Avoid the graveyard of dead resources by co-creating content with your network Resources are assets that an individual or group draws on to function more effectively. Network-centric resources are people-powered and participatory resources that aim to maximise usage and engagement. They are developed through sharing ownership, enabling contribution, and supporting […]
Network-Centric Resources
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The next lab will take place on Wednesday, October 15 and Thursday, October 16th from 3pm to 6pm UTC (check your time zone). Registration details below. The Facilitating Collective Power Lab is designed to develop strong leadership skills for facilitators, organisers, and activists working as change-makers who advance equity and […]
Photo by Jer Clarke 2024 was a challenging year in many ways, and we are happy to see the back of it. The incredible work we get asked to do and the inspiring people we get to work with get us through every year. Here’s a recap of what we […]
The Remote Team Cohesion Lab is part of a suite of workshops designed to strengthen organisations’ abilities to achieve social change through empowering individual and team structures. This lab series is a collaboration between Sarah Allen, drawing upon her expertise as the Mozilla Festival Senior Director, and Dirk Slater of […]
The quest to answer that question was motivated largely by Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter in October 2022. Before that, we had witnessed the slow erosion of trust that social media users experienced with Meta platforms (Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp). We wondered how long Twitter would take to join the […]
A network-centric resource is a knowledge asset that supports interaction and strengthens the ability of a community or network to exist. They can be collection of curriculum such as IFRC’s Data Playbook, EFF’s Security Education Companion, or events like MozFest. We’ve chosen to describe the method of developing and sustaining […]
Our journey learning about effective workshop session design began in the mid-90’s, when we were helping activists and community organisers in the United States understand how to harnass the potential of the Internet. What we’ve learned about session design has largely been achieved through a combination of trial and error (evaluating […]
Final Takeaways from the Strategy Design Festival Across the Strategy Design Festival, one message kept surfacing in quiet conversations over breaks and in the closing circle: the hardest strategy work isn’t the frameworks – it’s doing it without feeling alone. On paper, most organisations have access to plenty of tools: […]
More takeaways from The Strategy Design Festival In the first post from the Strategy Design Festival, we argued that strategy is a verb, not a document. In the second, we suggested that most “theories of change” are really untested stories, and offered ways to turn them into living hypotheses. In […]
More takeaways from The Strategy Design Festival In the first post from the Strategy Design Festival, we argued that strategy needs to be treated as a verb, not a document. In the second, we suggested that most “theories of change” are really untested stories, and offered ways to turn them […]