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The ABC’s of Effective Community Partnerships
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The ABCs of Effective Community Partnerships
“America was built on
the promise that
every family should
have an opportunity
for success.”
https://communityactionpartnershi
p.com/about-us/
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Our mission is to accelerate
language development in children
birth to three, in order to improve
their cognitive, social, and
emotional health and to close
opportunity gaps.
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40+ LENA Communities
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Share Your Expertise!
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Successful Partnerships
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The ABC’s of Effective Community Partnerships
•Alignment•Buy-in•Commitment
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Alignment
The “Pitch” –Gaining Interest
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Alignment
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Alignment
• Implementation
• Funding
• Advocacy
• Marketing
• Resource sharing
• ….and what about the “watchers?”
Offer Multiple Ways to Engage
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Alignment
Think out of the Box!
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Buy-In
Defined Roles
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Buy-In
Communication Plan
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The messenger matters!
Buy-In
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Commitment
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Commitment
•Make it “easy”
•Clear action items
•Accountability
•Flexibility
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What’s Your Partnership Superpower?
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Community Mapping Activity:
Entity name What are they currently doing?
What is their motivation?
What special assets/abilities do they have?
How could they be engaged?
School District Providing education from PreK-12th
grade; parenting education
School readiness Relationships with families; trusted community organization; facilities; staff
Implementation site; teachers may be able to serve as coordinators; recruiting families
Local Government Services
Overseeing a wide variety of services to ensure a strong, healthy, secure community
Building a stronger community; economic vitality
Able to bring together multiple partners; seek or supply grants/funding
Funding; recruiting implementation sites; creating community awareness of talk gap
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Independent Activity:
•Jot your partnership name or goal at the top.
•Take 5 minutes to think about a potential or existing partnership you are involved in.
•Fill out as much information as you can.
•Be prepared to share.
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Partner Activity:
• Trade handouts with someone else at your table.
• Provide a brief description of your potential partnership.
• Share your perspectives –
• Is there something they haven’t thought of yet that you could share?
• Is there something they’ve thought of that could apply to your partnership?
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Table Share:
•Share at your table – listen for any “big ideas” or “A-ha’s!” you hadn’t thought of.
•Share any specific partnership challenges or “super powers” you have.
•Choose a few of your table’s big ideas to add to the backchannel. Be sure to “like” any that you agree with or have in common!
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Active Ingredients of a Successful Partnership
1. Clarity – Mission, Outcomes, Actions, Results
2. Relationships
3. Maintained Engagement
4. Reflection and Refining
5. Flexibility
6. Transparency (Results)
7. Synergy
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Partnership Pitfalls
1. Unclear mission/outcomes
2. Undefined roles
3. Poor communication
4. Over/under-commitment
5. Recognition
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Takeaways: 5-3-1 Activity
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The Promise of Community Action
From https://communityactionpartnership.com/mission-and-promise/
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Questions?
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Please be sure to complete the evaluation for this session online,
via the CAPCON18 Event App.
Thanks in Advance for your Cooperation!
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