Katherine Fulton's opening speech at the Grantmakers' Gathering on Networks, co-sponsored by GEO and Monitor Institute, 17 October 2011.

1. Growing Social Impact
Overview
in a Networked World
Katherine Fulton
Monitor Institute
October 2011

2. From the periphery
to the front page

4. 4.1 billion = combined population in 2020
US, Europe, & BRIC countries
=10 million people

5. 1.7 billion = individuals born after 1990
=10 million people

6. “Travelers, there is no path,
paths are made by walking.”
- ANTONIO MACHADO

7. The organizational effectiveness movement
& the professionalization of non profits
Obama’s Office
of Social innovation
Nonprofit-oriented Rise of “Social
HBR articles
published
Entrepreneurship” &
Philanthrocaplitalism
??
An Era
of Austerity
Support centers
A Networked
offer basic
Globe
OD training

8. We aren’t keeping up with the scale of the problems we face

9. Suddenly, Something New

10. The Structure of Societies
Information-Age
Competitive Networks
Hierarchical Market (M)
Kinship-based Institution (I)
Clan / Tribe (T)
(advocacy groups)
(trading companies)
(army, church)
(extended family)
5000 BC History 2000 AD
Source: Adapted from David Ronfelt, Rand

11. movements network cultivation cooperative advantage aligned action
informal alignment emergent action campaign cross-sectoral partnership
coalition coordinated action cooperation collaborative entrepreneurship
group process design shared vision crowd-sourcing innovation joint venture
communities of practice coordinated action pooled fund collective impact
collective action emergent action partnership chaos theory working wikily
community organizing emergence strategic alignment networked nonprofit
multi-stakeholder convening network cultivation global action network
collaboration learning community alignment action learning working wikily
collective problem-solving collaborative entrepreneurship systems theory
affinity group systems-change shared infrastructure cooperative advantage
designed markets cooperation multi-stakeholder collaboration association
private-public partnerships collective impact systemic civic stewardship

12. Existing terms
movements
coalitions
communities of practice
community organizing
collaboration
affinity group
private-public partnerships

13. Emerging terms
movements aligned action
coalition collaborative entrepreneurship
communities of practice collective impact
community organizing networked nonprofit
collaboration working wikily
affinity group cooperative advantage
private-public parsystemic civic stewardship

14. Network effectiveness amplifies
organizational effectiveness
2010s 2020s

15. Source: Adapted from David Ronfelt, Rand

16. Change requires a mindset shift
Traditional Mindset Network Mindset
Firmly controlled & planned Loosely controlled & emergent
Strengthening Weaving connections & building
individual efforts network-wide capacity
Procuring deliverables Stimulating activity
(e.g., programs) (e.g., platforms)
Effectiveness linked to concrete Effectiveness linked to intangibles
outputs (trusting relationships, info flows)
Proprietary information & learning Public/open information & learning
Decision making concentrated in Decision-making
one organization decentralized
Ownership by single, Ownership and expertise
“expert” actor distributed across multiple actors

17. Sources of Hope, Inspiration and Leadership
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in
seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
–MARCEL PROUST

18. Growing Social Impact
Overview
in a Networked World
Katherine Fulton
Monitor Institute
October 2011