Network Leadership Resources
Our Resource Library contains dozens of articles, infographics, and webinars related to building, managing, and evaluating cross-sector community networks. Start by searching for a topic of interest or read our Intro Guide below.
Network Leadership is the practice of building, managing, and evaluating cross-sector community partnership with a network approach. While traditional leadership emphasizes hierarchal styles of leadership, network leaders must manage a dynamic environment without formal roles, hierarchies, or authority. There are a lot of common examples
Supportive Connections: The Secret to Courageous Leadership
Supportive Connections Have Many Benefits- Including Courageous Leadership At Visible Network Labs we believe that your health and well-being are rooted in your supportive connections. I want to take that one step further and say that your leadership is also rooted in your supportive connections
Collective Impact is Hard, But We’re Not in the Dark: Advice on Measurement
Collective impact is hard. If you’ve ever done it, you know it beyond a doubt. If you’ve never done it, just read about the five conditions of collective impact and you’ll be able to guess how hard it would be to make it all work.
Community Connections, River People, and Roots Rodeo – the Ultimate Community Engagement Strategy
When I started Visible Network Labs, I knew it would be really hard to launch something new, but I also knew I had a huge community of people ready to take the leap with me. If I have learned anything in life, it is that
Don’t Fall for These 5 Network Myths
Common misconceptions and myths are everywhere these days: Wait 30 minutes before swimming after a meal – convincing, but also unnecessary according to science. The Five Second Rule? Less about keeping us safe, and more about making us feel safe. So why can’t we get
Collective Impact is Hard, But We’re Not in the Dark – Part 1: Advice for Collaboration
Collective impact is hard. If you’ve ever done it, you know it beyond a doubt. If you’ve never done it, just read about the five conditions of collective impact. You’ll be able to guess how hard it would be to make it all work. Entire communities
TED Talks: 10 Most Inspirational Videos on Leadership
This article by Sarah Pritzker first appeared on Youtubetomp3shark.com. A leader is a dealer in hope – Napoleon Bonaparte What does it mean to be a leader? How does one become a great leader? What does it really take? These are questions that the best
Taking an Upstream Health Approach with Neighborhood Networks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCNBbxNh6Lc This webinar will explore how to intentionally consider social capital and connectedness as a way to improve organizations and community health, education, and the economy. By highlighting the example of Mesa County Public Health (MCPH), Dr. Jeff Kuhr will share their process of restructuring
Gleanings From the 2018 Network Leadership Training Academy
Last year I participated in the Network Leadership Training Academy hosted by the University of Colorado at Denver’s Center on Network Science. It was wonderful to meet fellow network geeks and enthusiasts from around the country and Canada and to hear about diverse applications of network theory
Networks are Fluid & Dynamic, So Network Leadership Should Be Too
WHY NETWORK SCIENCE IS SO RELATABLE, AND REALLY FUN One of the most natural, human feelings is the desire to connect to others. We desire it physically, mentally, and functionally. Yet even our most intuitive selves can get mired in the complexities of how these
Using Network Analysis to Design Better Health Systems
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU-9_bgM1Gc This webinar will explore how network evaluation & analysis can be used to aid in the process of designing better health systems at the organizational level. Three key considerations will be discussed: 1) diversity of participants, 2) equity in governance, and 3) centrality of
Using Network Science to Create Network Art
“The art is long, life is short, opportunity fleeting, experiment dangerous, judgment difficult.” -Hippocrates When I first embarked on providing leadership to support the development of the First 2000 Days Network I knew very little about networks as an organization model, and absolutely nothing about
Creating a Data-Driven Network Strategy
Working with networks and partnerships is difficult. Most of us working with cross-sector community networks are relatively new to the field. As an evolving area of practice, there’s still a shortage of resources out there to help you do your job better. How do you
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