Four Network Principles for Collaboration Success Network Leadership Webinar Four Network Principles for Collaboration Success November 18th, 2015

AGENDA 2 Welcome and introductions Review of Four Network Principles for Collaboration Success with Jane Wei-Skillern Questions from Session 1 Additional questions from webinar participants Closing 2

PRESENTERS & PANELISTS Presenter: Jane Wei-Skillern Adjunct Associate Professor at the Center for Social Sector Leadership at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley   Moderator: Avery Cleary Consultant, Children & Nature Network Co-founder of the Bay Area Children in Nature Collaborative 3

FOUR NETWORK PRINCIPLES Mission, not organization Trust, not control Humility, not brand Node, not Hub 4

MISSION, NOT ORGANIZATION Effective network leaders build strategies that advance the mission, even when it does not result in direct benefits to their organization. Maximum impact is the goal. . 5

TRUST, NOT CONTROL What is critical for collaborative success is building strong relationships among network partners. Leaders depend on shared values and trust rather than top down controls and accountability systems. . 6

HUMILITY, NOT BRAND enormity of the problems that they seek Networked non-profits recognize the enormity of the problems that they seek to address. By acknowledging their own limitations, leaders focus less on developing their competitive advantages and become more open to learning and engaging others in the field. 7

NODE, NOT HUB Building constellations rather than lone stars. Deliberately catalyzing and leading action-oriented networks aligned around a defined shared purpose and foundation of deep relationship. . 8

Mindset Shift: Shift from Organization to Network Don’t worry, not time to get your eyes examined. Juxtapose two slides to illustrate a point. The slide on the left show HFHI’s traditional model. HFHI at center, others potential collaborators, organizations such as government, corporations, other NPs engage to the extent that they fit within HFHI’s model. Slide on the right, the way HFHE works, the issue, poverty housing, is at the center and the actors mobilize and engage without necessarily following a dominant organization or model. The participants work as peers, their resources and expertise are all viewed as equally important to addressing the issue. These diagrams are actually from 2006 planning documents from HFHI when it sought to bring some of HFHE’s approach into organization more widely. These two slides illustrate nicely the mindset shift required from being a hub to a node. Static Role as Hub Dynamic Role as Node 9

QUESTIONS RELATED TO FUNDING How do we work with the perceived risk in working with the four principles in a competitive environment? How do we attract investments and needed resources when our work may be less visible? 10

QUESTION RELATED TO AGREEMENT Does success depend on several organizations agreeing to these principles of collaboration? How do we work with organizations with more traditional leadership approaches that may not agree or feel comfortable with this? 11

QUESTION RELATED TO SUSTAINING ENGAGEMENT What is the best way to start and maintain strong relationships with partners within the network — and bridge with members of other networks? 12

RESOURCES 13 Four Network Principles for Collaboration Success Foundation Review 2013 Vol. 5:1 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/tfr/vol5/iss1/10/   The Most Impactful Leaders You’ve Never Heard Of Stanford Social Innovation Review, September 16, 2015 http://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_most_impactful_leaders_youve_never_heard_of Cracking the Network Code, Four Principles for Grantmakers GEO (Grantmakers for Effective Organizations) http://www.geofunders.org/resource-library/all/record/a066000000CquuQAAR The Networked Nonprofit Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2008  http://ssir.org/articles/entry/the_networked_nonprofit Funding Successful Collaborations FSG Guest Blog, June 4, 2012 http://www.fsg.org/blog/funding-successful-collaborations 13

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