1. 1 Building Capacity through Partnership & Collaboration OLA Leadership Summit November 9, 2004 Partnering Skills: Implications for the Profession Deb deBruijn Lucy Pana

2. 2 Help Wanted: Skills that Advance Partnering Political skills Advocacy, ambassadorship Cultivating opportunities Building alliances Building credibility Business skills Legal & fiduciary Financial management Project management Procurement practices Business analysis Business case development Entrepreneurship Risk management Strategic communications Evaluation Statistical analysis People skills Facilitation Consensus building Conflict resolution Interest-based negotiations Group motivation

3. 3 Next steps? Expand professional development programs dealing with these issues & competency development Draw on expertise of other associations / organizations: e.g. –Canadian Society for Association Executives –Community development organizations Set learning objectives for our partnering experiences; documenting learnings Library school partnerships with other faculties?

4. 4 Thank you Deb deBruijn debruijn@ResearchKnowledge.ca www.ResearchKnowledge.ca Lucy Pana lpana@thealbertalibrary.ab.ca www.thealbertalibrary.ab.ca