https://wiki.commons.london/ 2026-11-15T14:04:02+00:00 https://wiki.commons.london/ https://wiki.commons.london/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/2006index?rev=1606833568&do=diff A guide to networking 2006 These pages on networking were developed to create a guide to networking for the Scottish Centre for Regeneration in May 2006. The emphasis was deliberately nontech. * Guide to Networking index * Basics * Situations * People * Structures * Methods * Online methods * A-Z * Resources text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/cclinks?rev=1606833568&do=diff Connect citizens, building communities links Some of the main papers and links Initial document on connecting citizens, building communities and supporting community connectors This note summarises an approach to using digital technology, network thinking and self-organising to address three linked challenges: * How people can find opportunities and services, and develop new relationships in their local communities * How to develop civic infrastructure when existing systems are reducing and n… text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/contact?rev=1606833568&do=diff Contact us David Wilcox david@socialreporter.com @davidwilcox Drew Mackie drew@drewmackie.co.uk @admaque text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/ecosys?rev=1606833568&do=diff Building local communities using Maps, Apps and Storytelling David Wilcox and Drew Mackie Draft May 2015 | Contact Summary: thinking about communities as social ecosystems provides a framework for understanding what makes up a community, and how the use of network mapping and digital apps for organising and communicating can improve the effectiveness of community building. Stories and conversations, online and face-to-face, contribute content. text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/familymap?rev=1606833568&do=diff Embeding a map This is a map from the Croydon Best Start workshops, showing how it is possible to embed a Kumu map. We could develop pages with a mix of content - text and maps. We can: * format text in the usual way * add a table if needed Column 1 text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/index?rev=1606833568&do=diff Networks and social ecosystems Mapping and development of networks underpins a lot of our current work on localities as social ecosystems. We are working on two fronts: * Local mapping to help connect people and organisations in neighbourhoods and boroughs text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/kumumap?rev=1606833569&do=diff <HTML "" > " < iframe src=“<https://kumu.io/embed/ed79df8075f7fa5b4a9d34b05d30c23f>” width=“940” height=“600” frameborder=“0” "" > " < /iframe> </HTML "" > " text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/netanalysis?rev=1606833569&do=diff Network Analysis * Section 2 of the network mapping paper * Download full paper - 12Mb pdf Other sections: * 1. Network perspectives * 3. Network mapping examples It has become fashionable to talk of networks of organisations, people, computers, transport and so on. In organisations there is talk of being more “networky” and getting away from the older more hierarchical ways of doing things. Conferences are organised around “networking” both formal and informal. text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/netaz?rev=1606833569&do=diff Networking A-Z * Guide to Networking index This list of key issues and terms was originally developed for a networking event for the Scottish Centre for Regeneration. It was deliverately non-tech - but may trigger ideas for the A-Z of social media and networking Activities and interaction text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/netbasics?rev=1606833569&do=diff Networking basics * Guide to Networking index Why network Networking can be useful for information exchange, making new contacts, supporting each other, learning, getting your voice heard, and almost anything else that depends on other people. If you believe “it's not what you know, but who you know text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/netmapping?rev=1606833569&do=diff Network mapping examples * Section 3 of the network mapping paper * Download full paper - 12Mb pdf Other sections: * 1. Network perspectives * 2. Network analysis The following pages show snapshots of network mapping we have carried out over the last 8 years. 1 Berwick-upon-Tweed regeneration 2 Mapping Delivery in Consultation and Engagement text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/netmaps?rev=1606833569&do=diff How to build network maps * See also Living Maps Review Spring 2018 edition, with a paper by Drew Mackie and David Wilcox explaining social networks and how to map them. Download here. We are using a range of tools to build network maps, and the most powerful for mapping people and organisations is a combination of the front-end text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/netmethods?rev=1606833569&do=diff Networking methods * Guide to Networking index Networking is all about communication and building relationships with people, so there are some favourite methods that are always relevant: Meeting people one-to-one or at events. Even one meeting usually makes it much easier to follow through with other ways of communicating, because you have more text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/netonlinemethods?rev=1606833569&do=diff Online networking methods * Guide to Networking index Some resources may no longer be online These notes are based on a presentation by David Wilcox to the Partners in Regeneration networking event in May 2006. The chart aims to provide a way of thinking about what communication methods to use in what situation, with different interests. text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/netpeople?rev=1606833569&do=diff People * Guide to Networking index Social networks don't exist without people and their relationships - and everyone is different in various ways. That means creating good networks involves understanding how people differ. The diagram suggests that people differ in what they are good at, their interests, their attitudes - and also in their preferences in relating to other people. Here's how that might affect networking: text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/netperspectives?rev=1606833569&do=diff Network perspectives Drew Mackie & David Wilcox * Section 1 of the network mapping paper * Download full paper - 12Mb pdf Other sections: * 2. Network analysis * 3. Network mapping examples This section * Networkistas - four strands of network interest * Why Analyse Networks? * Mapping Assets in Networks * Identifying Assets * Asset mapping text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/netresources?rev=1606833569&do=diff Networking resources * Guide to Networking index Some resources are no longer available online The "How to" guides on community engagement and partnership working, published by the Scottish Centre for Regeneration, have a wealth of advice and methods relevant to networking. The Well-Connected Community: A Networking Approach to Community Development. Alison Gilchrist. The Policy Press. 2004. £18.99 This book demonstrates how informal and formal networks strengthen communities and improve pa… text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/netsituations?rev=1606833569&do=diff Networking situations * Guide to Networking index Some online resources are no longer available The networking methods you use will depend on the who, where and why of networking - the situation. For example: If you aim to provide network services to members, supporters or volunteers, you might: text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/netspaper?rev=1606833569&do=diff Network Mapping Drew Mackie & David Wilcox The Internet provides the potential for extending and enhancing our personal and professional networks - offering scope for reducing social isolation, building community relationships, and supporting cooperation between and within organisations. text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/netstructures?rev=1606833569&do=diff Network structures * Guide to Networking index Networks are made up of people and the links between them, and the way that these links are organised has a big effect on who gets what information, and the influence that they may have. The diagram shows three types of networks, which we have called text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/networkingguide?rev=1606833569&do=diff Networking guide These pages on networking were developed to create a guide to networking for the Scottish Centre for Regeneration in May 2006. The emphasis was deliberately nontech. * Basics * Situations * People * Structures * Methods * Online methods * A-Z * Resources text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/networksmap?rev=1606833569&do=diff Developing a map about networks Christine Capra, of Greater than the Sum and the Social Innovation Lab, has develop a Kumu map from an an overview of Social Change Network practice. See below for topics covered in the map, and acknowledgements. View the map on Kumu here. Using the map The sidebar on the map provide more content about the nodes - that is, the circles containing topics. Close the sidebar by clicking three dots half way down the divider. text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/rsaengage?rev=1606833569&do=diff Doubly inspired by #RSAengage - great #FRSA projects and potentially @thersaorg cooperative ecology I was doubly inspired yesterday to re-engage with the RSA through an evening of drinks, chat and lightning project presentations from Fellows. [ RSAengage] The seven projects were inspiring enough in themselves, ranging from a Global Thought Map to a festival of sense-stimulating events, and tech solutions to help refugees. text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/slack?rev=1606833569&do=diff Slack The RSA Sustainability network use Slack as its main online system. The key features are: * channels for general chat among network members, and for work in sub-groups around topics or projects. These may be public and open to everyone in the network, or private to a group. * direct messaging one-to-one or in small ad hoc groups * file uploads and blog posts text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/slacknc?rev=1606833569&do=diff Slack The Networked City team use Slack. The key features are: * channels for general chat among team members, and for work in sub-groups around topics or projects. These may be public and open to everyone in the network, or private to a group. * direct messaging one-to-one or in small ad hoc groups text/html 2020-12-01T14:39:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://wiki.commons.london/networks/sliphamkumu?rev=1606833569&do=diff Slipham interactive