Strong networks have the characteristics of strong communities. People know and look out for each other, they learn and share with each othe...

When we talk about building community, we start by acknowledging that many of us live in multiple communities. A community is a network of p...

What is the difference between movements, coalitions and networks and how does each relate to the others? Which one makes sense for what kin...

For over 30 years, I have had the privilege of helping leaders around the world develop their leadership effectiveness. In dozens of sectors...

This is a network map of the almost 1000 tweets during the #ideachat 1 hour session in November 2010. Individual participants in the chat ar...

We continue to have countless conversations with funders and others who want to "grow" networks of collaborations and innovations....

I wonder if a Goldman Sachs executive would spend a night in the house above? After all, they do kind of "own" it. The house, in...

A Network Weaver is someone who is aware of the networks around them and explicitly works to make them healthier (more inclusive, bridging d...

What if we invented an approach to democracy where voting was not a design element in the model. Voting continues to be the root cause of u...

We often think of our networks as belonging to us, or our group/team/family. We imagine they have an identifiable beginning and end. We wa...

As networks grow, they grow in confidence. Confidence is the expectation of success and comes from thousands of small acts of success within...

June, Valdis and I have seen countless networks grow over the past 30 years. It's interesting to see networks grow from weaker to strong...

As you may know, I've been working on a Network Weaver Handbook for some time now. I've got almost 100 pages of activities and stori...

Beth Kanter and I met at a workshop for foundations last fall. She loved the concept of Network Weaving and we decided to spend some time fi...

A recent article called Structural Folds: Generative Disruption in Overlapping Groups , by Balazs Vedres and David Stark is chock full of im...

How do we get started with self-organization? One simple process (adapted from a Peter Block activity) I've used many times is the Oppor...

Networks can actually envision and measure their economic growth impacts on communities and regions and network spaces. Here are just a few ...

In Appalachian Ohio, a small group of non-profits worked with a regional/community foundation to set up an Innovation Fund called the Yello...

I have created a Network Weaving List on Twitter. This is to follow those who focus on network weaving/building/organizing/mentoring/coach...

As the funding landscape shifts at the rate of the economy, many funders are rethinking, if not reinventing, the way they approach their mis...

In every network, people cluster by affiliations. These are affiliations based on shared transactions, ideologies, interests, adversaries, d...

The more we understand about networks, the more amazed we become at their immense and inscrutable power and elegance, starting with the fact...