Background Community of Practice Info Rules of the game Experiences and outcomes Aspirations
May 2010 Central Queensland Primary Care Partnership made a formal commitment to build partnering capacity within their partnership and the broader region In the next 18 months they spent over $80,000 plus the wages of their Partnership Broker doing just that!
9 people undertook “Partnering Above and Below the Line” CHIC workshops; 44 people undertook Dixon Partnering Solutions “Partnering Essentials” workshops in Rockhampton (participants were from different sectors across different geographic locations within CQ);
5 people attended an internationally accredited Partnership Brokers 6 day training course; 3 people now have Level 2 accreditation with Partnership Brokers Association; and Resource support for the development of a local Partnership Broker Community of Practice.
A group with voluntary, individual membership Members with a commitment to share knowledge and experiences People with an interest in sharing the language of partnering within organisations and communities
We use various principles of play to improve our practice: Learn from each other and develop ideas Improve our critical thinking and leadership skills Meet our social and intellectual needs in relation to partnering Develop concepts and skills together
Some specific rules for Members: Must have undertaken specific partnering training Must be working in Central Queensland Must share the workload in facilitating the group Must maintain confidentiality and be willing to share own learnings
Expanded membership Information sheet Grant applications Presentation at Community Services Forum Established LinkedIn group 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 ”
Use LinkedIn group discussions to expand information exchange beyond face-to- face meetings Record the learnings More shared learning at meetings 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 of partnering is at the forefront of all that we do and that all the organisations in which we work recognise the importance of enabling the process of partnering”
“I’d like to see the CoP be recognised locally by actually working with organisations not involved in the CoP to support partnering activity. That is, for the CoP to become a local resource ”
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