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Collaboration:An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Successful Partnering in the Event Industry
Frank RobinsonIslandEventsHawaii.com
@IslandEventsHI #TSE2013 facebook.com/IslandEventsHI
ISLAND EVENTS
Collaboration:An Entrepreneur’s Guide
to Successful Partnering in the Event Industry
1. Identify key traits or
characteristics in those whoare great collaborators
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
2.Learn how to identify different
types of collaborative opportunities
3.Learn to recognize when (and
when not) to collaborate.
4.Leave with a better understanding
of the basic tenets of collaboration and how to apply
them with great success!
collaborate |kəˈlabəˌrāt|verb [ intrans.]To work jointly on an activity, esp. to produce or create something.
How is collaboration
different?
Teams must havea common purpose.
Teams must value diverse membership and ideas.
Respect each member’s expertise.
Trust one another.
Trust allows members to share decision-making and
responsibility.
What else does collaboration
require?
✓ Interdependence✓ Interpersonal skills✓Monitoring of group process✓ Individual accountability
Collaboration requires:
Works best with face-to-face interaction.
Collaborationis
not easy!
Why collaborate?
Identify key traits, skills or characteristics in those who are
Great Collaborators.
Learning Objective #1
Group Discussion
Qualities of Collaboration:
• Trust • Openness & respect• Expertise or skill set • Active Participants • Director• Contributor • Think Differently than you
Learning Objective #2
Learn how to identify different types of collaborative
opportunities that are available.
Type #1 : Communal Collaboration
Type #2: Business Collaboration
Developing a collaborative team
What is keeping you from collaborating?
Look to your surroundings differently!
Embrace the Unexpected...
...help me get this job? ...do this better than me alone?
...make this easier if we worked together?
...that I could learn fromor help me while I help them?
Who could I partner with, who could:
Look for opportunities to offer an extension
of what you already do.
Group Situational Feedback Session
Learn to recognize when (and when not) to collaborate.
Learning Objective # 3
PROS & CONS TO CONSIDER
•Time Required • Profit• Personal Fulfillment• Resources Required• Others in the Process• End Results • Residual Effects
Group Situational Feedback Session
WHAT IS MY “GUT” TELLING ME?
Learning Objective # 4the “overall” goal
Leave with a better understanding of the basic tenets of collaboration and how to apply
them with great success!
Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives.It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
— Andrew Carnegie
Mahalo!
Frank RobinsonISLAND EVENTS [email protected] @IslandEventsHI /IslandEventsHI#TSE2013(808) 875-8833
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