🥷 Unleash your Inner Networks Ninja

There is incredible potential in mapping networks to reveal opportunities for shifting systems and transforming our societies. Yet to date, most network and systems mapping is performed in a way that is static, and difficult to interpret for the average user. 

🌟 Re-Inventing Social Systems Mapping

In this session, we will focus on how we can integrate practical strategies for mapping networks that enable data collection, analysis, and visualization tailored to the complexities of modern systems. We'll delve into techniques that help us identify strategic leverage points and knowledge gaps within interconnected networks, empowering targeted interventions and collaborative solutions. Additionally, we'll highlight the pivotal role of collaborative mapping in fostering communication, coordination, and collective action among diverse stakeholders, from grassroots communities to global decision-makers.

💡 Practice New Techniques Live

In this collaborative session, we will actually practice mapping together, and gain actionable insights into how we can:

• Read maps to identify opportunities across networks for collaborative action that enable broader, more systemic change

• Analyze impact at an ecosystem level, noting ripples of change across multiple networks and initiatives

• Integrate stories that highlight the complexity of change processes across these networks

🧭 With Leaders in Network Mapping

You will be guided by:

Jeff Mohr is the co-founder and CEO of Kumu, and he brings an appreciation for and understanding of systems, networks, and complexity. Kumu is in the phase of re-design, and Jeff is looking for feedback on what an upgraded version can look like. Jeff also serves as Advisor, Strategy & Governance, for The Omidyar Group, and serves on the boards of Humanity United and Jounce Partners.

June Holley has for 20+ years consulted, trained and coached networks around the world interested in shifting systems. She has spent many years helping design technologies that support self-organization, collaboration, innovation and learning. She is also a core supporter of the Fito Network, the author of the Network Weaver Handbook and the founder of www.networkweaver.com.

Luz Mariela Avruj has for 25+ years worked at the crossroads of education, social development, and networks in Latin America and around the world. At CLAYSS, she promotes the formation, weaving and strengthening of networks. She has for many years experimented with network mapping processes, including more recently with the Fito Network mapmakers.

Jenn Baez currently serves as the Strategy & Data Lead for Miami-Dade County’s Innovation & Economic Development Team. She has a background in management consulting and venture capital, and advises nonprofits and startups on strategy, growth, pricing models and the use of emerging technologies (e.g. AI). Personally, she is passionate about innovation-led systems change through public, private, and community partnerships.

Maria Balcazar Tellez is a strategic advisor, collaborator, and facilitator. As a Systems Change Consultant, she supports teams tackle complex challenges by leveraging systems thinking, design, and emergent strategy principles. Over the last ten years, Maria has focused on understanding food and agricultural systems, exploring pathways to transformation, and activating teams to co-build the food futures we desperately need. As a Meridian Affiliate, she has co-led their systems mapping efforts to track and understand the current landscape of food system initiatives.

🎪 About the Networks Festival

Across May and June, embark on a month-long journey filled with connection, curiosity, and play to explore the power of networks to transform our world.

🎊 A Celebratory Experience

The doors to the festival grounds are opening. It's a warm summer's day and you're ready to join the fun. As you step into the festival grounds, everywhere you look people eagerly discuss the latest breakthroughs in network theory, share stories of how networks have changed their lives and communities, and dream up new ways to harness the power of connection – while dancing, playing, and just having a blast. As you wander through the festival's different online spaces like the pitch tent, tech corner, bonfire circle, obstacle courses and workshop zone, you develop your network weaving capacities and meet great peers.

🎧 Who is the Festival For?

• Leaders & Coordinators of networks looking to mature their strategies.
• Funders & Governments seeking to spark, supports and scale systemic change.
• Curious Changemakers looking to learn about collaborative approaches to create social impact.

🎲 What are the Key Topics?

Join 25+ interactive sessions on themes, such as:

• Coordination and Strategy in Networks
• Indigenous Wisdom and Rights
• Impact Evaluation & Learning
• Shifting Funding Practices
• Collaborative Governance
• Equity & Decolonization
• Responsible Scaling
• And much more!

⭐️ Join the Party

Leave your email at the festival website to stay posted on all upcoming sessions.

And, invite your networks, collaborators and friends to join the fun!