This is your complete guide to putting together a collaboration that gets results! You'll see how to get a collaboration going, define the results you're after, determine everyone's roles, create an action plan, and evaluate the results. Includes a case study, worksheets, and special sidebars with helpful tips such as what to do at your first meeting.
Work together...and get greater results! Here's how to overcome obstacles to create a successful collaboration! Whether you're working on homelessness or building a rural farm cooperative, the Collaboration Handbook tells you what to expect and how to meet challenges in a way that strengthens your group and the results you're after. You'll learn how (and why) to:
* Find and attract the right people
* Build trust among diverse groups
* Change conflict into cooperation
* Select the best structure for your collaboration
* Keep people involved, enthusiastic, and motivated
* Energize your supporters with a powerful collaborative vision * Deepen the roots of collaboration for lasting success Practical, interactive tools keep your collaboration on track This unique handbook shows you:
* How to know if collaboration is the best way to
accomplish your goals
* How to get started and keep up the momentum
* Whether your collaboration has the necessary ingredients to succeed
* How to manage the four stages of collaboration * When it makes sense to test the waters with a pilot project Plus, you also get:
* A case study following one collaboration from start to finish
* Sixteen worksheets to help you solve problems, plan successful strategies, and document your progress
* Special sidebars with helpful tips such as what to do at your first meeting, and how mandated collaborations can succeed * And much more!