What we’re reading: Network Evaluation

Title: Network Evaluation | Cultivating Healthy Networks for Social Change

Authors: The Centre for Social Innovation & Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation

This book addresses that big, hairy question…. How do we know if our networks are really working? In practical and theoretical ways, this small pocket-sized book, digs into the how and why of network evaluation. More than 2/3 of the book is given over to the ‘Evaluator’s Toolbox” – a series of worksheets that help you build a framework for evaluating your network.

I find myself picking up this book every now and again because I find something clever and creative each time I open the pages. It’s a great perspective shifter. As we work on restructuring the network of the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council to establish the best possible foundation for social change oriented crime prevention, this little book will prove to be very handy.

Pdf copies of the book can be downloaded here. You can also purchase a copy of the book here.

For more information about the book, visit The Centre for Social Innovation.