Funders+Guide+Tools



=Part 5: Tools to Help Grantmakers Work with Networks=

What constitutes a healthy network? A diagnostic tool for assessing network health and network needs
 * Overview of social network mapping and analysis (SNA), how funders can use it, and what’s required
 * Link to Barr After School work
 * What’s the link with complexity theory and systems dynamics
 * How to hold network space?
 * Tips for effective facilitation -- online and in-person. Link to Wikimedia story
 * Open Space
 * Network governance. Decision-making in a network context
 * Leadership in a network environment, a la Bill Traynor's blog post on inhabiting a network environment. (Audrey) I am hoping that the LLC Leadership in Networks paper will include some specific examples of leadership programs that are focusing on teaching these skills. (Kathy)
 * Are you going to include any social media tools/tips for funders on how to fund social media work? (Kathy)
 * Considerations for working in a global context (what different between place-based networks and GANS?)

Go back to the Funders Guide Preliminary Outline.