1. Source: Margerum, Richard D. Author of: Beyond Consensus: Improving Collaborative Planning & Management. 2011. MIT Press Overview  Social Capital  Diffusion of Innovations  Class as a stakeholder group –What change do we want to happen –What are our networks –How might we utilize them

2. Source: Margerum, Richard D. Author of: Beyond Consensus: Improving Collaborative Planning & Management. 2011. MIT Press Social Capital  What is it?  Benefits and negative aspects  Forms – Formal and informal – Public and private  Types – Bonding – Bridging  Relationship to collaboration

3. Source: Margerum, Richard D. Author of: Beyond Consensus: Improving Collaborative Planning & Management. 2011. MIT Press Diffusion of Innovations  Examples –Fads –Farming practices –Korean family planning (Rogers)  Concept –Networks –Opinion leaders –Change agents

4. Source: Margerum, Richard D. Author of: Beyond Consensus: Improving Collaborative Planning & Management. 2011. MIT Press Collaboratives and Social Capital  Social capital within group  Groups have social capital that link externally –Social capital can be used as an asset to induce change –Diffusion of innovations

5. Source: Margerum, Richard D. Author of: Beyond Consensus: Improving Collaborative Planning & Management. 2011. MIT Press Class as a Collaborative  What is our goal as a collaborative?  Work in teams –What are your real life relevant networks? –How could we tap into these networks? –How likely are we able to utilize your network?  Report back to group with strategies