Friday, November 28, 2008

Collaboration Power Point

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Discuss Power Point or ask questions about additional activities for the presentation here.
Friday, November 21, 2008

Collaboration in tough economic times.

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We now live in tough economic times which could get significantly worse before they get better. In-spite of this, we are rich in resources ...

Cooperation/Coordination, an example

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A good example of Cooperation/Coordination http://www.collaboration.me.uk/WHAT_DOES_IT_ LOOK_LIKE.html> that I have experienced has been...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Common Ground

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If it is important enough and people try hard enough, it is usually possible to put aside differences and find common ground. It does not m...
Saturday, September 6, 2008

What is a community organizer and what makes him or her effective?

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Most of the most effective community organizers over time and across the world have gone unnoticed and without acclaim. One exception was G...
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Monday, June 30, 2008

Short thought on famlies and communities

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Any group of people, living or working together, as a family or community, in order to maintain a reasonably healthy and efficient relations...
Monday, June 23, 2008

A CLUE FROM GANDHI

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A CLUE FROM GANDHI by Keshavin Nair We live in a society that emphasizes rights; the majority, minorities, employers, employees, victims, an...
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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Be careful, sometimes a little authority can lead to a lot of arrogance.

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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

When collaboration fails and it's just time for advocacy

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As much as possible, be careful not to burn bridges. Hopefully you will want to try again for some level of collaboration in the future. Whe...
Monday, June 2, 2008

Be Careful What You Ask For

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Years ago, decades actually, I was very interested in empowerment and was doing a great deal of research on the subject. During my research ...
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Saturday, May 31, 2008

Making a Mountain out of a Molehill: OR: How to turn a simple chat into a high risk divisive argument.

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Sometimes an invitation to get together to discuss or chat about some problematic issues is really just what it purports to be, just an invi...
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Focus on commonalities and not on political differences.

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As was said earlier, a life time of good can be accomplished if we work on areas where we agree and sincerely work to develop better underst...
Monday, November 26, 2007

Levels of Authority

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Levels of Authority When an organization gives a team, individual, committee, or council, an assignment, it is imperative that everyone clea...

How to hold a Family Council or Family Meeting

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Perhaps the most important organization or group is the family. A healthy family provides the training ground for positive interactions with...

Open Agenda Conferences (Sometimes referred to as a Search Conference or a Futures Conference)

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To identify and engage stake holders. Detect and determine issues. Discover, create, and initiate solutions. Encourage follow-through, ...
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The Sense of Community - What is a Community? Mobilization Capacity & Readiness for Focused Action

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The following three section in this sequence are taken from Effective Community Mobilization, Lessons From Experience. Published by the Depa...

What is an Asset?

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Assets are important for Community Collaboration, Public Participation and in every other aspect of life. An asset can be many things. It ca...
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Conflict Resolution and Prevention

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"Whenever you're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make the difference between damaging your relationship and ...

How To Keep It Going ... Sustainability

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In order for a collaborative effort to continue, it must continue to fulfill a purpose for everyone involved.Continually provide value to th...

Why and How to Build Consensus

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A Consensus is a generally accepted agreement or opinion. It does not require unanimity; however, should represent extensive, if not compre...

Who To Include

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Who to include depends upon the purpose and scope of the collaboration. ~ Some collaborations need to have almost unlimited membership. Som...

What does Collaboration look like?

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The purpose of collaboration is to: Increase Capacity, communication and efficiency while improving outcomes. Collaboration can be found alm...