The Networks Festival 2026 | Leaders of Today

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About this opportunity

The Networks Festival is a six-week online gathering for changemakers who build power through relationships and collaboration. Running May 18 to June 26, 2026, it brings together network leaders, movement builders, bridge builders, and field catalysts from around the world for live sessions, conversations, and a shared map of practitioners.

What you get:

15+ live sessions on network tech, impact evaluation, equitable collaboration, collective organizing, ripple mapping, healing-centered leadership, and funding networks.
Access to a network map of 900+ practitioners worldwide so you can find new allies and collaborators.
Fresh tools and frameworks you can use the next day in your own work.
New language for describing what you do and connecting with people who get it.
Dance, laughter, and imagination woven through the program.

The festival runs on a gift-economy model. You choose what you can pay: a 0 to 30 euro accessibility tier, a 30 euro sustainability tier, or 45 euros and above to support others. Nobody is turned away. Good for young changemakers who already run an initiative, a chapter, a collective, or a side project and want to sharpen how they do it.

Who can apply

Open globally to network leaders, movement builders, bridge builders, system shapers, field catalysts, network weavers, storytellers, and collaborative changemakers of any age.
No formal application required. Pick a ticket tier on the registration page and you are in. The festival runs entirely online so all you need is a stable internet connection.
The gift-economy pricing means cost is not a barrier: tiers start at 0 euros for the accessibility option, 30 euros for sustainability, and 45 euros and above for the supporter tier.
young-leaders
changemakers
youth

About this opportunity

What you get:

15+ live sessions on network tech, impact evaluation, equitable collaboration, collective organizing, ripple mapping, healing-centered leadership, and funding networks.
Access to a network map of 900+ practitioners worldwide so you can find new allies and collaborators.
Fresh tools and frameworks you can use the next day in your own work.
New language for describing what you do and connecting with people who get it.
Dance, laughter, and imagination woven through the program.

Who can apply

Open globally to network leaders, movement builders, bridge builders, system shapers, field catalysts, network weavers, storytellers, and collaborative changemakers of any age.
No formal application required. Pick a ticket tier on the registration page and you are in. The festival runs entirely online so all you need is a stable internet connection.
The gift-economy pricing means cost is not a barrier: tiers start at 0 euros for the accessibility option, 30 euros for sustainability, and 45 euros and above for the supporter tier.
young-leaders
changemakers
youth