Collaboration: The Power of WE the People
National Satellite Broadcast
December 7th, 1998
Collaboration is a process of participation through which people, groups and organizations
work together to achieve desired results. Starting or sustaining a collaborative journey
is exciting, sometimes stressful, and even new for many. The information presented here
utilizes the knowledge and expertise of specialists from the National Network for
Collaboration to provide a guide to begin, strengthen and sustain the collaborative
journey, for the building and sustaining of positive change.
 SEARCH
the Children, Youth and Families Education and Research Network (CYFER Net)
SEARCH
the Center for Rural Studies' Site
On-Line Network and CES Collaboration and Change Resources:
To contact the Collaboration Network, send e-mail to: nncoinfo@extension.umn.edu
Collaboration Framework ...
Addressing Community Capacity, (18 pages/455 Kb) designed to help individuals and
practitioners who are starting or need help strengthening a collaboration to achieve
clearly defined outcomes.
Community-Based Collaboration:
Community Wellness Multiplied, a resource which explores and explains the process by
which citizens, agencies, organizations and businesses make formal sustained commitments
to collaborate to accomplish a shared vision or purpose.
Building Coalitions:
a series of fact sheets on coalition formation and maintenance
Building Communities of Support for Families in
Poverty, a manual that uses participatory research, education, and evaluation to build
sustainable communities of support in high risk neighborhoods throughout the nation.
Building & Maintaining Community
Coalitions on Behalf of CYF, a report from the Community Coalitions in Action project,
Institute for Children, Youth, and Families Michigan State University.
Transitions: Implementing Change
Decisions, abstract.
Other On-line Resources:
Our Resource
Briefs provide useful information on a number of topics including building effective
local community development strategies and youth development.
Self Help
Resources for Community Groups: Various tools for communities to utilize from Iowa
State University's Extension to Communities Resources.
Joint Work is an internet
inservice experience for professionals sponsored by Ohio State University Extension &
the National Network for Collaboration. The course explore issues involved in developing
and managing service delivery systems for children and families.
The Alaska 4-H site provides
a great deal of useful information. Specifically, we would like to direct your attention
to their funding page.
NASULGC:
The National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges
Communications as Engagement, A
Communications Strategy for Revitalization: The Millennium Report to the Rockefeller
Foundation
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention (OJJDP)
Juvenile
Justice Resources
SafeFutures:
Partnerships To Reduce Youth Violence and Delinquency: a
project which assists communities with collaborative
efforts to reduce youth
violence and delinquency.
Youth
Violence: A Community-Based Response--One City's Success Story:
describes the efforts undertaken by Boston,
Massachusetts to curb youth
violence successfully.
"How To Facilitate
Groups" Handbook: is intended to help facilitators: understand the active
facilitation method; strengthen facilitation skills; understand how to design and prepare
for work sessions; and understand how to evaluate work sessions.
CYFERNet Groups & Quick Links:
Click on the below titles to view the actual site or the content links for each
to cut to the chase!
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Last updated: 08/14/98
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