary Manuel “Social networks are not about technology, they are enabled by technology”. I’m sitting with this thought as I write and publish my first ever blog. As a digital immigrant, my goal for this conference is to practice learning the language of my new country at the GEO Networks conference over the next two days. As I become absorbed in frenetic tweeting of my “aha” moments and pay half attention to the speakers, I become afraid that I will lose the culture and … [Read more...]
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