13. Partnership Fundamentals
If partnerships drive change in education, workforce,
youth, health, economic and community development:
What drives partnerships?
“Collaboration is an unnatural act between
non consenting adults.”
Former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders
23. Partnership Action Plans – Old & New
Strategy Activity When Who
Marketing partnership
effort
Draft one pager/mission Tomorrow Coordinator
Fill leadership gaps Call/meet with mayor, large
employers, Schools Supt,
CBO leaders
Next week Coordinator
Explore sustainable
funding short/long
term
Research opportunities/
write RFP
Three
weeks
Coordinator
Strategy Activity When Who
Marketing
partnership effort
Draft one pager/mission Next 30
days
Marketing Director
YMCA
Fill leadership gaps Call/meet with mayor, large
employers, Schools Supt,
CBO leaders
On-going Peer to Peer -
leadership across
partnership
Explore sustainable
funding short/long
term
Research opportunities/
write RFP
60-90 days Resource
Committee
25. So…Are we Collaborating?
Levels of Collaboration
Isolation
Communication
Coordination
Collaboration
Integration
Source: Systems of care stages of integration; based on Burt, Spellman (2007)
Agencies don’t
recognize the
need to
communicate,
no attempt to
communicate
Agencies talk
to each other,
share some
information
Staff from
different
agencies work
together on a
case-by-case
basis to
coordinate
some support
Agencies work
together on a
project-by-
project basis,
including joint
analysis,
planning
Intensive
collaboration,
agencies are
interdependent,
significant
sharing of
resources, high
level of trust