IdeaPop 2011 N. Kip Howard

 Communication  Cooperation  Coordination  Collaboration: The Action Step

 Involvement  Sharing ideas  Brings out the best  Provides a sense of ownership  Builds sense of teamwork

 A process in which a group of autonomous stakeholders of an issue domain engage in the interactive process, using shared rules, norms, and structures to act or decide on issues related to that domain (Kezar, 2004).  A process to get people to work together in new ways (Winer and Ray, 1994).

 Redesigning for Collaboration Within Higher Education: An Exploration of the Developmental Process. Adriana Kezar,  Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining and Enjoying the Journey. Michael Winer and Karen Ray, 1994.

 Mission  Integrating structures  Campus networks  Rewards  Sense of priority from senior leadership  External pressure  Values  Learning

1. Building Commitment ‣values ‣external pressure ‣learning ‣networks

2. Commitment to Collaborate ‣mission ‣priority from senior leadership ‣networks

3. Sustaining Collaboration ‣integrating structures ‣rewards ‣formalizing network ‣networks

1.Envision results by working individual-to- individual ‣bring people together ‣enhance trust ‣confirm vision ‣specify desired results

2.Empower ourselves by working individual- to-organization ‣confirm organizational rules ‣resolve conflicts ‣organize effort ‣support the members

3.Ensure success by working organization-to- organization ‣manage the work ‣create joint systems ‣evaluate the results ‣review the effort

4.Endow continuity by working collaboration- to-community ‣create visibility ‣involve the community ‣change the system ‣end the collaboration

Some examples of collaboration Share your collaboration stories Go Forth and Collaborate