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CORE Group CORE Group Spring Meeting 2010:Spring Meeting 2010:
Being Bold TogetherBeing Bold Together
Tom Davis, MPHTom Davis, MPH
CORE Group Board ChairCORE Group Board Chair
Recent DevelopmentsRecent Developments
Additional CORE Group membership Additional CORE Group membership categories: Not yet, but soon.categories: Not yet, but soon.
Stable and increasingly diversified funding Stable and increasingly diversified funding situation: USAID-funding of CORE through situation: USAID-funding of CORE through MCHIP for FY11 (and hopefully beyond).MCHIP for FY11 (and hopefully beyond).
New ways to post and access CORE Group New ways to post and access CORE Group information: Working Group pages, information: Working Group pages, Slideshare.net. Slideshare.net.
Getting thereGetting there
Not there yet … but we are growing, becoming Not there yet … but we are growing, becoming more visible, maturing.more visible, maturing.
Need more people to get involved with working Need more people to get involved with working groups and growing/strengthened leadership.groups and growing/strengthened leadership.
Crossing a significant bridge: Confirmation Crossing a significant bridge: Confirmation from USAID of the (1) value of this network from USAID of the (1) value of this network and (2) need for CORE Group to continue to and (2) need for CORE Group to continue to diversify its funding base.diversify its funding base.
Must Read Networking BooksMust Read Networking Books
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our LivesNetworks and How They Shape Our Lives (Christakis and Fowler, 2009)(Christakis and Fowler, 2009)
The Tipping PointThe Tipping Point (Gladwell, 2002)(Gladwell, 2002) Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Switch: How to Change Things When Change is
HardHard (Chip & Dan Heath, 2010)(Chip & Dan Heath, 2010)
Tribes: We Need you to Lead UsTribes: We Need you to Lead Us (Seth Godin, 2008)(Seth Godin, 2008)
Linked: How Everything is Connected to Linked: How Everything is Connected to Everything Else and What it Means for Business, Everything Else and What it Means for Business, Science, and Everyday LifeScience, and Everyday Life (Laszlo Barabasi (2003)(Laszlo Barabasi (2003)
Social Network Analysis FindingsSocial Network Analysis Findings Your friends’ friends’ friends can make you fat – or thin.Your friends’ friends’ friends can make you fat – or thin. Your future spouse is likely to be your friends’ friend.Your future spouse is likely to be your friends’ friend. We influence and are influenced by people up to We influence and are influenced by people up to three degreesthree degrees
removed from us (your friends’ friends’ friends). removed from us (your friends’ friends’ friends).
Happiness, voter turnout, substance abuse, and suicide are all contagious. Happiness, voter turnout, substance abuse, and suicide are all contagious. (What (What about EBF, getting TT, purifying water?)about EBF, getting TT, purifying water?)
Properties of Social NetworksProperties of Social Networks
Social networks are “scale free,” and look more likeSocial networks are “scale free,” and look more like this…this…
than this:than this:
…where a few nodes have lots of connections.
…where most nodes have similar numbers of connections.
Hubs have a power law distribution…
Your Place in the NetworkYour Place in the Network
Strive to – like CORE Group itself – be a HubStrive to – like CORE Group itself – be a Hub Ask questions, use the networkAsk questions, use the network Put forth unique and potentially valuable ideas Put forth unique and potentially valuable ideas
(even if they are still questionable) (even if they are still questionable) Lead a rousing debate in your Working GroupLead a rousing debate in your Working Group Present in Present in newnew forums and connect with forums and connect with
other powerful hubs in other powerful hubs in newnew forums. forums.
Your Place in the NetworkYour Place in the Network
Strive to – like CORE Group itself – be a HubStrive to – like CORE Group itself – be a Hub CORE Group member ideas and tools CORE Group member ideas and tools
spreading …spreading …
•In Food for Peace TRMsIn Food for Peace TRMs•In the Peace CorpsIn the Peace Corps•To the Secretary of StateTo the Secretary of State
Your Place in the NetworkYour Place in the Network
Strive to – like CORE Group itself – be a HubStrive to – like CORE Group itself – be a Hub CORE Group member ideas and tools CORE Group member ideas and tools
spreading …spreading …
•In Food for Peace TRMsIn Food for Peace TRMs•In the Peace CorpsIn the Peace Corps•To the Secretary of StateTo the Secretary of State
Lauren Erickson-Mamane …
CORE Groupie
www.CareGroupInfo.org
2nd Most Powerful Person in World…
CORE Groupie offering totally
unsolicited SBC advice…
What the WHAT? That guy
has a lot of nerve…
This is You without COREThis is You without CORE
Often on a precarious perch
Limited inputs (e.g., CH technical knowledge, best practices, tools) Limited Outputs
Ability to fly solo … but not as far
Limited knowledge of
feeding sources
Disconnected … sometimes depressed
and burned out