Past Community Conversations
September 22, 2021 - Adapting a network's theory of change
Recording / Presentation / Blog
July 19, 2021 - Philanthropy and networks
Recording / Blog
June 16, 2021 - Creating a supportive network culture
Recording / Presentation / Blog
May 19th, 2021 - Collective Mind’s research on donor funding of networks
Recording / Presentation
April 21, 2021 - Centering equity in networks
Recording / Presentation / Blog
March 10, 2021 - Collective Mind’s network capacity assessment
Recording / Presentation / Blog
February 17, 2021 - Network leadership and fostering network weavers for decentralized management
Recording / Presentation / Blog
January 13, 2021 - Evaluating a network to increase its performance and impact
Recording / Presentation / Blog
December 9, 2020 - Decentralizing networks to increase member engagement
Recording / Presentation / Blog
November 18, 2020 - Unique experiences of network managers during the global pandemic
Recordings / Blog
October 14, 2020 - Using organizational capacity assessment to strengthen network advocacy
Recording / Presentation / Blog
September 9, 2020 - Program evaluation within a network context
Recording / Presentation
Other Past Events
Workshop Series: Networks and network management skills
Collective Mind launched a new series of workshops from February - May 2021 to help you strengthen networks and improve network practice.
We hear from network practitioners every day that they need support to better understand, analyze, design, and enhance the components of their networks. They seek targeted training to deepen their understanding of how to operate effectively in a network environment. And they want to expand and hone their skills to lead and manage their networks.
Developed using our evidence-based conceptual models for understanding networks and network management, these workshops were designed to help.
Group coaching course on network capacities - October 2020-March 2021
Collective Mind ran its 16-week Group Coaching course focused on the seven capacities needed to ensure that networks are effective and impactful. You can view the course details here.
Virtual Summer Camp - July 13-24, 2020
Virtual Summer Camp was an interactive and flexible virtual space for those who wanted to do more with and for their networks to gain new insights and tools for network management. “Campers” were a range of network leaders, managers, and organizations looking to start a networked approach. Camp activities were a mix of engaging learning activities: video lessons, expert webinars, open plenary discussions, breakout sessions and peer learning circles. Each was designed to provide frameworks and approaches for understanding networks, clarity around network challenges, and ideas, strategies, and tools for how to orient a network around shared purpose, build structures and processes for achieving that, and measure effectiveness and impact. Participants gained a community of peers for ongoing support and practical advice for leading and managing their network.
Virtual facilitation and collaboration for remote groups - March 2020
In March 2020, we ran a series of webinars to help our community better facilitate remote groups and adapt in-person events to go online. The collective wisdom from those discussions was synthesized into “A how-to guide on virtual facilitation and collaboration for remote groups.”