{"id":1470,"date":"2011-01-28T08:36:21","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T16:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/2011\/01\/visualizing_the_networked_nonp\/"},"modified":"2011-01-28T08:36:21","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T16:36:21","slug":"visualizing_the_networked_nonp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/visualizing_the_networked_nonp.php","title":{"rendered":"Visualizing the networked nonprofit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beth Kanter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethkanter.org\/network-mapping\/\">offers a great overview<\/a> of how and why a nonprofit might visualize the essential network it brings to its mission and programming. Using only sticky notes and markers, a group of staff members and board members can discover their most essential connections, identify shared connections, and observe critical gaps that need to be filled.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The process is all part of bringing intent and focus to an organizations most essential asset &#8212; its rich and interconnected network of individuals, organizations, and groups. And Beth&#8217;s overview underscores the importance of bringing strategic intent and clear outcomes to the exercise. At the end of the day, a nonprofit&#8217;s success doesn&#8217;t come from the fact that it HAS a network, but that it can ACTIVATE its network in positive and productive ways.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>So, break out the sticky notes, and get started!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beth Kanter offers a great overview of how and why a nonprofit might visualize the essential network it brings to its mission and programming. Using only sticky notes and markers, a group of staff members and board members can discover their most essential connections, identify shared connections, and observe critical gaps that need to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1470","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}