Derrick Rhayn – Networks for Change

Business-Organization: Networks for Change

Derrick Rhayn is the Chief Catalyst at Networks for Change, a Puget Sound consulting firm specializing in building the capacity of social change networks and nonprofit organizations through consulting, training, and coaching. As a ‘network weaver,’ Derrick focuses on facilitating increased connectivity within networks and nonprofits as a way of unleashing their potential, mobilizing their hidden assets, and generating innovative solutions with an orientation towards systems change. Derrick has spent his entire career in the nonprofit sector, and has a passion for fund development, emerging economic models, and food systems. He is currently working with groups focused on circular economy, regional food systems, cooperative economics, impact investing, and community development finance. He is a newswire writer for the Nonprofit Quarterly and his work can be found at https://nonprofitquarterly.org/author/drhayn/

Olalla, WA
USA

Website: http://www.networksforchange.net

Workshop(s)

Workshop 1: Leverage Capacity: Network Weaving for Systems Change

There are a wide array of people, organizations, businesses, nonprofits, and others that are interested in shifting systems to reflect a generative, ecological set of values. While the interest is there, all too often do groups work in isolation, and even collaborative efforts get stuck in hierarchal thinking patterns that limit their ability to pursue and distribute truly innovative interventions. One approach, network weaving, looks at how emergent systems in nature function, and uses a set of principles and values to uncover connections, interests, passions, and resources within networks of people who care about the same issue. By facilitating thoughtful connection, the practice of network weaving works to understand how systems work and then stimulates self-organizing for solutions. This workshop will: 1) discuss what network weaving is and how it is different than traditional approaches, 2) lead participants through interactive self-organizing activities to illustrate network weaving principles, and 3) provide essential tools for participants to use to further their practice of building resilient, system shifting networks.