1. Network Effectiveness: An Interactive Working Session for Packard Foundation Grantees May 27, 2009 Heather Grant [email_address] Diana Scearce [email_address] Paris San Francisco São Paulo Seoul Singapore Tokyo Toronto Zurich Shanghai Palo Alto Johannesburg Beijing Chicago Hong Kong Cambridge Delhi Dubai Los Angeles Madrid Manila Mumbai Munich New York Moscow London This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
5. 10K+ Activists Protested Elections in Moldova “… six people, 10 minutes for brainstorming and decision-making, several hours of disseminating information through networks, Facebook, blogs, SMSs and e-mail.” – Natalia Morar, ThinkMoldova
22. Develop and Share Knowledge 14 Countries 1,300 Trained Volunteers Interagency Program Integrated Fire Management
23. Innovate “ Open Sourcing Social Solutions” Internal, Proprietary R&D Labs
24. … transforming communities through collaborations to address root causes of poverty and homelessness Source: Jane Wei-Skillern and Kerry Herman, “Habitat for Humanity—Egypt,” Harvard Business School Cases, October 3, 2006. Get to Scale Typical HFH country programs produce 200 houses each year In Egypt, HFH builds 1,000 houses a year, on average - EGYPT-
62. Network Leadership and Mindset Heather Grant [email_address] Diana Scearce [email_address] This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
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65. The Network Mindset Organization Orientation Network Orientation Mindset Strategy Behaviors Competition Grow the organization Compete for resources Protect knowledge Competitive advantage Hoard talent Collaboration Grow the network Share resources Open source IP Develop competitors Cultivate leadership Source: Forces for Good by Heather McLeod Grant and Leslie R. Crutchfield (2007) Source: Heather McLeod Grant and Leslie R. Crutchfield, “Forces for Good,” (2007).
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67. Tasks of Network Leadership: What Network Leaders Do Building and Developing the Network Allocating Resources Communicating Managing Technology Connecting Members Catalyzing Action Capacity Building/ Coaching Building Consensus Facilitating Process Helpful Sources: Peter Plastrik and Madeleine Taylor, “Net Gains: a Handbook for Network Builders Seeking Social Change.” (2006) and June Holley, “Network Weaver Checklist,” (2006).
73. How Networks Progress and Evolve Source: Valdis Krebs and June Holley, “Building Smart Communities through Network Weaving,” (2006). Source for Network Graphic: orgnet.com. 1. 2. 3. 4. Multi-Hub Small World Core Periphery Hub and Spoke Scattered Clusters
74. A Few Strategies for Strengthening Your Network Nurture quality connections so projects can be high risk & high impact Bridge difference . Connect people and ideas that normally don’t go together Support overlapping projects or collaborations , many very small, initiated by many Map the network in order to visualize structure , diagnose strengths and weaknesses, and identify strategies for growing the network Grow and engage periphery to bring in new resources and innovation Source: Adapted from June Holley, www.networkweaving.com . Source for Network Graphic: orgnet.com
75. The Green and Healthy Building Network: 2005 Source: Barr Foundation “Green and Healthy Building Network Case Study” by Beth Tener, Al Neirenberg, Bruce Hoppe
76. The Green and Healthy Building Network: 2007 Source: Barr Foundation “Green and Healthy Building Network Case Study” by Beth Tener, Al Neirenberg, Bruce Hoppe