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=Additional Resources=

**// Resources for Working with a Network Mindset //**
Explores how social media tools are driving more connected ways of working characterized by principles of greater openness, transparency, distributed effort and collective action. Diana Scearce, Gabriel Kasper, and Heather McLeod Grant, //Stanford Social Innovation Review//, Summer 2010. ONLINE: []
 * “Working Wikily”**

A book rich with insight about working with networks in an organizational context and examples of how nonprofits are using social media to “power social networks for change.” Beth Kanter and Allison Fine. 2010.
 * The Networked Nonprofit**

An article about how nonprofit leaders are achieving greater impact by working through networks. Includes detailed examples. Jane Wei-Skillern and Sonia Marciano, //Stanford Social Innovation Review//, 2008.
 * “The Networked Nonprofit”**

The Leadership Learning Community, a learning network dedicated to transforming the way the social change leadership development work is conceived, conducted and evaluated, is spearheading a collaborative research project on leadership approaches that are more inclusive, networked and collective. Publication forthcoming. Summer 2011.
 * “Leadership and Networks: Bringing a Network Lens to Leadership and a Leadership Lens to Networks”**

**// Resources for Understanding & Supporting Networks //**
A series of five reports that explore what social networks are and their role in strengthening family and community change. These reports capture research findings that have informed Annie E. Casey Foundation’s //Making Connections// initiative and their approach to supporting and measuring the impact of social networks in place-based communities. Terri Bailey, Audrey Jordan, et al. 2006-2007 ONLINE: []
 * Annie E. Casey Foundation Reports on Social Networks**

An introduction to the basics on networks, how they evolve, and how they can be shaped for social impact—illustrated through a case study. Valdis Krebs and June Holley, 2006. ONLINE: []
 * Building Smart Communities through Network Weaving**

This Knight Foundation report looks at what's working today for citizen-centered networks, paints three sketches of what the world might look like for connected citizens as soon as 2015, and offers pragmatic near-term recommendations for grantmakers. Diana Scearce, //Monitor Institute//, Spring 2011. ONLINE**:**[|www.connectedcitizens.net]
 * Connected Citizens: The Power, Peril, and Potential of Networks**

A handbook covering the basics on networks –including their common attributes, how to leverage networks for social impact, evaluating networks, and social network analysis. Peter Plastrik and Madeleine Taylor, 2006. ONLINE: []
 * Net Gains: A Handbook for Network Builders Seeking Social Change**

A detailed analysis of organizational shifts at the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation to enable effective support of inter-organizational networks. Includes discussion of MRBF’s “Network Officer” position and their strategy for supporting networks. Doug Easterling, 2011. ONLINE: [|http://www.mrbf.org/resource.aspx?catId=4#A_Hands-on_Approach_to_Supporting_Networks_(March_2011)]
 * Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation: A Hands-On Approach to Supporting Networks**

**// Resources for Contributing Network Learning and Evaluation //**
Sketches the challenges of planning, monitoring, and evaluating results in international social change networks and how these challenges can be addressed. Ricardo Wilson-Grau. In //Assessing Progress on the Road to Peace Planning, Monitoring and Evaluating Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding Activities//, European Center for Conflict Prevention, May 2008.
 * Complexity and International Social Change Networks**

This chapter summarizes the characteristics of a complex adaptive system (CAS) from an organizational perspective, identifying properties of evaluation systems that are consistent with the nature of a CACS and describing tools and techniques for more effective evaluation. Glenda H. Eoyang and Thomas H. Berkas. In //Managing Complexity in Organizations//, Quorum Books, 1999. ONLINE: []
 * Evaluating Performance in a Complex Adaptive System**

Outlines a three-pronged approach to assessing the impact of networks: network mapping, network indicators, and network outcomes. June Holley, 2007. ONLINE: []
 * Networks and Evaluation**

Outlines an accessible framework for thinking about network assessment– including handy worksheets step-by-step strategies. Eli Malinsky and Chad Lubelsky, Center for Social Innovation and Canada Millenium Scholarship Foundation, 2008. ONLINE: []
 * Network Evaluation: Cultivating Healthy Networks for Social Change**

Scans the field of network monitoring and evaluation to identify where progress has been made and where further work is still needed. Outlines iScale’s approach to network monitoring and evaluation. Innovations for Scaling Impact (iScale) and Keystone Accountability publication, June 2010. ONLINE: []
 * Next Generation Network Evaluation**

Discusses the value of Social Network Analysis (SNA) as a approach for to evaluating leadership networks. Illustrated with cases. Claire Reneilt and Bruce Hoppe, //Leadership Quarterly//, January 2009. ONLINE: [] = = =Glossary of terms= Community: A group of people who share a common interest – whether their place of residence or an issue that cuts across boundaries. Complexity Science: Collection of ideas and principles from a number of different bodies of knowledge (including systems and network theory) that are used to identify patterns, processes, and relationships across a wide range of different phenomena / complex systems. Network, noun: A group of people who are connected through relationships. Network-centric, adjective: A way of organizing that is transparent, open and decentralized. Network practice, noun: Tools and strategies for strengthening, creating or leveraging network connections. Network weaving: The art of making connections among a group of people, in order to strengthen existing ties, bring new people into the network and bridge divides. Node: The people who are connected together through relationships (links) in a network. Nodes can refer to any component that can be connected together in a network, like organizations, ideas or data. In this essay we focus on networks of people (social networks). Periphery: The collection of nodes that are at the edge of the network and therefore less connected to others by than the highly connected nodes in the center of the network. Social media: Technologies that use broadly accessible and expandable publishing tools such as blogs, wikis, social networking sites and Twitter. They are social in the sense that they facilitate interaction among people; they allow “many-to-many” connections, between and among virtually any number of people, however small or large; and, in many cases, they offer both simultaneous and asynchronous interaction, enabling communication either in real time or over long periods. Social network analysis (SNA): The analytic process of mapping, understanding and measuring the networks of social relationships that connect people to one another, using specialized software and techniques. Space: The venue where the members of a network form and renew their connections, whether a physical place or an online meeting-space. Strong ties: Relationships in a network that are comparatively deep or binding. Systems theory: A transdisciplinary study that focuses on the arrangement of and relations between parts that connect them into a whole. Weak ties: Relationships in a network that are comparatively light or fleeting.
 * Social Network Analysis and the Evaluation of Leadership Networks**

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