1. CoP: The Partnership Way ASD CoP November 2011 Joanne Cashman

2. Social Learning Sharing information, tips, documents Learning from each other Helping each other with challenges Keeping up with the field Stimulating change Creating new kinds of capacity building … more

3. A Framework for Building Communities of Practice (CoP) Coalescing around issues Ensuring relevant participation Infrastructure for the CoP Doing work together Leading by convening New kinds of leadership Translate complex challenges into ways that individuals can contribute Shared Concerns What will bring people together? Focus on the work and the relationship Recognize Individual pursuits and shared goals The right mix of stakeholders Who must be involved to ensure changes in practice? CoPs : the IDEA Partnership Way

4. Building the Infrastructure Identity Communication Activity Progress Recognition Scanning for the emerging work

5. Lets Get Started… Some CoPs are more organic in their development…others are more directed. In either case…certain processes help the CoP to: o Identify its purpose o Define its value o Clarify its ways of interacting o Determine how success will be measured o Integrate the CoP into existing work o And much more…. o What will your process look like?

6. Defining the Community What is observable? Network building: relating, interacting, communicating for a reason What is at the core? Collective intention Shared identity

7. ASD CoP on Behavioral Health: Defining Our Core We are ________________________________ that are united in _______________________ to influence practice around _______________ ______________________________________. To accomplish this we : _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________.