Network Weaver Tools
A network weaver is someone dedicated to "closing triangles" in social networks, which means getting people connected in ways that drives new value collaborations.
One model for understanding this vital role is the Introduction Pyramid - the levels of introduction based on the time, talent and trust dimensions of relationships in the network.
30 Questions We Can Address In Social Network Analysis
- Where are the ties in the network, what kind are there, and how strong are they?
- How do these ties relate to characteristics like gender, generation, location, position?
- Where are relationships in the network based on the exchange of information, knowledge and ideas?
- Where are relationships based on the exchange of assistance, help?
- Where are relationships based on collaboration?
- Where are relationships based on competition?
- Who in the network shares common problems, needs, and challenges?
- Who are the more isolated people in the network & what are their prime strengths, resources, and challenges?
- Who are the more connected people in the network & what are their strengths, resources, and challenges?
- Who has connections to people who are unconnected?
- Who has connections to people who are connected?
- Where are the political loyalties and affiliations?
- Where are people connected in hierarchies?
- What kinds of connections exist within and between subgroups/microcommunities?
- Who in the network seems to be most aware of what's going on?
- Who in the network seems to be connected to people most like themselves?
- Who in the network seems to be connected to people more unlike themselves?
- Who has the most and least influence over people's views and opinions in the network?
- Who is good to know in order to increase one's scope of influence or awareness in the network?
- Who are the experts that people tend to go to?
- Who are the people the experts tend to go to?
- What happens to the network and its dynamics if specific people leave the network or sever specific relationships within the network?
- Where do people go to find out who knows what?
- Where are the opportunities to make new connections/relationships in ways that benefit those directly involved and the rest of the network?
- What is the value of people at the core of the network?
- What is the value of people at the peripheries of network?
- What happens when people shorten or lengthen the distance between themselves and others in the network?
- What's the value of keeping people disconnected in the network?
- What's the value of connecting people in new ways in the network?
- Why does it matter how connected people are or who's connected to who?
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