David Ehrlichman's Blog, page 2
March 8, 2018
A Cross-Sector Approach to Conservation: The Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network case study
The Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network is a collaboration of nineteen federal, state, and county agencies, land trusts, nonprofits, research institutes, a Native American tribal band, and a timber company, formed in 2014 to improve land stewardship in the Santa Cruz Mountains region south of San Francisco.
Rather than forming the network around a clearly-defined purpose and a set of measurable objectives, the network formation process has allowed outcomes to emerge from a process that empha...
March 4, 2018
The Tactics of Trust
Participants in a large, complex collaboration can build a capacity for finding common ground — and it doesn’t have to take years.
By David Sawyer & David Ehrlichman
Creating the formal structures that make up an ambitious, multi-sector change initiative is one thing. But forging the intangible interpersonal connections that result in authentic bonds among participating leaders is something quite different. Indeed, it is notoriously difficult. “Developing trust among nonprofits, corporations, and ...
March 3, 2018
Social Network Analysis — A Mini Case Study
The effectiveness of any collaborative group — whether a network or an organization — is highly dependent on the quality of connections that exist between the participants involved. Social Network Analysis (SNA) is an important part of a network’s overall evaluation strategy, allowing us to measure 1) the depth of relationship between participants, 2) the frequency with which participants communicate with one another, and 3) the degree of collaboration ...
