Net-Map is an interview-based mapping tool that helps people understand, visualize, discuss, and improve situations in which many different actors influence outcomes. More
As regular readers know, I love having guest writers on my blog who describe their network mapping experiences and who enrich the discussion about potentials and challenges. The question that Hippolyte asks below reminds me of a network mapping session with American/European researchers and African policy makers. We asked (after mapping out the policy network): [...]
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Eva Schiffer, an expert in Social Network Analysis (SNA), gave training on SNA on the campus of ILRI Nairobi, Kenya from 13 to 17th October 2008.
After the training we applied the knowledge acquired in many workshops in West Africa to identify relevant and effective pathways for disseminating research results on a BMZ funded project on [...]
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of what then, is an empty desk? (Albert Einstein)
Triggered by Nancy White’s comment I’m curious about the benefits of mess and stumbled over “A Perfect Mess” (by Eric Abrahamson and David H Freedman), a book about “The hidden benefits of disorder – how crammed closets, cluttered offices, and on-the-fly planning make the world a better [...]
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If you want to understand the use and usefulness of small reservoirs in developing countries, you need to know about water, landscape, people, agriculture, fisheries, politics etc. etc.
Working with my colleagues of the Small Reservoirs Project (funded by the Challenge Program for Water and Food of the CGIAR), I was often amazed about the [...]
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I just talked with a colleague who wants to do some Net-Map research about water governance in a big irrigation project in Africa, where commercial interests and small farmer needs clash. She has a number of different goals with her research, ranging from “getting a PhD” through “doing high quality exciting research” to “facilitating a [...]
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Paolo Brunello presented his Net-Map experience in ICT in Burundi at the International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development in Doha. But as you watch this
or read this (161 KB), you will see how this is not so much a presentation of empirical research but much more a very [...]
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Dear Neil and Noora, your comments (see below) made me dig into this issue more seriously and I did finally find the study (302 KB) I talked about in the last post. Katie Liljenquist at BYU’s Marriott School of Management studied how adding a socially unique outsider increases both group discomfort and the quality of [...]
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That normally means, it’s pretty busy off-line. On the 11th of March I have given birth to the most adorable baby girl. As she keeps me active day and night, my “work-brain” is pretty much on stand-by at the moment. So please bear with me if this blog is a bit less active than you [...]
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… if only you can find it.
If you are like me, you do use other people’s websites and blogs for information and inspiration – on and off, with some favorites, other random encounters and lucky finds. But sometimes it feels like being in a very very (very) big library without a librarian or catalog.
So I’m [...]
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This sounds interesting… Maybe I’ll see some of you there.
The DAI invites the interested public to join them for the launching of :
“Network-Centric Development:
New Perspectives on Global Challenges
You are cordially invited to the launch event for DAI’s newest publication, Network-Centric Development: Leveraging Economic and Social Linkages for Growth. This event will bring together leading experts [...]
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