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We suggest you begin your partnership effort by looking within. Are you ready to partner? What do you hope collaboration will help you achieve? Now is the time to reflect on your organization's mission, goals, and priorities and envision what you hope to achieve through partnering. The following tools will help.
When is the last time you took a good look at your mission statement? Successful partnerships revolve around well-established goals in each partner organization. The process of partnering is not typically a good time to look outside existing priorities. To prepare yourself for partnering, consider your organization's mission, goals, and priorities. This tool will help you bring these into focus.
What do you have to offer a potential partner? Understanding what your organization brings to the table and what constraints you may experience in achieving an intended goal, prepares you to find partners you can work with. It also helps you choose projects where collaboration will help you have greater impact.
This tool will help you identify skills, knowledge, resources, and other assets that you bring to attract potential partners.
Partnering takes commitment and a willingness among partners to work together to achieve an agreed upon goal. Even the most ideal partnerships experience turmoil. Working together can be especially difficult when partner cultures clash. Having the right mindset and expectations when you enter a partnership can help realize success. Results from this tool will help you decide if partnership makes sense for your organization right now, or if you need to develop your skills and attitudes to strengthen a future partnership.
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