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The section "What are community partnerships?" defined what partnerships
are and what makes successful partnerships. Ensuring that the nine elements
of successful partnership are in place can only be done by local group
participants, however, the links under each of the nine elements below
provide documents to assist partners.
Successful partnerships:
Have an organization or a structure to them
Sample structures, stakeholder suggestions
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Public libraries
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Academic libraries
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Special libraries
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School libraries
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Workforce environments
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Employees
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Employers
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Corporate/ Profit Sector
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Related non profit
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Social service entities
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Governing/ governance
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Educational environments
Sample committee/group structure forms
Sample budgets
Budget 1- no money
Budget 2- in-kind contributions and some money
Budget 3- healthy resources
budget 4- significant resources
Funding opportunities
Have
a vision, mission, and goals
Sample vision, mission and goal statements from The University
of Connecticut Libraries
Are designed to change as issues evolve and problems are solved
Evaluation of process plan of action
Problem solving model
Group dynamics information
Find ways to involve people face-to-face but make maximum use of emerging
and existing technologies
Facilitation guides
Group process guides
"Good" meeting guidelines with sample agendas, note-taking
forms
E-list recommendations
Website recommendations
Suggestions for facilities
Build in a sustained maximum
activity and involvement by stakeholders and other participants
Sample group member job descriptions
Sample "to do"/activity lists for "homework"
Provide necessary plans such as business plans, marketing plans and communication
plans
Swiss cheese business plan
Swiss cheese marketing plan
Sample communication plan
Recommended group process timelines
Promise and produce a product or results which benefits all group/process
members
Master list of IL-citizens benefit statements
Competency statements
Links to related economic development information
Design an active and interactive initial learning period and maintain ongoing
learning for stakeholders and participants
Sample continuous learning plan for group members
Recommended tutorials/quizzes for IL assessment
Recommended learning strategies for stakeholders and other group
participants
Establish and maintain effective communication and ongoing dialog
Sample communications plan
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