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@rtnight, Chicago Artists' Month Kick Off Party, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago. 09.28.06
Posted by Internet at Every Where on 7:06 PM
Welcome to our Network!
Posted by Internet at Every Where on 3:54 PM
We had a productive day today, getting our web site up, preparing for our next conference, and accomplishing quite a bit around Jack's dining room table -- proving once again that "a day face-to-face is worth a thousand emails!"Thanks to Steve Goldberg for stopping by and taking our pictu...
The Trust Equation 1.0 !
Posted by Internet at Every Where on 6:22 PM
This is a 1.0 version of a formula for measuring trust in relationships. It's intended to use a formula for assessing the complex and intangible dynamic of trust.It basically says that trust is the multiplication of weighted expectations and delivery on expectations, divided by the multiplication of expectation clarity and usefulness of feedback. It's actually based on intensive work I've done recently in client organizations on trust building between individuals, managers and departments.And here's the process:1. In the case of trust between two people, each person lists their 5 top expectations of each other in categories including what they...
NOLA Networks
Posted by Internet at Every Where on 9:34 PM
Many people think that all post-Katrina recovery efforts are fragmented and failing. Although many of the formal organizations are falling over each other, and over the debris that is still in the streets, community networks are self-organizing and emerging in New Orleans and elsewhere in the devastated region.A month ago, I got an email from Sarah who is working with ThinkNOLA. She inquired...Through the New Orleans Wiki we've documented significant social relationships and organizational connections between board members in the key recovery agencies, both governmental and quasi-governmental. Do you have any suggestions for producing visual...
Building Community Through Innovation in Belize or Anywhere
Posted by Internet at Every Where on 5:53 PM
I got an email today from a dear friend who is promoting sustainable development in small remote Mayan villages in Belize. She has done a marvelous job, working with villagers to set up a computer center for the village children (who are now computer wizards!), using donated computers from folks in Athens, Ohio. She's also helped mostly young women in the village set up income generating businesses, gathered up a container full of books from U.S. friends to stock the new high school's library, and helped raise money for disbaled children to get needed operatons. All this while respecting the culture and encouraging local leadership. Now she...
Smart Networks Workshop
Posted by Internet at Every Where on 10:04 AM
Weaving Smart Networks: Building Capacity for Positive Change in Organizations and Communities will be held in Washington, DC on October 12-13, 2006. The workshop is intended people already engaged in change and innovation who want to learn to apply networking strategies to increase the scale and impact of their activities. For more information, see the full brochure with registration form at Plexus Institute's web site Jack, June and Valdis will all be participating.For more information, email june@networkweaving.com or curt@plexisinstitute....
