1. COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS” Finding Unusual Partners

2. COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS” Finding Unusual Partners Annual Conference of the National Association of Planning Councils Friday, May 13, 2005 Presented By: Martha T. Blaine

3. COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”  Where do you usually look for coalition members?  Do you seek by issue?  Do you seek by geography?  Do you seek by familiarity?

4. COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”  Do you work with the same colleagues over and over, just on different issues?  Do you need more and different resources?  What kind of resources?

5. COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”  Who do you ask for names of potential coalition members and resources? Colleagues? Volunteers? Board members? Other

6. COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS” Where would you look for unusual coalition participants?

7. COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”  The Post Office?  The state university system?  A major corporation?  A Home Improvement company?

8. COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS”  A home security company?  A local small business ?  The Girl Scouts?  A neighborhood church?

9. COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS” Four Examples of Finding Unusual Partners

10. COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS” I. TXU WEATHERIZATION Coalition: Emergency assistance service providers (utility bills) Unusual partners:  Small independent home weatherization contractors  Home Depot

11. COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS” Value Added:  Emergency assistance clients get free home weatherization  CCGD gets contract with TXU to identify potential customers  CCGD makes new corporate friends for future support

12. COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS” II. 2-1-1 LAN NETWORK Coalition: Texas Information and Referral Network Unusual Partner: State-Wide University System Technology Center

13. COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS” Value Added:  Statewide LAN already in place  2-1-1 utilize excess capacity  Universities become familiar with 2-1-1 service

14. COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS” III. BUSINESS CONTINUITY Coalition: CCGD member agencies Unusual Partner: Home Security Company

15. COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS” Value Added:  CCGD widened its circle of technology experts to call upon  CCGD has alternate back-up location for I&R in emergency

16. COALITIONS OF “STRANGE BEDFELLOWS” Summary  Look in unusual places  Consider new sources of knowledge needed  Find the “Win-Win”