This is the seventh article in my 8-week series exploring foundational systems t
This is the sixth article in my 8-week series exploring foundational systems thi
Understanding Contexts for Creating Generative Conditions This is the fourth art
This article walks through what to do if a map member loses their personal sumAp
As mappers, we’re always grappling with complexity. Networks don’t behave like m
Why do systems revert to old patterns even after successful change efforts? The
Why does change feel so elusive, even when there's abundant good will? The answe
Why do we get stuck even when our hearts are in the right place? Systems thinkin
Working on a social system mapping project? The technical aspects of using sumAp
What is Social System Mapping? Social System Mapping is an expanded version of N
Been here before? Welcome back, map-walker. This page is your compass for what’s
If you’d like a little orientation to sumApp, this 57 second video should
In a March 2015 TED Talk, data visualization researcher Manual Lima explores wha
The Storytelling Hat is worn across the whole Social System Mapping journey — fr
We Made a Social System Map – Now What Do We Do With It? Social System Map
A preliminary video on what to expect when adding pre-existing data to a sumApp
Are you starting a new mapping project? The Opt In Form is one way to help get n
The Member View is the interface that your members will engage with. You –
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The Map Page allows you to embed your Kumu map back into the sumApp interface. T
Many of our customers work with different networks that have overlapping members
The ‘Status Report’ in sumApp helps you access a CSV file with all o
An Absolute link is a full URL: https://kumu.io/HSDInstitute/hsdnetwork#home/in
The member view survey page is almost completely defined in the Survey Editor. F
A network is often made up of a combination of organizations and individuals 
sumApp is a tool designed to GATHER your network data in an easy, user-friendly
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If you want to incorporate data gathered from sources other than sumApp, or make
Social System Mapping involves the use of two online platforms, sumApp and Kumu.
Just to see what I mean by mapping being a ‘language’ – watch
In a March 2015 TED Talk, data visualization researcher Manual Lima explores wha
I like to say that Social System Mapping is one genre in a new visual language t
Social System Mapping is an art of collaborative process — requiring at least fo
Isn’t SenseMaking the Same as Envisioning? Not at all! People often think
Is Technician The Role You Fill In AN SSM? The Technician or Technicians are gen
A Social System Mapping project thrives when four Thinking Hats are present: Vis
Are You An SSM Visionary? The person or persons wearing the Visionary hat are ge
Tier I Tier II Tier III* Tier IV* Cost Monthly Annual Monthly Annual M
Tier I – free Up to 3 projects| max 1,500 people/project Kumu-Ready data s
If you already have a sumApp account (including an old trial that has been downg
All sumApp account set-ups start at Tier II for a free trial month. No credit ca
This is related to the Show Don’t Persuade principle, and it’s about
Kumu is an online platform that visualizes data in network graph format. A pers
Just as with most survey tools – sumApp has two layers of users who engage
Social System Mapping means that: All of this makes it hard to know where to sta
When we first developed sumApp, this was the only way to get data into Kumu. We&
This is by far the simplest and most popular option among sumApp users. Read ab
The sumApp Data Management Tab enables you to: The Three Ways of Getting Your Da
sumApp now works with both Kumu AND Graph Commons! Graph Commons is an Open Sour
The Envisioning Phase simply means – everything that needs to happen to ge
In an ideal world, there would be a core group of early adopters – advocat
There are 7 content items that the Visionaries/Advocates should provide to the T
Moving data around is by far the most confusing, time-consuming, mind-numbing pa
The Mapping Phase is where vision takes shape. Wearing the Technician Hat means
Project List Page The project list gives you an overview of your projects and ac
The original network visualization tools (as well as, perhaps, the underlying sc
One of my first insights into this kind of project is that ‘network mappin
Tiers III & IV enable you to incorporate data about your members that you
Tiers II, III & IV include a survey / member profile. You customize your su
There’s one place where sumApp is not yet as flexible as it should be, if
The Survey Editor will be slightly different, depending on which Tier you’
sumApp was designed to enable you to test, reflect, learn, adapt and iterate thr
Sometimes the segment filter on the connections page just isn’t enough. Yo
Most surveys aren’t designed with complex data-visualization in mind, so e
You can change your options in Setup > Define connection options – #1
The Connections Page of the Member View represents the key functionality of sumA
The Bio page is the first page your members will see when the click on the link
Purpose of the Connections Page The Connections Page represents sumApp’s c
Our initial intention when creating sumApp – in addition to creating the t
If you need to transfer a project to another user, we can do that for you. To do
Types of fields available in the survey 1) Text input. Open ended short text fie
What Is ‘Pre-Existing’ Data? Pre-existing data is information about your members
Tiers I and II only allow you to load the core fields necessary for sumApp to fu
I stole this phrase from Michael Quinn Patton’s upcoming book ‘Blue
A social system map can instigate lot’s of great actions. A social system
Now that you can use sumApp with two different platforms, we figured you’d
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Most of the connection field types are identical to the survey field types, but
Defining connection options in Tiers III & IV is very similar to setting up
Why have three templates? sumApp was designed to be what we call ‘evergree
Settings for all Tiers The aspects of the Member Views (outside of the survey an
Once your map is ready to share, you can put the Kumu embed link to show it with
The project setup tabs are how you access everything related to customizing your
Graph Commons, just like Kumu, is fussy about how your data is structured (hence
Social System Mapping unfolds in three fluid, overlapping phases — Envisioning,
Social System Mapping is an expanded version of Network Mapping that is emerging
Social system mapping (SSM) is a new mapping practice that can present on the su
Sarah Shanahan of the RE-AMP Network and I recently had the honor of presenting
A guide to starting your Social System Mapping journey with small, intentional s
sumApp Overview If you’d like a little orientation to sumApp, this 57 seco
