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John's community partnership presentation from the January 2011 Learn & Serve STEM grantee meeting in Racine, WI.
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The Secret to SuccessfulCampus-Community
Partnerships
(It’s not a secret.)
Jessica Hagy, Indexed http://thisisindexed.com
Partnerships are a Good Idea.
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http://energy.caeds.eng.uml.edu/peru-07/index2.htm
service-learning
internship
CBPR
work study
volunteerism
Many Types of Engagement
Transformative
Cooperative
Exchange
Service
Many Types of Partner Relationships
Handout
“Networking to Collaboration Continuum”
FINANCIAL COSTSACADEMIC CALENDAR
POWER
VALUES
FACULTY INCENTIVES
LANGUAGE
Potential Challenges
The Promise of Partnerships: Tapping Into The College As A Community Asset
by Jim Scheibel, Erin M. Bowley & Steven Jones
FORCE FIELD ANALYSIS
DRIVING FORCES RESTRAINING FORCES
State Desired Change Here
(EQUILIBRIUM OR CURRENT STATUS)Forces resisting the change Forces favoring the change
Handout
• Communication• Funding• Marketing/PR• Evaluation• Celebrating
Planning Process
Assessing Impact on Community Organizations
A look at costs and benefits
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
Benefits of the Partnership
Time . . .• staff time freed up by campus partner assuming organizational
responsibilities• staff time freed up as a result of technical assistance/training
from campus partner• Time spent with potential donors, public officials, etc. that can be
directly attributed to the partnership
Financial• Value added of student, faculty and staff time• Revenue sources generated by partnership• Value of new equipment provided at no cost
Intangibles
Community Voice
• 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
Asset-Based Partnerships
Needs vs. Assets
Needs Based1. Focus on deficiencies
2. People are consumers of services
3. Residents observe as issues are being addressed
Asset Based1. Focus on effectiveness
2. People are producers
3. Residents participate and are empowered
We all have assets and deficits.
Community Assets
• Individuals– Everybody!
• Associations– Social Assets
• Institutions– Public, private, nonprofit
• Physical Assets– Buildings, natural assets
• Exchange– Financial transactions and other exchanges
Associations
Associations & Institutions
• Consensus • Control
• Care • Production
• Citizens • Consumers
• Capacities • Needs
Handout
“Steps to Develop a Partnership”
Jessica Hagy, Indexed http://thisisindexed.com/
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.
Handout
“What Makes Partnerships Work?”
Campus Compact Benchmarks for
Campus/Community Partnerships (2000)
Handout
When you get to that certain point . . .
Expand your geographical reach.
When you get to that certain point . . .
Develop new and non-traditional partners
When you get to that certain point . . .
Deepen and broaden the focus
When you get to that certain point . . .
Revisit initial agreement,focus & renew commitments
Collaborate with other partnerships
When you get to that certain point . . .
Develop a Graceful EXIT Strategy
When you get to that certain point . . .
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.
