Creative vs. Transactional Collaboration
The nonprofit sector uses the word “collaboration” often, and in worshipful tones, but what happens in practice is usually more transactional than transformational. Understanding the differences between a transactional or cooperative network and a transformational or collaborative network is important. This article helps clarify these differences…
Reconciliation and Peacebuilding in Network Leadership
It’s uncanny how the Gospels and the Epistles take on new relevance as we apply them to different situations in life — such as facing conflict as a network leader! In this Bible devotion we reflect on the Apostle Paul’s admonitions in Philippians 4:1-9 and examine their relevance for reconciliation and peacebuilding in network leadership…
Growing the Gospel – Planting Mission Networks In Every Community
Tool: Key Factors Mapping
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…
Be Sensitive to Other Cultures
Co-creating a Change-Making Culture
Stay True to your Network’s God-Given Vision
Want Impact? Networks Trump Organizations
Turf, Trust, Co-Creation and Collective Impact
