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Comment on From tweet to action: Who moves social movements on twitter? by Eva Schiffer

Eva Schiffer — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:21:01 +0000

You are right, in the end it’s all about the implementation. And in some (e.g. organizational change) projects, the leaders should be clear about their willingness to implement what they find out before even inviting stakeholders to do the map. Otherwise they get everyone excited and then, when nothing happens afterwards, people end up more cynical than they started. Or they will use some of the insights to start changing the organization from within, whether the leaders agree or not. But I guess that is true for most participatory methods. They are not “just another method” – they imply a different philosophy and approach and you should only use them if you are serious in doing things differently and, also, letting go of some of your control.

Comment on From tweet to action: Who moves social movements on twitter? by hhouog

hhouog — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:07:45 +0000

NetMap is interesting because it provides an analytical opportunity for understanding the people and semantic networks that might influence policy/program implementation. What is really important is the action taken (or not taken) … this point is argued by social movement media (Downing, 2008).

Comment on About by Eva Schiffer

Eva Schiffer — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:02:26 +0000

Hi Jindra,
Thanks for your comments. Does this connect to your own work?
Eva

Comment on Small town NetMapping: Can informal relationships be captured within institutional analysis? (guest post by Jody Harris) by Eva Schiffer

Eva Schiffer — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 23:01:54 +0000

Stephen,
Thanks for your comment and I am already looking forward to your guest post Please feel free to write up work in progress, open questions or interesting break-throughs or confusion in implementation so that we all can learn from what it means when different people apply Net-Map in different fields.
Eva

Comment on About by Jindra Cekan (@jindraczech)

Jindra Cekan (@jindraczech) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:38:53 +0000

Fascinating – this is a great, local application of Social Network Analysis. You show it could work in developing world contexts, thanks!

Comment on Small town NetMapping: Can informal relationships be captured within institutional analysis? (guest post by Jody Harris) by Stephen Okeyo

Stephen Okeyo — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:31:36 +0000

This article touches very much the idea we are exploring with the health Policy analysis after Eva so graciously commented on my request. only difference is we are including both local and national level actors at the extreme ends of policy cycle, but also those in the middle i.e policy makers, implementers and potential policy brokers.
Hope we can find common ground for enriching each other.

Comment on Be rich in obligations (by Paolo Brunello) by Eva Schiffer

Eva Schiffer — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:39:25 +0000

Hi Paolo,
Great observation. Reminds me of my Ghanaian friend in his thirties who was jobless and living in the typical up and down of short term opportunities. Once we met an old friend of his and he told me that when they were kids (during the famine) my friend’s father had good ties to the government, so he was wealthier and shared his food at school with the other guy. Now his friend has made a career for himself and when my friend was really strapped for money, he could always go there, because it was clear that this old friend still owed him…

Integrating this insight into development project design is a really interesting thought. I’d love to discuss that with you (and a group of others involved in the field): If we didn’t know what development projects are supposed to look like and didn’t know anything about bureaucratic limitations and donor mind-sets etc. and the only guideline was to develop a project that works in a system where becoming rich in obligations is the main driver, what kind of intervention would we design?

Comment on Thinking alone – crowd sourcing – tapping into the group brain? by paolobrunello

paolobrunello — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:01:39 +0000

I would add something to your last point: beware of conformism. Sometimes is not even necessary to deliberately force agreement – as a facilitator – since the group members are inclined by their culture to conform and not used to stand apart expressing a different view. This may lead to a false perception of consensus and cohesion that is not actually solid when confronted with hurdles. Thus as a facilitator it’s important to make sure that even the shyest have his word heard and legitimised and to spice up the conversation with some provocative and controversial questions can be a good antidote to conformism.

Comment on Being a leader without being the boss by Quora

Quora — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 21:20:09 +0000

As you’ve developed into a leader, what has helped you grow the most?…

Give yourself permission to lead. Even before you are the boss. Identify something you are passionate about, an innovation, change, movement you want to see in your organization and find ways to make it happen. If you wait until you have formal authori…

Comment on Martin Luther King about Power and Love by Reclaiming Power | Niall Cooper

Reclaiming Power | Niall Cooper — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:18:46 +0000

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