The Power of Marrying Facilitation and Sector Expertise
Last week I talked with my colleagues from the IFC, Sumit Manchanda and Anja Robakowski-Van Stralen, and Amit Nag (Net-Map facilitator) who have used Net-Map to facilitate their political economy...
View ArticleStrategic engagement – with snakes, elephants, baboons, mosquitos and meercats
I am just back from work in Southern Africa. And while I was in a specific country with it’s specifically difficult political context, the question that keept us awake at night was rather universal:...
View ArticleHow your landscape expands if you talk about conflict…
Let me start by saying: I don’t like conflict. I am actually pretty good at diffusing unnecessary conflict and running away from necessary conflict. (except sometimes, when I turn around in...
View ArticleHow to use Net-Map in Monitoring and Evaluation
Are you planning or implementing complex projects, that aim at social change? Are you wondering how innovations spread through a given social system? Or maybe connecting people to opportunities or...
View ArticleNet-Map training in DC, November 15-16th, 2018.
I am excited to invite you to our next Net-Map training in DC on the November 15-16, 2018. For me, the Net-Map certification training is a highlight of my year: A diverse group of passionate...
View ArticleGuest post: Networks for Mangrove Protection in Costa Rica
(by Barbara Schroeter) Costa Rica is one of the world´s biodiversity hotspots. In the southern Pacific Cost of the country, the Golfo Dulce region contributes to a rich biodiversity thanks to mangrove...
View ArticleWho influences the EU’s green infrastructure strategy?
It’s not just about information flow and regulations: Social pressure considerably influences biodiversity governance in Europe. It is my pleasure to share more Net-Map work done by capable colleagues....
View ArticleHow facilitation can lead to exclusion
I was totally thrilled to go to the first Liberating Structures Global Gathering in Seattle last month, to play with my facilitation superheros. Liberating Structures are a set of facilitation tools,...
View ArticlePivoting from development to humanitarian aid
When the locusts descend or a deadly contagious disease like Ebola or the Coronavirus hit a country, everyone and everything is somehow affected. The impact on the farmers or those infected is...
View ArticleNet-Mapping with a New Stakeholder Group: Neighborhood Store Managers and...
(Guest Post by Jarret Cassaniti from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Communication Programs) Each time I deploy Net-Map I learn new things. I have found the systematic...
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