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COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”
Finding Unusual Partners
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
COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”
Where do you usually look for coalition members?
Do you seek by issue? Do you seek by geography? Do you seek by familiarity?
COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”
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?
COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”
Who do you ask for names of potential coalition members and resources? Colleagues? Volunteers? Board members? Other
COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”
Where would you look for unusual coalition participants?
COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”
The Post Office?
The state university system?
A major corporation?
A Home Improvement company?
COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”
A home security company?
A local small business ?
The Girl Scouts?
A neighborhood church?
COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”
Four Examples of
Finding Unusual Partners
COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”
I. TXU WEATHERIZATIONCoalition: Emergency assistance
service providers (utility bills)Unusual partners: Small independent home
weatherization contractors Home Depot
COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”
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
COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”
II. 2-1-1 LAN NETWORK
Coalition: Texas Information and Referral Network
Unusual Partner: State-Wide University System Technology Center
COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”
Value Added: Statewide LAN already in place
2-1-1 utilize excess capacity
Universities become familiar with 2-1-1 service
COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”
III. BUSINESS CONTINUITY
Coalition: CCGD member agencies
Unusual Partner: Home Security Company
COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”
Value Added: CCGD widened its circle of
technology experts to call upon
CCGD has alternate back-up location for I&R in emergency
COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”
Summary
Look in unusual places Consider new sources of
knowledge needed Find the “Win-Win”