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 2012 Next Steps
KELC Partner Webinar
Tuesday January 17th 

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Other Resources:
--2012 Partnership Agreement
--Meeting Sign-in Sheet
--Child Care Aware ITRP Overview
--Child Care Aware KQRIS Overview
--KHSA Overview
--KCSL Healthy Families Overview
--KAIMH Overview
--KPATA Overview
--KDEC Overview
--Strengthening Families Resources
--Protective Factors Surveys

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What is Collaboration?

Collaboration is a mutually beneficial and well-defined relationship entered into by two or more organizations to achieve results they are more likely to achieve together than alone. 

Source: The Collaboration Handbook. Winer, Ray. 1995. Fieldstone Alliance Publications, St. Paul, MN.

Networking

• Aware of organization
• Loosely defined rules
• Little communication
• All decisions are made independently
  

Cooperation

• Provide information to each other
• Somewhat defined roles
• Formal communication
• All decisions are made independently
  
  

Coordination

• Share information and resources
• Defined roles
• Frequent communication
• Some shared decision making
  
  

Collaboration

• Members belong to one system
• Frequent communication associated with mutual trust
• Consensus is reached on all decisions
  
  

The highest level of working together is collaboration. Collaboration results in innovation and systems change. Group members view themselves as belonging to one system in which they and other group members are working toward the same purpose and mutual goals. Team members communicate and work in a manner that builds trust and enables achievement of the goals and purpose. Time and experience working together is generally needed to reach this collaborative level.

Source: Hogue, 1993; Borden & Perkins, 1998, 1999)