The document outlines an agenda and discussion for a meeting to develop a leadership report on fostering network strategies. It discusses the project goals of increasing social change impact through leadership competencies for networks. It reviews the draft synthesis and seeks feedback on moving it forward. It also discusses content strategy, co-branding opportunities, and next steps to finalize the report.

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Leadership for a New Era
(LNE)
Leadership and Networks Publication
By: Leadership Learning Community
April 2011

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Agenda
 Welcome – Check in exercise (5 minutes)
 Review project goal, audience and where we are now (5 min)
 Discuss draft synthesis: What’s needed to move this forward
and make it a really great report? (40 minutes)
 Writing and co-branding strategy (5 minutes)
 Timeline and next steps (5 minutes)

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Project Overview
Increase the impact and scale of social change work
by fostering the leadership competences, mindset and
What
skills needed to use network strategies and tools or
exercise leadership in a network context.
Dominant thinking in the leadership field is still biased
Why towards supporting individuals in an organizational
context. There is an untapped opportunity to support a
network mindset to help social change leadership reach
a higher level of impact.
Individuals, organizations, and groups that are
supporting leadership & network development
Who
strategies. Can we really serve both audiences?

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Where we are now
 Online resource directory
 Writing partners recruited and
engaged
 Collaborative website
 Joint webinar with Monitor Institute
for Network of Network Funders
 Face-to-face meeting in San
Francisco with Monitor Institute w 45
people and great feedback
 Second round of synthesis edits

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Reflection Question
 If you had to pick the one most important idea to convey or
question that would move the audience of this report to an
important edge of learning that would help us to achieve our
purpose, what would it be?

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Content Strategy

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Synthesis Testing
In addressing these questions please keep in mind purpose of
the report and its primary audience?
 Are we supporting a new edge of learning or rehashing a lot of
good work already available? What is the edge? Is the
leadership point of view coming through strongly enough?
 Should we be proactive in raising common concerns, (e.g.
accountability, decision making, control, power) and how
should we address them?
 What case studies would be most helpful to this audience?

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Co-branding

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What & Why?
 Endorse the publication at the organizational-level
 Logo on cover page
 Listed as a co-author
 Increase your reach into the leadership community
 Help to validate the importance of the thinking proposed by the
report, and ultimately, increase the leadership capacity to
develop and support networks in the social sector

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Next Steps

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Next Steps and Timeline
 What needs to happen to move the report forward?
 Who can help: Assignments and Timelines
 What makes sense as a timeline for a final author
review?