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	Home News What Who Why Resources Training Info		Local Involvement Networks Development Matrix LINk Development Matrix Characteristics LINk Front Runners (Status Quo) • Experienced participants • Strong sense of identity • Committee model likely • Comfortable with traditional models of engagement  • Transactional (change resistant/inertia possible) • Health agenda may dominate • Strong LINk identity, role of Host likely to be supportive or administrative in nature LINk Front Runners (Innovators) • Strong sense of ‘bottom up’, keen to ensure the LINk develops from the outside in and is driven by the needs of the community. • Diverse participants, ‘new people on the block’ • Likely to be busy spending time building the network and organisation • Less interested in meeting the needs of others • Range of operating models likely • Strong VCS involvement • Transformational (change responsive, innovators/entrepreneurs) • Open to health and social care • Likely to have a strong/experienced Host and/or proactive LA interest   The information presented is based on experience in the field, informal feedback from localities and anecdotal evidence. Further work is required to verify and formalise it. But the information should provide a starting point on which to build. The information used to populate the tables should be used as a starting point for further exploration and discussion. LINk Slow Burners (Under Achievers) • Under developed PPI activity within the locality • Lost or diminished capacity • Low levels of interest from VCS and statutory stakeholders and partners • High levels of reliance on Host to build profile and capacity of LINk • Strength of organisation still with LA and/or Host Contract • Transactional (change resistant/inertia possible) LINk Slow Burners (Steady developers) • Strong sense of getting it right • Desire from all stakeholders to ensure the LINk is developed appropriately and well • Less concerned about time • May not yet have an identified set of core participants but likely to be building community profile • May not yet have identified an operating model but likely to be consulting with the community • Less concerned with external drivers • Strong sense of ‘bottom up’, keen to ensure the LINk develops from the outside in and is driven by the needs of the community. • Transformational (change responsive) • Strong sense of LINk leadership with Host/LA keen to engender that spirit from the start Home        News       What       Who       Why       Resources        Training       Info © 2011	EditRegion7