CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS 101: STRUCTURING YOUR CROSS-SECTOR PARTNERSHIP

SO IT CAN SUPPORT YOUR SUCCESS

Alison Gold Manager of Leadership Education, Presidio Institute

For the National Guild of Community Arts Education National Conference

Friday, November 21, 2014, 2-3:30 pm

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Today’s Agenda

1. Ideation Exercise

2. A framework on cross-sector partnerships

3. Individual Exercise: Shaping your

Partnership’s Structure

4. Wrap Up!

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1. What has worked well in cross-sector partnerships you have participated in in the past?

2. What hasn’t worked in cross-sector partnerships you participated in in the past?

Ideation Exercise

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Popcorn!What ideas stood out for you on

the idea board?

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Why are we talking about cross-sector partnerships?

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The Interest-based Frame

Partners Community

Who

changes

views,

behaviors,

policies, or

funding

flows, etc.

Collective

Impact

Pay for

Success

Shared Value

Public-Private

Partnership

Sponsorship

All partners

No partners

Who benefits

What model of cross-sector partnership should you be using? (Beta Version)

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Co-blab-oration vs. Collaboration

Source: Chris Thompson’s Regional Physics Bloghttp://regionalphysics.blogspot.com/2013/11/coblaboration-vs-collaboration-for.html

Co-blab-oration Collaboration

Focused on assigning blame or taking credit

Focused on outcomes

Stakeholders participate to protect

Stakeholders participate to generate value

Opinions rule Data is king

Talk exceeds actionActions emerge from

engagement

Informal process Intentional, rigorous process

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Result

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Structure

Informal Formal

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Representatives

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Representatives & Structure

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The Bermuda Triangle

Result

ChargeLevel of

Intervention

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Cross-Sector Partnership Bermuda Triangle Matrix of Alignment and Misalignment

Result Charge Level of Intervention Alignment?General Thinking Program/Project Delivery AlignedGeneral Thinking Systems Change MisalignedGeneral Doing Program/Project Delivery AlignedGeneral Doing Systems Change MisalignedGeneral Thinking & Doing Program/Project Delivery AlignedGeneral Thinking & Doing Systems Change MisalignedSpecific Thinking Program/Project Delivery MisalignedSpecific Thinking Systems Change MisalignedSpecific Doing Program/Project Delivery AlignedSpecific Doing Systems Change MisalignedSpecific Thinking & Doing Program/Project Delivery AlignedSpecific Thinking & Doing Systems Change Aligned

Shaded boxes indicate crux of misalignment

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Trust Building & Maintenance Cycle

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Problem-Solving Cycle

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Accounting for differences in…

Power Authority Expertise

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Exercise: Shaping Your Cross-Sector

Partnership’s Structure

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Popcorn!What’s one insight you had while doing the

exercise?

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3 Closing Thoughts

1. Collaboration, not co-blab-oration

2. There’s no recipe, you’re going to have to develop one that works for your context and goals.

3. Your partnership is more likely to succeed if you’re clear about results, and intentional about structure, representatives (and their differences), vision, accountability, trust, & problem-solving.

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Resources & Trainings

• Resources on cross-sector partnerships: livingcities.org/work/cross-sector-partnerships

• Trainings on cross-sector leadership: institute.presidio.gov

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Alison Gold

Manager of Leadership Education

The Presidio Institute

Phone: (415) 561-5477

Email: agold@presidiotrust.gov

Web: institute.presidio.gov

Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/AlisonGold

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