Collaboration and networking
Networking is a powerful tool for achieving social change. Networking goes on all the time in every community through workplaces, neighbourhoods, family, friends, church, marae, sport, etc. Pulling together and using the collective energy of a strong network makes tough tasks a lot easier.
Sharing information, resources, contacts, ideas and celebrations with others who have a similar vision helps to strengthen any initiative. Formal networks meeting regularly are often the driving force of community initiatives to change attitudes and behaviours. There are no rules about networking – it’s natural, potent and amazingly simple. It’s about being mentally active, alert to possibilities, open to new contacts and ideas.
A good way to do this for providers is through the online learning system Te Kakano.