Collaboration: The Power of WE the People
National Satellite Broadcast
December 7th, 1998
This is a web version of the Collaboration CD-ROM Training Program Manual
authored by
Lynne Borden, Ph.D., The Ohio State University
and
Daniel Perkins, Ph.D., University of Florida
produced by
Bruce E. Haas, Ph.D.
Keep being into the collaborative spirit, your work is making a difference! For reference materials referred to in "The Power of WE the People", e-mail Ellen Rowe at ellen.rowe@uvm.edu To download a copy of the PowerPoint Slides as presented in "The Power of WE the People" click here. For a copy of the taped satellite transmission, click here for the order form.
This link takes you to the EVALUATIONS
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
Assessing Your Collaboration: A Self Evaluation Tool. Lynne Borden and Dan Perkins article in the April issue of the Journal of Extension.
The University of Wisconsin...
Evaluation of Collaborative Efforts. The entire document is on line
and can be downloaded in .pdf format, (190 pages, 1,598 Kb) The web page where it and other
documents can be found is: located here
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:
Institute for Collaborative Leadership:
A nonprofit organization dedicated to helping leaders build and manage productive collaborations, partnerships, teams & coalitions.
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.
Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining, and Enjoying the Journey The Collaboration Handbook gives you expert advice on how to establish and operate a successful collaboration, including how to find and attract the right people, build trust, change conflict into cooperation, select the best structure, and much more.
Collaboration: What Makes It Work Use this report to prepare and plan for collaboration in your community, identify strengths and weaknesses in your collaboration, and envision new ways to accomplish your mission.
Community Building: Coming of Age With this book, you'll understand how and why this change has occurred and what's needed to make community building successful today.
Community Building: What Makes It Work A Review of Factors Influencing Successful Community Building
Strategic Planning Workbook for Nonprofit Organizations, Revised and Updated This classic workbook--now completely revised and updated--gives you practical guidance through five planning steps.
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