USFWS/NCTC Managing By Network
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As with any partnership, we need to consider the goodness of fit, when working with a private foundation. Learn how foundations differ in mission, geography and investment strategies and what practices may help you open the door to foundation representatives with Anne Desmarais, Assistant Director, Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy.
Learn about the four cornerstones of collaboration: vision, mission, goals, and roles with Cate Bradley, MLA, Ph.D., Landscape Architect, RTCA, NPS. Explore the impact of individual, interpersonal, and group dynamics on the collaborative process, and why it is worth going slow to go fast.
Discover the multiple dynamics in play when we collaborate with others. Learn more about the patterns that describe our own emotional reactions and the dynamics of group behavior with Joy Lujan, Community Planner, RTCA, NPS. Explore how we can tackle difficult situations by starting with ourselves.
Explore the seven attributes of organizational culture which are mission, practice, people, governance, financial capatcity, traditions and institutional history. Assess the gap in your understanding of a partner's culture and the benefit of learning more with Liz Madison, Director, Patnership and Community Collaboration Academy. COnsider which attributes of your agency's culture that a new partner should know and what changes might beof ineterst to a long-term partner.
Explore the communications tools used to persuade an individual or group of individuals to change their attitude(s) or behavior(s). Learn more about techniques to establish credibility, frame common ground, provide evidence and connect emotionally with Liz Madison, Director, Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy.
Professionals build and foster networks to gather information and insights beyond their own thinking or that of their organization. Working internally or externally, the practice of this networking skill is referred to as political savvy. Learn more about the practices of an individual who is politically savvy with Liz Madison, Director, Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy.
Service First operations support inter-agency collaboration throughout the nation. Consider the range of possibilities in leveraging the personnel and resources of federal agencies working together with Shane Hershman, Administrative Officer, Montana State Office, BLM.
Gain insights from DeEtte Stofleth, Lead Grants Management Specialists, Colville, Mt.Baker-Snoqualmie, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forests, USFS on developing a Service First Interagency Agreement. Learn the jargon related to managing the budgets and personnel associated with these agreements and pick up some project management tips to manage Service First operations.
Recognize how our behaviors, perceptions and assumptions can contribute to conflict. Learn to recognize emotionality, and what communication skills can help you through a difficult conversation. Explore alternative strategies for responding to conflict and negotiating an agreement with Susan Goodwin, Collaboration and Conflict Management Specialist, DOI Office of Collaborative Action and Dispute Resolution.
Learn how to distinguish between the seven different faces of philanthropy and partnership with Liz Madison, Director, Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy. Discover the role each persona might play in supporting a partnership or stakeholder engagement. Learn how to increase the effectiveness of your community collaboration.
Recognize the development of new products, services, and ways of working in partnership as entrepreneurial actions. Dive into risk-assessment and learn more about the four strategies for managing the risk associated with partnership-driven activities with Liz Madison, Director, Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy.
The Elkhorn Ranchlands of North Dakota are known as The Cradle of Conservation. Here Theodore Roosevelt developed his views on the importance of conservation to the nation. Learn how Roosevelt's conservation legacy drew the conservation community together in 2007 with the goal to preserve the viewshed of Roosevelt's Elkhorn Ranch with Liz Madison, Director, Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy.
Is compromise a win-win for both parties? In the Story of the Orange discover the difference between Interest and Positions and the difference between compromise and collaboration with Denis Desmarais, Instructor, Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy.
Leveraging Partnerships is about building and supporting teamwork. Explore the defining characteristics of a well-functioning team: purpose, participation, commitment, results-oriented, candor, recognition, and trust with Liz Madison, Director, Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy.
Increase your understanding of how nonprofit representatives use the term "fundraising" to mean a variety of activities that differ from the Federal Ethics definition of fundraising. Learn more about how federal employees might support identifying, informing, involving and recognizing philanthropic partners with Liz Madison, Director, Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy.