Background Community of Practice Info Rules of the game - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ž Background ž Community of Practice Info ž Rules of the game ž Experiences and outcomes ž Aspirations

May 2010

ž Central Queensland Primary Care

Partnership made a formal commitment to build partnering capacity within their partnership and the broader region

ž In the next 18 months they spent over

$80,000 plus the wages of their Partnership Broker doing just that!

ž 9 people undertook “Partnering Above

and Below the Line” CHIC workshops;

ž 44 people undertook Dixon Partnering

Solutions “Partnering Essentials” workshops in Rockhampton (participants were from different sectors across different geographic locations within CQ);

ž 5 people attended an internationally

accredited Partnership Brokers 6 day training course;

ž 3 people now have Level 2

accreditation with Partnership Brokers Association; and

ž Resource support for the development

• f a local Partnership Broker Community
• f Practice.

ž A group with voluntary, individual

membership

ž Members with a commitment to share

knowledge and experiences

ž People with an interest in sharing the

language of partnering within

• rganisations and communities

We use various principles of play to improve our practice:

ž Learn from each other and develop

ideas

ž Improve our critical thinking and

leadership skills

ž Meet our social and intellectual needs in

relation to partnering

ž Develop concepts and skills together

Some specific rules for Members:

ž Must have undertaken specific

partnering training

ž Must be working in Central Queensland ž Must share the workload in facilitating

the group

ž Must maintain confidentiality and be

willing to share own learnings

ž Expanded membership ž Information sheet ž Grant applications ž Presentation at Community Services

Forum

ž Established LinkedIn group ž Diffusion of information through

members’ organisations

“the most valuable thing for me is knowing you are all out there working with many of the same issues that I deal with and even if I don’t get to catch up with the group as often as I would like, I know your support and wealth of knowledge is there if I need it”

“It’s the first time I’ve had good valuable professional development followed up with a mechanism to maintain and advance the learning once I get back to work”

“Apart from the rich wealth of knowledge that the COP offers to help problem solve any challenges that you may be experiencing in your own partnering work, it also allows you to hear about other great partnership initiatives that are happening in other sectors besides your own. Connecting with others who share the same philosophy around collaboration fosters an environment ripe for cross sector- partnering outside of the square”

ž Use LinkedIn group discussions to expand

information exchange beyond face-to- face meetings

ž Record the learnings ž More shared learning at meetings ž Use LinkedIn group to expand CoP

beyond Rockhampton

“It is my hope that this CoP can demonstrate the value of working in true partnership which will then become the standard way of working across all sectors, making best use of available resources to achieve sustainable outcomes for the community”

“that we continue to welcome like minded people into the group who are passionate about building partnership opportunities across the region” “That the time comes that the importance

• f partnering is at the forefront of all that

we do and that all the organisations in which we work recognise the importance

• f enabling the process of partnering”

“I’d like to see the CoP be recognised locally by actually working with

• rganisations not involved in the CoP to

support partnering activity. That is, for the CoP to become a local resource ”