The Latest

  • A New Reader Gushes: “I’m reading your book just now on the train. This is having a huge impact on me. I was thinking of starting a non profit organization – how stupid – joining or creating a network is brilliant….more after I finish reading.” (January 13, 2016)
  • Brand New : “ Investing Strategically in Social-Impact Networks : A Guidebook for Foundations.” A free PDF companion to Connecting to Change the World , sponsored by the Kresge Foundation. Read more about the Guidebook…
  • 66 is the magic number : the average # of books sold each week since publication of Connecting back in September 2014. (That’s a sale every 2.5 hours.) Thanks to all our readers!
  • Check out Engage , a new online tool for funders interested in investing in social-impact networks, developed by the Monitor Institute and Rockefeller Foundation. And thanks to the Monitor team for pointing users to our book.
  • Read Madeleine Taylor’s new blog in Stanford Social Innovation Review : “ Investing in Networks Grows Impact,” about how participation in a network allows foundations to leverage their individual investment by surfacing multiple, ongoing opportunities for collaborative grantmaking.
  • Readers like you propelled Connecting back toward the top of Amazon’s rankings for book sales: February 24: # 32 in Books for Nonprofit Organizations ; November 28: #20 ; October 31: # 28 ; October 2: #25 ; July 10: #32 ; March 31: #18 .
  • “This book has become an often referenced volume for me as a network practitioner in the philanthropic space. I highly recommend it to individuals and organizations that are actively trying to engage networks that span sectors and geographies.” Faizal Karmali, Associate Director, Innovation & Networks at The Rockefeller Foundation (Amazon review, March 2015).
  • A Guide to Using Connecting to Change the World to Design, Assess, and Strengthen Your Networks

About the Book

content_image Something new and important is afoot. Nonprofit and philanthropic organizations are under increasing pressure to do more and to do better to increase and improve productivity with fewer resources. Social entrepreneurs, community-minded leaders, nonprofit organizations, and philanthropists now recognize that to achieve greater impact they must adopt a network-centric approach to solving difficult problems. Building networks of like-minded organizations and people offers them a way to weave together and create strong alliances that get better leverage, performance, and results than any single organization is able to do.

While the advantages of such networks are clear, there are few resources that offer easily understandable, field-tested information on how to form and manage social-impact networks. Drawn from the authors’ deep experience with more than thirty successful network projects, Connecting to Change the World provides the frameworks, practical advice, case studies, and expert knowledge needed to build better performing networks. Readers will gain greater confidence and ability to anticipate challenges and opportunities.

Easily understandable and full of actionable advice, Connecting to Change the World is an informative guide to creating collaborative solutions to tackle the most difficult challenges society faces.