Fostering Healthy Active Partnerships

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Fostering Healthy Active Partnerships

• A They Do the Work(shop) Event
• Brought to you by
• Robert Aronson and Vincent Francisco
• University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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Todays Activities

• Break up into small groups (no more than 8 or 10
  to a group)
• Brainstorm ideas around the SCENARIO and the
  GUIDING QUESTIONS
• Reporting out by the groups and
  reactions/responses from everyone else

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Scenario

• You are a Healthy Carolinians Coordinator
• Your coalition/group meets, but you have gone 5
  years with the same people showing up for
  meetings
• The same (very) few people have been doing all
  the work
• You feel like you are stuck in a rut, and are not
  achieving the outcomes you hoped

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Guiding Questions

• How should we find partners? (Tips on finding
  partners)
• What skills are necessary to initiate and assure
  participation in local partnerships
  (specifically coordinator's skills)?
• What skills are necessary to foster healthy,
  professional relationships between board members
  (specifically coordinator's skills)?
• How should a HC Coordinator mediate issues or
  develop trust between collaborating
  members/agencies?
• How should a HC Coordinator overcome turf issues?
• Anything else that you think of (esp. if it is
  better than the above)

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Reporting Out

• What guiding questions did you choose?
• What possible solutions did you develop?
• Which of those seem most plausible and/or useful?
• Reactions from the rest of the room

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Possible Resources

• Materials from the work of the Healthy Cities
  movement (http//www.civicpartnerships.org/)
• Materials from the Community Tool Box
  (http//ctb.ku.edu/)