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Networked Improvement Communities (NICs)
This one-page reference summarizes key definitions, features, and organizational structures of a Networked Improvement Community (NIC).
A Networked Improvement Community (NIC) is an intentionally designed social organization with a distinctive problem-solving focus; roles, responsibilities, and norms for membership; and the maintenance of narratives that detail what it is about and why affiliating with it is important.
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