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Updated on December 15, 2025

Approaches to Mapping People AND Organizations

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A network is often made up of a combination of organizations and individuals – with fuzzy boundaries between them.

Organizations (especially Foundations) often have a lot of power to make or break network and understanding how that power plays out may be essential.

On the other hand, individuals have social influence, generate the energy and do the actual work in networks. And if a key influencer moves from one organization to another, they often take their relationships with them, so mapping persons and their connections is also essential.

So which do you map? If you want to map both, how do you do that effectively?

This Miro board shows the four sumApp-based options for mapping both in Kumu. We also had a TechTalk session that walked through the new dual-elements feature you can watch here.

https://miro.com/app/embed/o9J_kotov0Y=/?

Put your cursor on top of the board, left-click with mouse, and then zoom in and out to read and navigate this board.

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CONTENTS


Knowledge BaseContact

The Technical Process

The Social Process

Steps to Add Members on the ‘Manage members’ page

Follow the steps below to learn how to add a new member from the ‘Manage members

Steps to Add Members via CSV Upload in sumApp

If you have a list of members to add to your sumApp project, follow the steps be

Steps to Manually Add a Member in sumApp from Add Members Page

To manually add members to your sumApp project, follow the steps below. 1. Choos

The New ‘Member Activity Logs’

Why It’s Helpful Use the Member Activity Log when you want to understand: Whethe

Canceling Your Subscription on sumApp

    1. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Manage your subscription”. 2.

Downgrading Your Subscription to Tier I

1. From “My Account” scroll down to the bottom of the page to ‘Change subscripti

Choosing a Subscription Plan and Number of Projects

1. From the “My Accounts” page, navigate to the bottom of the page to the “Chang

Accessing the ‘My Accounts’ Page and How to Update Your Account Information

1. “My Projects” page of your sumApp account, navigate to the left-hand menu. 2.

My Account and Billing

Managing your Account Settings and Subscription Plans The ‘My Account’ tab is wh

Article 8: Containers, Differences, Exchanges

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