10 reasons to embrace coalitions

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10 Reasons Why You Should Embrace Coalitions & Partnerships Fran Butterfoss, PhD President, Coalitions Work

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Coalitions are effective and efficient vehicles for exchanging knowledge and ideas, and planning and implementing powerful community strategies. Explore ten advantages of working in partnership that may not have occurred to you before!

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Page 1: 10 Reasons to Embrace Coalitions

10 Reasons Why You Should Embrace

Coalitions & Partnerships

Fran Butterfoss, PhD President, Coalitions Work

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Coalitions & Partnerships

Demonstrate & develop support & responsibility for a

community issue

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Coalitions & Partnerships

Maximize the power of individuals and groups

through collective action

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Coalitions & Partnerships

Build strength & cohesiveness by connecting individuals &

organizations

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Coalitions & Partnerships

Improve trust & communication between agencies & organizations

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Coalitions & Partnerships

Increase community participation & leadership

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Coalitions & Partnerships

Mobilize diverse talents, resources & strategies

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Change community norms & social acceptability of risky

behaviors

Coalitions & Partnerships

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Coalitions & Partnerships

Share costs & associated risks

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Coalitions and Partnerships

Share power to reduce potential conflicts

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Coalitions & PartnershipsReach outcomes that any one

organization could not do alone