Community Collaboration
Community Collaboration: Strategies Explore the characteristics of collaboration. Discover the benefits of collaboration beyond reaching consensus. Identify the guiding principles for collaboration. Explore the Spectrum
Community Collaboration: Strategies Explore the characteristics of collaboration. Discover the benefits of collaboration beyond reaching consensus. Identify the guiding principles for collaboration. Explore the Spectrum
Natural resource professionals involved in multiparty collaborative decision processes face increasingly complex decisions where underlying conflict can undermine their efficacy if unknown or inappropriately addressed.
Jesse Engebretson, EPA Social Science Researcher Office of Research and Development Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division Minnesota
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.
Meetings are where we build trust, cooperation, solve problems and celebrate success. Together we plan for the future and evaluate past performance. Explore the best
Explore the readiness conditions of the agency, partners and the public that will support a collaborative process. Identify the five sources of conflict and
Recognize how our behaviors, perceptions and assumptions can contribute to conflict. Learn to recognize emotionality, and what communication skills can help you through a
Explore the range of motivations and attitudes of individuals and organizations, which support the stewardship of our public lands. Learn how to distinguish between the
Discover the multiple dynamics in play when we work in collaboration with others. Learn about the predictable patterns that describe our own emotional reactions, and
Dessa Dale, USDA FS Public Engagement Specialist Mountain Planning Services Group, Regions 1 – 4 Montana
Lacey Hill Kastern, USFWS Western Lake Superior Coastal Program Biologist Region 3 Ecological Services Wisconsin
Kayla Blades, BLM Grants Management Specialist Idaho State Office Idaho