Social System Mapping means that: All of this makes it hard to know where to start! Without something to show people, they have a hard time seeing the point. But without buy-in, you don’t have anything to show people. You…
The Envisioning Phase simply means – everything that needs to happen to get a project underway – before there is something meaningful to look at. If a map doesn’t yet exist for a specific group, and you want the group…
In an ideal world, there would be a core group of early adopters – advocates – interested parties to help inform, design and promote your Social System Map. In an ideal world, there would be: In the real world –…
This is related to the Show Don’t Persuade principle, and it’s about not stressing everyone out (especially yourself) about the process too much. Sure, there’s a bunch of ideals we’re presenting in this knowledge base – great ways to help the outcomes…
The original network visualization tools (as well as, perhaps, the underlying scientific research goals they were designed to serve) imposed constraints on a Social Network Analysis project that no longer apply when using sumApp and Kumu together. These new tools…
One of my first insights into this kind of project is that ‘network mapping’ or ‘social network analysis’ or any other kind of labeling means NOTHING to most people. And even if you show them an example, a simple generic map with…
I stole this phrase from Michael Quinn Patton’s upcoming book ‘Blue Marble Evaluation’. It resonated so strongly when I read it. But I’m still sensing my way into what it means in the Social System Mapping context – so expect…
A social system map can instigate lot’s of great actions. A social system map can become a really valuable tool. But to me, a social system map’s deepest purpose is to sensitize a group of people to the paradigm it…
