To further assist you on your Movement Day journey, we have put together a resource page containing a collection of visionSynergy’s top network resources and tools.
Network Resources
The Synergy Commons contains over 200+ carefully curated activities, articles, guides, resources, videos, and webinars on network leadership. Below is a curated list of the community’s top resources to get you started.
You can browse the resources by Format Type or by Topic. You can also use the site-wide search to quickly find discussions, individuals, and resources associated with a specific key word or topic.
Bibliography: Partnerships in Christian Mission
This is an annotated collection of recommended books, articles, videos, and sites compiled by visionSynergy staff with input from International Partnering Associates.
Essential Guide to Effective Networks
This guide summarizes each network development stage: Exploration, Formation, and Operation. It describes each stage’s goals, step-by-step activities, signs of success and common pitfalls to avoid. These elements enable mission networks to accomplish together what can not be done alone.
Network Health Scorecard
Network leaders can use this SCORECARD to rate their level of implementation of the Network Health Factors described in the Essential Guide to Effective Networks, and create an improvement plan. Network leaders who give careful attention to these factors will be able to create healthy environments for effective collaboration. Rate your network on each item from 1 (low) to 10 (high).
Network Leader Videos – Stories from the Field
View 50+ short videos from our Youtube channel of network leaders sharing partnering advice, lessons learned, and stories from the field.
Network Leadership Webinars
Register for upcoming webinars or browse a list of previously recorded webinars taught by veteran network leaders.
Partnership Essentials Video Series
Recorded at the 2016 Blue Med Regional Consultation in Malta, this 10-part video series by Phill Butler focuses on ten partnership essentials fundamental to healthy networks and effective network leadership. Each video is 3 – 5 minutes long.
The Network Journey Map
The Network Journey map is a visual description of the three different stages (Exploration, Formation, Operation) that we typically see in the development of a network. The map provides a visual overview of the concepts in the Essential Guide to Effective Networks.
Tools and Activities
This page provides a listing of all network leader activities, templates, and tools currently available on the Commons.
Well Connected
Drawing on nearly 30 years of experience developing mission partnerships and networks around the world, Phill Butler’s Well Connected builds a case for the vital importance of collaboration in the church and provides an instruction guide for building effective Kingdom networks and partnerships. It is available for free to download as a PDF in five languages including Arabic, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.
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