epip open sourcing social change

Open-Sourcing Social ChangeWebinarAugust 19, 2013Host: Kate Seely, EPIP (@kfseely)

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EPIP Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy

(EPIP) is a national network of foundation professionals and social entrepreneurs who strive for excellence in the practice of philanthropy

Our mission is to develop emerging leaders committed to building a just, equitable, and sustainable society.

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Housekeeping You’ll all be on mute. Calling in on the phone? Mute your

computer, please. Time for questions and conversation

throughout. Chat your questions in. Or, tweet them, using #opensourcechange.

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Use the chat box and chat directly to the organizer if problems arise.

We’ll be recording this webinar

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Your hosts…

Tamir Novotny, Living Cities

(@tamirnovotny):Moderator

Nadia Owusu, Living Cities

(@nadiaowusu1)

June Holley,Network Weaver

Consultants(@juneholley)

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Framing CommentsTamir Novotny, Living Cities/EPIP-NY

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Wickedly complex problems require networked solutions Everyone is part of the problem

Everyone has to be part of the solution

We need open-source approaches to make this happen

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Guiding questions for today

What does it mean to open-source social change?

How are organizations currently approaching this work?

How can practitioners advance open-source approaches within and outside their organizations?

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Network Weaving: An IntroductionJune Holley, Network Weaver

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How do you define open-sourcing social change, and how is it different from how social justice organizations, especially foundations, usually work?

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Open sourcing social change is about creating the kinds of networks where we are able to access provocative different perspectives, where we collectively create an environment of thousands of collaborative experiments that we all are able to watch and learn from.

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Network LensGoals and Tactics

Systems & experimentsOrganizational Lens

Systems & experimentsRelationships, systems & experiments

Goals and Tactics

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What do we mean by networks?

These patterns influence the quality of communication and the likelihood of collaboration and innovation

Networks are sets of relationships and the patterns they create

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Different network patterns

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Networks extend farther than we think

Intentional Network

Formal Network

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Smart Networks: Most helpful in promoting collaboration & innovation

• Core consists of clusters w different perspectives who know & trust each other

• Periphery draws in new ideas & resources

• This represents a Field of Potential for action

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Leverage Point

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Smart Networks are Self-organizing

Action

Many people initiate experiments & collaborations – as opportunities arise

Move from small acts to larger

Breakthroughs from diversity and learning

Successful innovations spread

Leverage Points

Leverage Points

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Does your network look like this?

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Twosies build relationships

SmallProjects

buildskills

Large Projectsfor impact

Project EcosystemReflection

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Small projectsLarger projects

Tipping Point toSelf-Organization

& Innovation

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Network Leaders

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Relationship Network

Action Network

Intentional Network

Support Network

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Widely Distributed Network Leadership

Attention to Relationships & Communication

  Control

Goals

Rule

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Structure

Control 

Goals

Relationships

Revised Gibbs Triangle

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Close triangles

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Close triangles

Young Philanthropist

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• Both interested in the same thing• One can help the other out

Grassroots Organizer

Innovation!

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Your Role: Be Rhizomatic!

Support Reflect

Coach Catalyze

Set up communication

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What kind of network weaver are you?

Connector Catalyst

Self-Organized Project Coordinator

Network Guardian

Network Facilitator

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How Living Cities is Open-Sourcing Social ChangeNadia Owusu8/19/2013

Collective Impact is Who We Are

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Expanding the Adjacent Possible

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DISCUSSION / Q&AOpen-Sourcing Social Change

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Discussion Question: What do you see as the biggest barriers to open-sourcing your work? (e.g., organizational culture; skills; leadership)

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Follow-up Exercise

What’s one thing you could do following this webinar to try to advance an open-sourced approach to social change? Examples: Propose a blog for EPIP National Close a triangle Use Twitter to engage a new

potential ally

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THANK YOU! Kate Seely: Kate@epip.org, @kfseely June Holley:

June@networkweaving.com, @juneholley

Nadia Owusu: nowusu@livingcities.org, @nadiaowusu1

Tamir Novotny: tnovotny@livingcities.org, @tamirnovotny

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