Knowing the Network Mapping the issue, stakeholders, existing connections

1. Knitting the Network • Connecting, engaging, convening stakeholders • Nurturing network stewards / leaders • Defining network value proposition(s) • Knowing the Network • Mapping the issue, stakeholders, existing connections • Organizing the Network • Articulating the network’s theory of change and participants’ roles therein • Establishing network structures and processes, especially shared norms of engagement • Piloting key strategies / beginning to work together • Transforming or Transitioning the Network • Evaluating network effectiveness and impact • If transforming: Refining / redefining network value proposition(s) • If transitioning: Distributing re-usable assets (including knowledge) • Growing the Network • Growing and diversifying network participation • Building enduring trust and connectivity • Decentralizing network functions • Spreading, deepening, diversifying network strategies • Monitoring, learning and continuous improvement Sources: Adapted from iScale, with input from the work of June Holley and Valdis Krebs