Tag Archives: Networks

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….

35 Network Quotes

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

Mission in a Globalized World

This article from the 2019 Missio Nexus Mission Leaders Conference Program speaks to the impact of partnerships on the future of the global mission movement and the church’s changing role in world missions…

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…

Transformational Networks – A Global Strategy

In this video from Resonate Global Mission, CRC missionaries share stories about the network facilitation approach they use in their work with churches, church and community leaders, and local ministries to see community transformation…

Thinking like a Network 2.0

In this blog post by Curtis Ogden offers the following list of network principles to guide thinking and action. When applied, they can result in big differences and network effects…

The Strategic Value of Networks in Global Mission

In this podcast, Eldon Porter discusses the rise of global networks and how globalization and a growing Majority World church has brought a new paradigm to global missions.

Networks are Changing the Shape of World Missions

The March / April 2017 issue of Mission Frontiers shows how networks are changing the face of world missions as we know it, and how God is moving his church toward unprecedented unity through collaboration and the growth of networks.

Networks Are The Primary Metaphor Of The Future

In this video, Manuel Lima, senior UX design lead at Microsoft, explains how networks have become the primary metaphor for understanding our world and solving major challenges. The shift from hierarchical thinking to systems thinking has impacted nearly every human endeavor. In what ways do you think the modern mission movement has also been impacted by this shift?…

5 First Year Networking Lessons

Ellen Livingood shares five lessons she learned / relearned as a founding member and leader of a diaspora outreach network in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In this article, she reflects on the networking challenges — common to many networks — that they encountered their first year of operation.

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