图书简介

Foreword; Preface; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acronyms ; Chapter One: What are Networks for Social Impact? ; Social impact; Networks; Research methods; The dimensions of networks for social impact; Configurational and process approaches to social impact; Axioms of this book; Plan of the book; Case Study: Summit Education Initiative; Tools for Network Instigators: Overview of cases; Chapter Two: Is Social Impact the Goal? ; Defining social impact and network outcomes; Outcomes other than social impact; What kind of problem is the network trying to solve?; Dead-ends to social impact; Pathways to social impact; Case Study: The Wisconsin Association for Independent Colleges and Universities; Tools for Network Instigators: Root cause analysis; Chapter Three: Setting up the Network ; Network instigators; Recruiting network participants; Managing network membership; Decision-making processes; Setting the goal or goals of the network; Defining structures and roles; Developing external legitimacy; Getting funding; Network reincarnations; Dead ends in network emergence; Network dilemmas in emergence; Pathways to social impact from network emergence; Case study: Education for All; Tools for network instigators: Actor maps and consensus-based decision making; Chapter Four: The Influence of Funders and Resources ; The resources that bring social impact networks together; What resources are needed to achieve social impact; Dead ends to social impact; Dilemmas in managing network resources; Network pathways to social impact; Case study: Two networks to combat gender-based violence; Tools for network instigators: Fiscal sponsorship and community asset inventory; Chapter Five: Power and Conflict ; Power in networks; Interfaces for conflict; Dead ends for addressing conflict; Dilemmas in managing network conflict; Pathways to social impact in the midst of conflict; Case study: NF Collective; Tools for network instigators: Stakeholder participation tool and VOICE heuristic; Chapter Six: Using Data to Support Networks’ Theory of Change ; Data use for project-based social impact; Data use for learning-based social impact; Data use for policy-based social impact; Data use for catalyst-based social impact; Data use for systems-alignment based social impact; Data use for network management; Data use for community empowerment; Dead ends for data use to support theories of change; Network dilemmas for data use to support theories of change; Pathways for data use to support theories of change; Case study: Chicago Benchmarking Collaborative; Tools for network instigators: Data use in networks tool and pivot tables; Chapter Seven: Remaining Agile and Adaptable ; Incremental change and serendipitous networks; Radical change and serendipitous networks; Incremental change and goal-directed networks; Radical change and goal-directed networks; Network death and reincarnation; Dead-ends for managing network change; Dilemmas in managing network change; Pathways for managing network change; Case study: Westside Infant Family Network; Tools for network instigators: Network change decision-tree; Chapter Eight: Frontiers for Networks for Social Impact ; The axioms for social impact networks; Implications for researchers, network instigators, and funders; References; Index $ KJVX; KJG; JPP; KJMV7; JFSP31 $ Non-profitmaking organizations; Business ethics

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