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  • Art & Science of Networking for Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy

    The Boston Foundation 75 Arlington St, Ste 1000, Boston, MA, United States

    Does networking really make a difference? The answer is a resounding yes! In a study performed by Partnering Resources, 93% of completely successful change initiatives were led by leaders with very strong or strong personal networks. Not one change initiatives described as less successful was led by a leader with strong or very strong personal networks. In this highly interactive ... Read more »

  • Networked Leadership: A Systematic, Strategic Method for Helping Clients (and You!) Build, Sustain, and Benefit from Networks

    Lesley University, Brattle Campus, Washburn Hall 10 Phillips Place, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Networks make a difference. But many don’t understand how to nurture their networks in order to gain results. Additionally, people can become overwhelmed by the size of their networks and the many ways available to connect with their contacts. This session moves beyond anecdote and guesswork to the science behind networking. We draw on insights from researchers and practitioners in ... Read more »

  • Illuminating the Invisible: Mapping Austin’s Adolescent Health System Using Value Network Analysis

    City of Austin Learning & Research Center 2800 Spirit of Texas Drive, Austin, TX, United States

    Mapping Austin's Adolescent Health System Using Value Network Analysis This workshop provides a case study of how we used Value Network Analysis to map Austin's adolescent health system. We walk participants through the process and teach the basics of how to use this exciting, new technique for visualizing complex systems and mapping ecosystems. This case study was featured in Nonprofit ... Read more »

  • Strategic Questioning and the Art of Network Leadership

    To celebrate the publication of The Leadership Learning Community's Leadership & Networks: New Ways of Developing Leadership in a Highly Connected World, we are convening Boston area funders, practitioners, and evaluators to explore what it means to lead with a network mindset. Leading with a network mindset requires skills in creating spaces and conditions that enable diverse groups to find ... Read more »

    $15.00

  • Using Organizational Networks for Talent Management at the 2013 SHRM Talent Management Conference

    Stacking the Deck: Using Hidden Organizational Networks to Identify and Develop High Potentials and Succession Plans In this fast-paced, interactive, 4-hour pre-conference workshop, leaders learn how to use the science of organizational networks to validate succession plans, find hidden high performers and critical connectors, and set up new hires for success. We learn about the types of networks that typically ... Read more »

  • Process Improvement for the New Millennium: Introduction to Value Network Analysis

    Business processes are more complex than ever before. Project Managers need to understand them well in order to write requirements, design solutions, and make improvements. Yet, rapidly changing, exception-based, complex processes stymie traditional process mapping efforts. The Value Network Analysis (VNA) methodology is well suited to showing how processes produce value. Sometimes considered the ideal process mapping tool for the ... Read more »

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  • Six Strategies for Making Change Stick (Hint: Connections Matter)

    Leaders of middle-market companies face lofty challenges: how to sustain growth, how to lead significant change, how to capture ideas and turn them into competitive wins. You can't tackle these alone. At Build's high-impact, day-long event you will huddle with fellow leaders of middle market companies for an insider perspective on challenges ... and road-tested solutions. Expect unparalleled networking, highly ... Read more »

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  • Art of Hosting: Tools for Facilitating Conversations that Matter

    The Art of Hosting is a response to a world that is becoming increasingly complex and fragmented, where true solutions and innovation lie not in one leader or one viewpoint, but instead arise from our collective intelligence. An emerging set of tools and world-wide learning community through the Art of Hosting offer new ways of hosting and designing meetings and ... Read more »

    $20

  • Networked Organizations: Assessing Business Ecosystems and Helping Organizations Find Opportunities in Our Complex World

    Pine Manor College 400 Heath Street, Chestnut Hill, MA, United States

    Companies work in complex, overlapping, constantly changing environments. Today’s customer landscape is not tomorrow’s. And who knows what the economy will do? Yet companies need to produce and perform consistently amidst these changes. Creative companies find opportunities in their ecosystems amidst the tumult. Business ecosystems are dynamic webs of interdependent organizations that rely on each other for success. The inventor ... Read more »

    $30

  • The Forest and the Trees: Understanding Business Ecosystems

    Today's customer landscape is not tomorrow's. Yesterday's star employees are not today's. And who knows what the economy will do? Yet companies need to continue performing amidst these changes. It's hard to see the forest-the ecosystem-when you're stuck in the weeds. In this session, we present a simple, yet robust, methodology for mapping business ecosystems and explore how HR professionals ... Read more »