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Ladder of Inference

Discussion Questions: Think of a time recently when you ran up the ladder of inference. What data did you select to focus on? What assumptions, conclusions, beliefs and actions did that lead you to?  What are the benefits of “walking slowly back down the ladder”? What actions will help you to do this?      […]

The Sentinel Landscapes Partnership

The Sentinel Landscapes Partnership: Defense, agriculture, and conservation communities working together to achieve landscape conservation and resilience goals The Sentinel Landscapes Partnership is a coalition of federal agencies, state and local governments, and non-governmental organizations that work with willing landowners and land managers to advance sustainable land use practices around military installations and ranges. Founded […]

Partnership Network Life Cycle

Partnerships evolve and mature like the life cycle of a butterfly. Examine the Vision and Concept Stages of the partnership caterpillar. Create a firm foundation during the Research and Development and Implementation Planning Stages of the partnership chrysalis. Take flight with the Action and Evaluation and Recognition Stages of the partnership butterfly. Discussion Questions: What stage […]

Leveraging Partnerships

Leveraging Partnerships is about building and supporting teamwork. Explore the defining characteristics of a well functioning team. Discover how the night sky illuminates these seven characteristics: purpose, participation, commitment, a results focus, candor, recognition and trust. Discussion Questions: Compare the seven characteristics of teamwork to your recent partnership communications. Which characteristics are moving the partnership […]

America’s Great Outdoors Initiative

Listen to these videos as a podcast. On April 16, 2010, President Obama launched the America’s Great Outdoors (AGO) Initiative and charged the Secretaries of the Departments of the Interior and Agriculture, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality to develop a 21st-century conservation […]

The BLM and the Iditarod

Cynthia Silvis, BLM Administrative Assistant BLM Campbell Creek Science Center Anchorage, AK  

Partner Culture Awareness

Seek to understand the seven attributes of organizational culture: Mission, Practice, People, Governance, Financial Capacity, Tradition and Institutional History.  Consider how you introduce elements of your organization’s culture to new and long-standing partners as your organization changes over time.  Assess the gaps in your understanding of a partner’s culture and the benefit of learning more. […]