Author Archives: Daniel Dow

Rooting for Rivals

Peter Greer, the author of Rooting for Rivals, explores case studies illustrating the power of collaborative partnership. Learn how your multi-organization partnership can multiply its impact through Kingdom collaboration…

The Life Cycle of a Sustainable Network

This infographic from Visible Network Labs does a great job of visualizing the life cycle of many networks as they grow and mature….

Tool – Liberating Structures

Liberating Structures are easy-to-learn microstructures (activities) that enhance relational coordination and trust. They quickly foster lively participation in groups of any size, making it possible to truly include and unleash everyone….

Tool – Needs, Contribution, Benefits, Risk Matrix

The Needs, Contribution, Benefit, Risk matrix helps potential or current partners clearly and transparently share their needs, identify partner contributions, individual and network benefits, and surface potential risks….

Tool – Circle of Conflict

Christopher Moore’s Circle of Conflict describes five key sources of conflict. This tool can be used to help identify and name the source and nature of a conflict…

How to Nurture a Culture of Exchange

Effective network leaders create an environment that supplies the means, motive, and opportunity (MMO) for its members to collaborate. These are the elements in a culture of exchange, and they apply both to face-to-face gatherings and when participants are apart…

Creating Culture: Promising Practices of Successful Movement Networks

In this article, authors Mark Leach and Laurie Mazur, share some of the insights gleaned from their inquiry into movement networks. The principles and research that they share are fully applicable to networks and partnerships….

Structure Matters: How Network Form Affects Outcomes

This article looks at how the structure of a network can affect network outcome and ways to improve these structures for better results….

Virtual Meetings and the Great Commission: Changing the Dynamics of Global Collaboration Among Christians

This article explores the impact that virtual communication and meeting tools are having on global Great Commission collaboration…

35 Network Quotes

Looking for a good quote on networks and partnerships? Here are 35 quotes about cooperation, networks, and partnerships…

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