US Army Corps of Engineers, Collaboration and Public Participation Center of Expertise
The USACE Collaboration and Public Participation Center of Expertise (CPCX) was a response to the growing need for alternative methods of dispute resolution in the management of our nation’s waters. CPCX is an authoritative source for senior Corps leaders, government agencies, civilian, and international leaders from related industries to study and confer on the tactical […]
National Park Service, Stewardship Institute
The Stewardship Institute is a collaborative for change, from the way it is organized, to how it works. The origin of the Institute is rooted in the idea that the National Park Service is an organization of great public purpose and that its people — charged with the stewardship of some of America’s greatest treasures […]
Kūlana Noi‘i (Research Standards)
This guide offers a structure for building and sustaining long-term relationships between communities and researchers. “Getting dirty, physically being there, listening to voices, sitting and working alongside – it’s not always built into people’s schedules in the academic world. But you need to force it and sit and listen to understand the issues.” Hundreds of […]
Engaging with Communities in Public Land Stewardship, Bureau of Land Management
A Toolkit for Building and Sustaining Effective BLM Partnerships with Friends Groups (February 2020) Purpose of This Toolkit: Due to the challenges of multiple-use management on public lands, the BLM benefits significantly from a partnership approach. This toolkit seeks to address and clarify partnership issues and needs, encourage partnerships with friends groups, and provide guidance, […]
Liberating Structures
Five conventional structures guide the way we organize routine interactions and how groups work together: presentations, managed discussions, open discussions, status reports and brainstorm sessions. Liberating Structures add 33 more options to the big five conventional approaches. When you feel included and engaged, do you do a better job? Do you think teams in which people work well together […]
Engagement Wayfinder, USFWS
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s Engagement Wayfinder is an orientation to public engagement. Public engagement enables the government to incorporate public concerns, needs, and values into projects and decisions. It is sometimes used interchangeably with other terms like public participation, stakeholder engagement, and community engagement. Central to all of these terms is the idea […]
Lake Superior Collaborative: Enhancing a Partnership in the Wisconsin Lake Superior Basin
Lacey Hill Kastern, USFWS Western Lake Superior Coastal Program Biologist Region 3 Ecological Services Wisconsin
What is the FASS-ination? An Appreciative Inquiry Approach
Kayla Blades, BLM Grants Management Specialist Idaho State Office Idaho mana
Youth Workforce Development: Two Tribal Partnerships
Danielle Bauman-Epstein, USDA FS Program Specialist – Grants and Agreements Six Rivers National Forest California
Four Network Principles for Collaboration Success
Despite high hopes, hard work, and significant investment, the social sector has experienced countless partnerships that have failed to live up to expectations. How are some collaborations able to achieve spectacular results while others fail spectacularly? This article identifies a set of four counterintuitive principles that are critical to collaboration success and offers insights for […]
