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COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS” Finding Unusual Partners

COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS” Finding Unusual Partners

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COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”

Finding Unusual Partners

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COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”

Finding Unusual Partners

Annual Conference of the National Association of Planning Councils Friday, May 13, 2005 Presented By: Martha T. Blaine

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Where do you usually look for coalition members?

Do you seek by issue? Do you seek by geography? Do you seek by familiarity?

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Do you work with the same colleagues over and over, just on different issues?

Do you need more and different resources?

What kind of resources?

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Who do you ask for names of potential coalition members and resources? Colleagues? Volunteers? Board members? Other

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Where would you look for unusual coalition participants?

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The Post Office?

The state university system?

A major corporation?

A Home Improvement company?

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A home security company?

A local small business ?

The Girl Scouts?

A neighborhood church?

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Four Examples of

Finding Unusual Partners

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I. TXU WEATHERIZATIONCoalition: Emergency assistance

service providers (utility bills)Unusual partners: Small independent home

weatherization contractors Home Depot

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Value Added: Emergency assistance clients get

free home weatherization CCGD gets contract with TXU to

identify potential customers CCGD makes new corporate friends

for future support

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II. 2-1-1 LAN NETWORK

Coalition: Texas Information and Referral Network

Unusual Partner: State-Wide University System Technology Center

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Value Added: Statewide LAN already in place

2-1-1 utilize excess capacity

Universities become familiar with 2-1-1 service

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III. BUSINESS CONTINUITY

Coalition: CCGD member agencies

Unusual Partner: Home Security Company

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Value Added: CCGD widened its circle of

technology experts to call upon

CCGD has alternate back-up location for I&R in emergency

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Summary

Look in unusual places Consider new sources of

knowledge needed Find the “Win-Win”