9 Indicators of Growing Networks

We continue to have countless conversations with funders and others who want to "grow" networks of collaborations and innovations. This is impossible until they have enough network literacy to understand what it means that a "network" actually "grows."Here are 9 simple indicators of network growth, to this purpose. They become both indicators and strategies for the intentional growth of existing networks.People in the network gain broader and deeper awareness of the available assets in the networkPeople in the network gain broader and deeper awareness of potential new collaborators and co-conspirators in the networkPeople in the network spend more time introducing people to one another who are 2+ steps away from each other in the networkPeople in the network spend more time introducing themselves...

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