Strengthening a young person’s social connectedness and social support system can be vital as they encounter complexities on the road to becoming the person they want to be. Sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Social Support Research Fellowship is a partnership between Visible
VNL was recently highlighted by the Trenton Daily for our work with the Trenton Health Team. Read the article below. Trenton Health Team’s (THT) Community Advisory Board (CAB) includes more than 100 organizations from around the region and across sectors. The group convenes regularly to
This summer we are excited to introduce our four Technology Team Interns. They’ll be working with our developers and designers to provide QA testing and UI/UX feedback, support the development of our user guides, and several other projects. They will also have the opportunity to
Anyone who has tried building or leading a coalition knows how difficult it is. Given all the work that goes into these efforts, many researchers are focused on identifying the key factors that lead to coalition success – both in terms of the social impact
Our Research and Evalution Team just gained even more expertise with the addition of our newest team member. Lea Xenakis is joining Visible Network Labs as our Director of Research and Evaluation, bringing a wealth of experience as a network scientist, policy analyst, and researcher
“I assume that every collaboration will bring conflict that must be managed” ⏤ Nancy Cantor Tweet Conflict in a coalition is normal – in fact, it’s usually a sign that the coalition or network is quite strong and engaged. Its members are passionate and involved,
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Denver, CO (April 20, 2020) – Visible Network Labs was highlighted for its work on the RECETAS Project (R-imagining Environments for Connection and Engagement: Testing Actions for Social Prescribing in Natural Spaces). Thirteen organizations from nine countries are participating in this five-year
“Any tool can be used for good or bad. It’s really the ethics of the analyst using it.” ⏤ John Knoll Tweet Believe it or not, social network analysis has a lot of ethical pitfalls you might be unaware of. Unlike traditional survey research, social
“Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing ‘patterns of change’ rather than ‘static snapshots.” ⏤ Peter Senge Tweet Systems thinking is getting more popular than ever as more and more people realize
“Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of mankind as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.” Mohandas Gandhi Tweet Here at VNL, we talk a lot about the importance the importance of social support and connectedness. However, for many of us, this
As the Councils have continued to grow and add new members to their network, they struggled to understand, track and measure their network quality and impact. Without concrete data and evidence to guide their work, they lacked a clear strategy for their network’s future and were concerned about losing their competitive advantage.
Most organizational networks are in a similar situation: Focusing on fostering more connections, more meetings, and more coordination and integration, without clear data to guide their effort. Dr. Varda realized that networks need visibility into their process outcomes like structure, quality, agreement and attribution to guide their strategy.
With this insight in mind, we worked to create PARTNER, our platform for tracking and visualizing networks, systems and ecosystems. It provided the Early Childhood Councils visibility into their partnerships with metrics like trust and value, so they could identify what was working and where to focus their strategy for the future.
Today the Councils have used their PARTNER data to reassess their strategy, demonstrate the impact of their work, and advance their mission in the future. Learn more about PARTNER below.
During the appointment, the doctor asked Mrs. Varda if she had help at home with things like picking up prescriptions and preparing meals. Her mom responded that she had several daughters in the area to help, so the provider moved on to the next question with little more thought.
However, the doctor didn’t know the whole story: for various reasons, Mrs. Varda could not depend entirely on her family for care and support. She tried to make do on her own as much as she could, making decisions that likely reduced her quality of life and reduced her chances of recovery.
Dr. Varda realized that our support networks are a significant factor in our health and well-being, especially for those undergoing care and treatment. While most providers realize this link exists, they lack the data and visibility needed to measure and improve their patient connectedness. She set out to build a tool that met this pressing need.
This year we introduced our solution to the world: PARTNERme, A Person-Centered Network Tool. It’s an easy-to-use patient screener that allows then to share both their social needs and social support network with their provider, so they can ask the right questions and connect them to resources to improve health and well-being. Learn more about PARTNERme here.
VNL won the Prime Health Innovation Challenge for PARTNERme! Watch our award-winning Pitch.
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A CPRM is a Community Partner Relationship Management system. Basically it’s like a CRM for organizational ecosystems. While a standard CRM simply tracks interactions with direct contacts like customers, a CPRM is designed to track an entire ecosystem—not just how an organization interacts with its own partners, but how all of them interact with each other.
Equal parts strategy and technology, PARTNER uses network science and data to track these ecosystems over time. This helps organizations understand and evolve their collaborative strategies, and ultimately increase the impact of their work.