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NRRN and its Networks

Tom Beckley David Bruce Omer Chouinard Ivan Emke Greg Halseth Bruno Jean Patrice LeBlanc Dianne Looker. Diane Martz Solange Nadeau John Parkins Steve Plante Doug Ramsey Richard Stedman Ellen Wall Derek Wilkinson Anna Woodrow. NRRN and its Networks. Bill Reimer

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NRRN and its Networks

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  1. Tom Beckley David Bruce Omer Chouinard Ivan Emke Greg Halseth Bruno Jean Patrice LeBlanc Dianne Looker Diane Martz Solange Nadeau John Parkins Steve Plante Doug Ramsey Richard Stedman Ellen Wall Derek Wilkinson Anna Woodrow NRRN and its Networks Bill Reimer bill.reimer@concordia.ca nre.concordia.ca 2007/03/12

  2. Depends on participants and objectives Networks serve to: Build cohesion and collective action (glue) Increase trust and reduce transaction costs (oil) Connect and integrate (web) NRRN participants and objectives? What has NRRN done? What does it need to do? The Value of Networks

  3. Maintained a network Policy-Makers Researchers Practitioners Citizens

  4. Nurtured communications

  5. Met demands

  6. Leveraged new initiatives

  7. Built research capacity

  8. To Do • More of the same • Strategic Target groups • Researchers • Policy people • Citizens • Alliances with educational institutions • Entrench core funding • Record and document impacts

  9. Tom Beckley David Bruce Omer Chouinard Ivan Emke Greg Halseth Bruno Jean Patrice LeBlanc Dianne Looker Diane Martz Solange Nadeau John Parkins Steve Plante Doug Ramsey Richard Stedman Ellen Wall Derek Wilkinson Anna Woodrow NRRN and its Networks Bill Reimer bill.reimer@concordia.ca nre.concordia.ca 2007/03/12

  10. CRRN - 1 • Support conferences and workshops • Rural Information Gateway • Data repository and archives • Research stimulation and guidance • Knowledge mobilization best practices • Capacity-building internships • Liaison and network opportunities • Rural research clearinghouse

  11. CRRN - 2 • Support the rural ‘voice’ • Build receptor capacity • Municipal organizations • Provincial governments • Aboriginal peoples • Voluntary groups • Private sector • International partnerships • Endowment fund

  12. KM Learnings - 1 • Identify target audiences • Early, extensive, continual engagement • Equalize power • Use existing organizations and networks • Organize across boundaries on common interests

  13. KM Learnings - 2 • Respect institutional demands • Organize for flexibility and adaptation • Connect inclusive and exclusive demands • Prepare for the future

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