Partnership and Community Collaboration: Managing by Network

Target Audience: 

Field managers, program leads, and others with interest and/or responsibilities in developing and maintaining successful partnerships and/or community collaboration. 

Summary and Objectives:  

This course is an interagency applied learning course designed for federal managers, specialists, and frontline supervisors involved in partnership and community collaboration. Curriculum centers on the 22 partnership and community collaboration competencies defined by the Office of Personnel Management. Participants will learn how to strengthen formal and informal partnerships, foster community engagement, and explore practices and build skills with their interagency peers. The 6-month course, from January to June, includes 18 live 2-hour webinars. Participants meet weekly for two hours, in four seminar-sized groups. Attendees may participate on the day and time of their choice based on 4 options. Study Hall weeks interspersed through the course allow participants to enrich and apply their learning through optional activities such as networking sessions, homework, and self-study to make up missed sessions. During webinars, the contracted lead instructors—along with guest instructors from public agencies, the private sector, and the nonprofit community—share knowledge and insights on partnership management, covering topics such as collaborative leadership, entrepreneurship, ethics, evaluation, managing agreements, negotiations, and cultural awareness. 

Visit the website for the course schedule, syllabus, and more: https://www.partnership-academy.net/training/managing-by-network/

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Strengthen an internal and external network of individuals and organizations to advance the mission of the agency.
• Build accountability and trust between agencies, organizations, or Tribes and their partners, interested parties, and the public. 
• Demonstrate professional competence in applying best practices for partnership, community collaboration, and Tribal consultation.
• Apply social science concepts and practices to support relevance and resilience in building, maintaining, and sustaining partner networks.
• Understand and navigate differences in agency and partner organizational cultures and authorities, while working cooperatively to leverage resources and achieve common goals.

Competency Addressed: 

Partnering - Intermediate, Stakeholder Management - Intermediate, Accountability - Intermediate, Strategic Thinking - Intermediate, Integrity/Honesty - Intermediate, Team Building - Intermediate