Whose Relationship IS It, Anyway?
Most of us think about ‘Relationship’ too personally, too one-dimensionally, and too cautiously to support transformation.
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A Co-Inspirational Feed-Back Loop with Eugene Cooke
Eugene Cooke is an Agroecologist and urban farmer with experience from California to Kenya. He’s the founder of Grow Where You Are, is currently located in Atlanta and is focused on food sovereignty. He’s also a member of a relatively large network funded and convened by one of our mapping clients. Meaning – he’s in…
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It Takes a Social System to Map a Social System
It Needs to Be a True Collaboration Social System Mapping is an art more than a science. It’s an art that entails a process that starts with understanding the purpose or aims of a collaborative/action/intentional network, learning what kinds of other- and systemic- awareness would amplify the network’s ability to learn and act together, translating…
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Theory and Practice in Social System Mapping: Part 3 of an Interview with Glenda Eoyang
How a Social System Map Expands Consciousness and Increases Choice.
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Theory and Practice in Network Mapping: Part 2 of an Interview with Glenda Eoyang
Exploring network consciousness with Glenda Eoyang of the Human Systems Dynamics Institute
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HSD Theory and Practice in Network Mapping: An Interview with Glenda Eoyang Pt. 1
“. . . a network map captures and represents those three fundamental characteristics (or CDE) that we think define the nature of all self-organizing systems. CDE means Container, Differences and Exchanges.” ~ Glenda Eoyang
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The Process of Participatory Community Network Mapping – Part 5 of an Interview with Aldo de Moor
A map without conversations is nothing and conversations without some form of mapping are much more fragmented.
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How to Turn sumApp Into Your Kumu Map Portal
How you can simplify map access for your network members by turning sumApp into your Kumu map portal
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Network-ing Does Not Equal Network WEAVING
For those of us who don’t resonate to Harvey McKay’s ‘Swim With the Sharks’ and that ilk – the default, mainstream meaning of ‘networking’ can be a big turn-off . We’ve come to understand it as a specific, often self-serving, not-necessarily-authentic, social butterflying kind of activity.
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How to Create a ‘Live Link’ from sumApp to Kumu for Real Time Network Mapping
The Maya Townsend interview has generated interest in live-link mapping – as well as questions about how to do it and what one should know. This post is in response to those questions.
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