The Skills and Mindset of a Successful Community Weaver Lisa Colton Darim Online November, 2011

Traditional Mindset: Hub & Spokes

Network Mindset “ connect and collaborate” rather than “command and control”

How is your synagogue like a network? How is it NOT like a network?

Communities evolve in predictable ways Fragments Single-Hub Multi-Hub Core/Periphery Communities often evolve along predictable pathways from fragmented clusters of people interested in a concept, to a single hub-and-spoke when a leader pulls the clusters together, to multiple hubs where a variety of people take responsibility, and finally to a core/periphery with a tight ball of members surrounded by interested hangers on. What do these remind you of in your community?

Think Small. And Big.

Don’t Have All The Answers: Over-functioning leadership disempowers networks

Ask Questions, Tag People

Thrive By Working Together

Listen and Empower What have you learned by listening? Where have you empowered?

BE GENEROUS

BE YOURSELF

Na’aseh v’nishmah

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