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Entrepreneurial Networkscityextension.osu.edu/leadership

This series is offered through Ohio State University Extension. Julie M. Fox, Ph.D. [email protected]

Just-in-Time Learning Series

Entrepreneurial NetworksIn the City




Today’s AgendaEntrepreneurial Networking

• Why• Scale, Diversity, Complexity in the City• Frequently recognized as solely an agricultural organization• Greater competition for scarce resources and multi-stakeholder agendas

• What You Will Learn (relationships)• Awareness of influencers and networking opportunities in your city • Knowledge of social competencies and social capital• Ability to build and navigate a strategic partnerships in urban and university environments




• Entrepreneurship• … pursuing opportunities without regard to resources currently controlled (Stevenson and Jarillo, 1989)

• Networks• … patterned relationships between individuals, groups, and organizations (Dubin & Aldrich, 1991)

• Process• … opportunity identification and resource mobilization (Shane & Venktaraman, 2000)

Influence (connectors, access), Perspective, Info/Content Expertise, $, Capitals … ValueOrganizations are multilevel systems of relationships (Hitt, Beamish, Jackson & Mathieu, 2007).

Entrepreneurial Networking




Entrepreneurial NetworkingAbility to network is a key entrepreneurial competency (Vyakarnam, Jacobs, & Pratten, 1995; Hill & McGowan, 1996)

Business know who is as important as business know how (Peterson & Rondstadt, 1986)

(O’Donnell, Gilmore, Cummins, & Carson, 2001)

Diversity (Burt, 1992; Singh et al., 1999)

Inter-organizational Personal NetworkNetwork ‘Actor’ Organization Individual

Type of Link Formal Informal




Types of Networks

Three Traditions of Network Research: What the Public Management Research Agenda Can Learn from Other Research Communities

Berry, Brower, Choi, Goa, Jang, Kwon, & Word (2004)

https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/41599281/Three_Traditions_PAR.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1506425886&Signature=Pf/r%2Bn7rMm4aiFQZgpmBSzyRcXE%3D&response-content-disposition=inline;%20filename%3DThree_Traditions_PAR.pdf




Network Stages

Contacts

Exchange Relationships

Complex, RoutinizedStarr, 1990

Network Stages




Network Relationships

http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1059&context=managementfacpub





Social Competencies




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Social Capital




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Strategic Partnerships

Advisory Groups

Public Officials

Public & Private Partners




Entrepreneurial Networking

Competencies

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Advisory GroupsKnow Who Advises and Represents You• Advisory Groups by County? Program? Impact Area? Project? Community? Other?• What is the status of your current advisory groups?

• Selection (Mix)• Orientation• Communication• Engagement• Role• Recognition

How do you get to know them better & see Extension through their eyes?What do you have in common? Who is connected with you and with them?




Elected OfficialsKnow Who Represents You

• County Commissioners or Council Members + Others: County Administrators• Other Public Officials• State Congress Representatives and State Senators (where you live, your office, your county)

How do you get to know them better & see Extension through their eyes?What do you have in common? Who is connected with you and with them?

Note: How does your team learn about guidelines regarding political activity by univ. employees?

Resources in the Module




Public & Private PartnersKnow Other Key Influences• Who are the key influencers in your county in the public sector?• Who are the key influencers in your county in the private sector?

• Public Agencies• For Profit Organizations • Not-for-Profit Organizations• Individual DonorsHow do you get to know them better & see Extension through their eyes?What do you have in common? Who is connected with you and with them?

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www.playmakersystems.com/the-playmaker-system/standard-cycle-of-influence

Cycle of Influence


Customers

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Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination

Common AgendaShared Measurement SystemsMutually Reinforcing Activities Continuous CommunicationBackbone Support Organizations

Resources: www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/collective_impactCollective Impact Forum: https://collectiveimpactforum.orgExample: www.strivetogether.org/vision/quality-collective-impact-collaboration

Collective Impact


http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/collective_impact

https://collectiveimpactforum.org/

http://www.strivetogether.org/vision/quality-collective-impact-collaboration




Web-based Just-in-Time Module

Entrepreneurial Networks

https://cityextension.osu.edu/learn/entrepreneurial-networks




Strategic Partnerships: Plan & Portfolio

• Action Assignment for You• Urban Extension Competency Framework - "Building Social and Financial Capital." Assess

your current abilities (blue) and knowledge (green).

• Action Assignment for You and Your Team• Networks• Strategic Partnerships




Networking and Strategic Partnerships

Discussion• What experiences, resources, or processes have helped you with your

personal and organizational networking?• How do you think your partners perceive you?• What could you do to have stronger partnership relationships?




Entrepreneurial NetworksContinuous Learning

• Journal• Mentor & Coach• Self-paced Independent Study•Team Collaboration





Multimedia Resources• Networks• Strategic Partnerships• Thinking Like a Partner• Collective Impact




Resources

www.cdc.gov




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playmakers.com




Resources





Relationship Marketing – Key Relationships

“Future times can be very good if we know how to make them so through key relationships” - Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1882

Source: Bruce DeYoung. What is Relationship Marketing? Journal of Extension, Vol. 26, No. 3. Fall 1988




Social Capital

Relationships, Context, Mutual Investment & Reciprocity, Trust, Reputation

Mixed MediaEngagement Strategic

Partnerships

Social Competencies





Entrepreneurial NetworksAs we enter what the Brookings Institute referred to as an urban age and metropolitan century, people and societies now live, operate, communicate and engage through collaborative networks

that work for consumers, companies, and cities.- Katz, 2012




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