Category Archives: Tool

Tool – Network Communication EcoSystem

One of the most critical support structures for networks is a well-thought-out communications ecosystem – a set of tools and platforms that enable everyone in the network to connect and collaborate directly with anyone else in the network. This communications ecosystem model helps networks evaluate and improve their communications…

Tool: Agree or Disagree About Collaboration

This tool will help groups develop a common understanding of one another’s perspectives on collaboration and can assist in making a case for collaboration that is rooted in participants’ ideas, observations, and values….

Tool: Key Factors Mapping

This is a simple but effective group method for quickly identifying the factors that have the most influence or impact on addressing a given challenge. It pushes a group to think harder about what’s really holding back progress…

Tool: Network Consultation Report Template

It is extremely easy for members and leaders of networks and partnership to “recall” the content of a consultation or conference in widely diverging ways. visionSynergy recommends that network and partnership leadership create a Summary Report that can serve as a common data set, or shared referent, for all members. Below is a consultation summary report template that you can use to share key event decisions, details, and information with your members and stakeholders…

Tool: Collaboration Spectrum

How collaborative is your network? As groups move towards greater collaboration they must pay attention to activities that build trust among the partners. This tool can be used to guide a conversation about the level of collaboration that is needed…

Tool: 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 shows the goals, steps, success factors, and potential pitfalls present in each stage…

Tool: Essential Guide to Effective Networks

The Essential Guide to Effective Networks (EG2EN) is visionSynergy’s network-focused update to the Pocket Guide to Partnerships. Like the Pocket Guide, it is a summary of the EFO process and contains the essential elements of effective networks…

Tool: Exploring Inter-Network Collaboration

Inter-networking occurs when two or more networks explore how they can collaborate for Kingdom purposes. This inter-network process is vital for effective collaboration. Based on years of inter-network conversation, Dave Hackett shares a visual tool created to support more effective inter-network conversations.
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Tool: How To Give Advice The Right Way

Have you ever been frustrated when people ignore your advice? Or have you been frustrated when people in your organization, partnership, or network simply stop asking for your advice? In this video, productivity consultant Ed Muzio explains a four-step process for giving advice the right way. Using this approach will make it more likely that people will not only come to you for advice, but even more so that your advice will actually be helpful to them…

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