This handbook provides
the growing number of people who are developing networks for social
change with practical advice based on the experiences of network
builders, case studies of networks small and large, local and
international, and emerging scientific knowledge about “connectivity.”
It
is intended to join, complement, and spur other efforts to capture and
make widely available what is being learned in the business,
government, and civil sectors about why and how to use networks, rather
than solitary organizations, to generate large-scale impact.
We
start with the point of view that networks provide social-change agents
with a fundamentally distinct and remarkably promising “organizing
principle” to use to achieve ambitious goals. Given the complexity and
enormity of social problems, the unrelenting pressure to reduce the
cost of creating and implementing solutions, and the recent
proliferation of small nonprofit organizations, networks offer a way to
weave together or create capacities that get better leverage,
performance, and results.
To read more please
download the document and if you have questions, comments, or feedback
the authors invite you to contact them via email at: netgains@in4c.net.
