19. The Promise of Partnerships: Tapping Into The College As A Community Assetby Jim Scheibel, Erin M. Bowley & Steven Jones FINANCIAL COSTS ACADEMIC CALENDAR Potential Challenges POWER LANGUAGE VALUES FACULTY INCENTIVES
20. FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS State Desired Change Here Handout DRIVING FORCES RESTRAINING FORCES Forces resisting the change Forces favoring the change (EQUILIBRIUM OR CURRENT STATUS)
26. Time . . . staff spent training and supervising volunteers staff spend communicating with campus personnel (phone, email, face-to-face) Lost that could be spent meeting with other constituencies Financial Cost of staff time & equipment Intangibles Costs of the Partnership
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28. staff time freed up as a result of technical assistance/training from campus partner
33. Asset-Based Partnerships Asset-Based: discovers gifts & talents in the community right now Internally-Focused: Relies on community’s strengths, not on outside resources Relationship-Driven: Seeks to connect local people, associations and institutions
34. Needs vs. Assets Needs Based Focus on deficiencies People are consumers of services Residents observe as issues are being addressed Asset Based Focus on effectiveness People are producers Residents participate and are empowered
49. You cannot mitigate all risk. If you don’t learn to embrace risk you cannot lead. Risk does not make leadership difficult. Risk makes leading worthwhile.
52. When you get to that certain point . . . Expand your geographical reach.
53. When you get to that certain point . . . Develop new and non-traditional partners
54. When you get to that certain point . . . Deepen and broaden the focus
55. When you get to that certain point . . . Revisit initial agreement, focus & renew commitments
56. When you get to that certain point . . . Collaborate with other partnerships
57. When you get to that certain point . . . Develop a Graceful EXIT Strategy
58. Be honest, but gentle. Do no harm, and protect each other from making mistakes. Keep your agreements. Respect each other’s boundaries and professional knowledge. Don’t take your partners for granted.
Sometimes you have a hard time knowing if something is a good idea or not.
My introduction to SL as a transformational educational toolTell story of SL in Engineering & Mathematics instituteJohn Duffy – U Mass LowellPeru Project
S-L story – soup kitchen, reflection, “my daughter”Who does hunger in St. Cloud, or in your home town?Who should be doing it?
START ON BOTTOMSystem and Transformative Relationship – shared decision-making/operations/evaluation, intended to transform each organizationCooperative Relationship – joint planning and shared responsibilities, long-term, multiple projectsExchange Relationship – exchange information, get access for mutual benefit, specific projectService Relationship – fixed time, fixed task
Vision and leadership create energy or POWERIt is the job of leaders to provide the energy necessary for revolution.