1. What do we believe about collaboration?
Stand and Declare
What do we believe about collaboration?

2. Collaboration with representatives from all parts of the community
Stand and Declare
Collaboration with representatives from all parts of the community
is fun and easy.

3. Stand and Declare
In collaborations where we share information these exchanges lead to community changes in programs, policies, and practices

4. Stand and Declare
In collaborative efforts in our community we always engage those most affected by the problem as equal partners at the table and they willingly join us and participate actively.

5. Introduction to Coalition Building Chapter 2

6. What are collaborative solutions?
Doing together that which we cannot do alone
A collaboration is a group of individuals and/or organizations with a common interest who agree to work together toward a common goal.
From S.Fawcett et.al

7. The purpose of collaboration is to create a shared vision and joint strategy to address concerns that go beyond the purview of any particular party 7

8. A mutually beneficial relationship between two or more parties to achieve common goals by sharing responsibility, authority, and accountability for achieving results.
-Chrislip and Larson 8

9. Why collaborative solutions have been encouraged?
To create social change
To encourage social innovation
Expand interventions to the whole community
To do more with less when there are budget cuts
To address limitations of the health and human service systems
To promote civic engagement
To build healthy communities
Other reasons from your experience?

10. Concerns with Health and Human Service System
Fragmentation
Duplication of effort
Focus on deficits
Crisis Orientation
Failure to respond to diversity
Excessive professionalism
Detached from community & clients
Competition
Limited and inaccessible information
Failure to engage those most directly affected

11. Experiences in Coalitions and Partnerships
Please describe two partnerships or coalition experiences that you have had that have been positive and two that have been negative.
Positive Experiences
Negative Experiences
Why? Learnings?

12. Coalitions can: Promote comprehensive approach
Promote planning and creation of a shared vision
Promote comprehensive approach
Increase communication within the system
Increase communication with the community
Encourage collaborative problem solving
Build on the strengths of the systems and the residents
Create culturally competent systems
Increase accessibility to resources for communities
Build power through numbers

13. Unique characteristic of coalitions at their best
Holistic and comprehensive
Flexible and responsive
Build a sense of community
Build and enhance resident engagement in community life
Provide a vehicle for community empowerment
Allow diversity to be valued as foundation of the wholeness of the community
Incubators for innovative solutions to community problems

14. Connecting Actions – How a Jewish Muslim dialogue evolved into collaborative actions to help refugees

15. Collaborative Solutions
1. Engage a broad spectrum of the community
Especially those most directly affected
Celebrate racial and cultural diversity
2. Encourage true collaboration as the form of exchange

16. The Continuum of Collaboration
Definitions:
Networking Exchanging information for mutual benefit.
Coordination Exchanging information and modifying activities for mutual benefit.
Cooperation Exchanging information, modifying activities, and sharing resources for mutual benefit and to achieve a common purpose.

17. The Continuum of Collaboration- cont.
Collaboration Exchanging information, modifying activities, sharing resources, and enhancing the capacity of another for mutual benefit and to achieve a common purpose by sharing risks, resources, responsibilities, and rewards.
From Arthur Himmelman

18. The Continuum of Collaboration Worksheet
Instructions: Given the definitions of networking, coordinating, cooperating and collaborating, identify the following:
With an “x” identify which functions are most frequently used in your collaborative efforts
Discuss how you might like to change this “mix”
With an “o” identify where you would like to be (which functions you would like to use more frequently, etc.)
Discuss and note what your collaborative needs to do to make this happen
Use Frequently Use Sometimes Hardly Ever Use
Networking _____________ _____________ _____________
Exchanging Information
Coordination _____________ _____________ _____________
Exchange Information
Alter Activities
Cooperation _____________ _____________ _____________
Share Resources
Collaboration _____________ _____________ _____________
Enhance Capacity

19. Collaborative Solutions cont.
3. Practice democracy
Promote active citizenship and empowerment
4. Employ an ecological approach that emphasizes individual in his/her setting.
Build on community strengths and assets

20. Neighborhood Needs Map
Slum Housing
From John McKnight
Mental Illness
Crime
Neighborhood Needs Map
Teenage Pregnancy
Drug Abuse
Rat Bites
Domestic
Violence
Lead Poisoning T r u a n c y
Welfare Dependency
Slum Housing
Gangs
Alcoholism
Illiteracy
Unemployment
AIDS
Pollution
Broken families
Boarded-up Buildings
Dropouts
Child Abuse
Homelessness
Abandonment

21. Neighborhood Assets Map
Public Information
From John McKnight
Fire Depts.
Libraries
Public Schools
Personal Income
Parks
Capital Improvement Expenditures
Cultural Organizations H o s p i t a l
Public Information
Associations of Business
Individual Businesses
Police
Individual Capacities
Vacant Bldgs., Land, etc.
Religious Organizations
Gifts of Labeled People
Higher Education Institutions
Citizens Associations
Social Service Agencies
Home-Based Enterprise
Primary Building Blocks: Assets and capacities located inside the neighborhood, largely under neighborhood control
Energy/Waste Resources
Secondary Building Blocks: Assets located within the community, but largely controlled by outsiders.
Welfare Expenditures
Potential Building Blocks: Resources originating outside the neighborhood, controlled by outsiders.

22. Types of community assessment questions
Traditional:
What are your needs?
How can we (providers) meet those needs?
Asset-based assessment questions:
What are your community’s strengths?
How can you contribute to helping us find a solution?

23. Collaborative solutions cont.
5. Take action
Address issues of social change and power
Build on a common vision
6. Engage your spirituality as your compass for social change
Align the goal and the process
“Be the change that you wish to create in the world.” (M. Gandhi)

24. Four spiritual principles that are critical to community building
Appreciation
Acceptance
Compassion
Interdependence

25. Interdependence The community is a complex whole
Take an ecological view of individual in their community settings
Focus on the full range of social determinants of health
All systems/settings have an impact and
they all interact with each other

26. Six principles for successful coalitions:
Engage a broad spectrum of the community
Encourage true collaboration as the form of exchange
3. Practice democracy
4. Employ an ecological approach that emphasizes individual in his/her setting.
5. Take action
6. Engage your spirituality as your compass for social change

27. Factors Affecting a Coalition’s Capacity to Create Change
Having a clear vision and mission
Action planning for community and systems change
Developing and supporting leadership
Documentation and ongoing feedback on programs
Technical assistance and support
Securing financial resources for the work
Making outcomes matter
From Roussus and Fawcett SEE TOOL

28. Working with Conflict in Coalitions
Conflict is inherent in Coalitions
It is useful to recognize different types of conflict and conflict behavior:
Power, Accountability, Unity & diversity, Mixed loyalties, Division of labor, Interpersonal conflict
Expression and negotiation of conflicts is healthy coalition behavior. It leads to better results.
Use a variety of approaches to prevent, minimize and resolve conflicts
From Beth Rosenthal in Wolff and Kaye From the Ground Up

29. Collaborating for Equity and Justice
Explicitly address issues of social and economic injustice and structural racism.
Employ a community development approach in which residents have equal power in determining the coalition or collaborative’s agenda and resource allocation.
Employ community organizing as an intentional strategy and as part of the process. Work to build resident leadership and power.

30. Collaborating for Equity and Justice
Focus on policy, systems, and structural change.
Build on what we know works, that acknowledge the complexities, and that evaluate appropriately.
Construct core functions for the collaborative based on equity and justice that provide basic facilitating structures and build member ownership and leadership

31. Evaluations of coalitions have shown that their outcomes include
: (1) providing significant support to coalition members;
(2) creating numerous community changes related to their mission as seen in changes in programs, policies, and practices;
(3) reinvigorating civic engagement and increasing the sense of community;
(4) creating vehicles to enhance community empowerment; and
(5) becoming incubators for innovative solutions to problems facing their communities.

32. ENAR: the European Network Against Racism :
One example of a coalition the explicitly issues of racism and discrimination into its mission is
“ Our mission is to achieve full equality, solidarity and well-being for all in Europe. We want to allow all members of society, whatever their skin colour, ethnicity, sex, gender, religion, disability, age or sexual orientation, to participate and be included in society.
Our take on this? We combat racism and discrimination based on colour, ethnicity, national origin, nationality, religion, culture, language or legal status.
We envision a vibrant and inclusive society and economy that embrace equality and diversity and the benefits of a racism-free Europe.”