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Building Capacity through Partnership & CollaborationOLA Leadership Summit • November 9, 2004
Partnering Skills:Implications for the Profession
Deb deBruijnLucy Pana
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Help Wanted: Help Wanted: Skills that Advance PartneringSkills that Advance Partnering
Political skillsAdvocacy, ambassadorship
Cultivating opportunities
Building alliances
Building credibility
Business skillsLegal & fiduciaryFinancial managementProject managementProcurement practicesBusiness analysisBusiness case developmentEntrepreneurshipRisk managementStrategic communicationsEvaluationStatistical analysis
People skillsFacilitation
Consensus building
Conflict resolution
Interest-based negotiations
Group motivation
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Next steps?Next steps?
• Expand professional development programs dealing with these issues & competency development
• Draw on expertise of other associations / organizations: e.g.– Canadian Society for Association Executives
– Community development organizations
• Set learning objectives for our partnering experiences; documenting learnings
• Library school partnerships with other faculties?
