Network maps are diagrams of lines or arrows (representing connections) and nodes (representing individuals, organizations, ideas) that can visually communicate tremendous amounts of information much more easily than volumes of text. Verna emphasizes the importance of including both contracted tangible exchanges such as money, and intangible ones such as information. Steve Waddell of Networking Action Excerpts from an excellent blog from ValueNetworks.com colleague and customer, Steve Waddell of Networking Action We can easily be overwhelmed by the complexity of large networks where there are many different organizations and people involved.

The information gap for parents of 6-9 year olds There are tons of sites and blogs dedicated to babies, as you’d expect, because that’s the scariest period of time when your information and support needs are the most acute. We’re now the proud parents of a site for, well, parents. Ready for Ten is a conversation space for mums and dads of 6-9 year olds.

Leif Hansen writes this in a newsletter: “Are you like me in feeling that life is just too precious to waste time going to events where we’re talked at as if we’re merely disembodied information-processing machines?  I I think most of us would rather just download those experiences and listen to them while driving, thank you very much!” 8221;