This section will highlight recent studies, links, and thought pieces on community collaboration.
Community collaboration is a very different animal than collaboration within a business setting.
When we collaborate within our work place, the greatest influences are the mission and focus of the work.
Most of us are in the room by virtue of our jobs, and often it is a ‘required’ part of the work we do.
(That does not mean collaboration within workplaces is easy!)
In community collaboration, people are there because there is a perceived need that can be addressed
through working together. It is largely a group of ‘volunteers’; i.e, most of the people there have
‘day jobs.’ The challenges are great: participation, shared vision, turf and ego issues, complex
community problems that tend to discourage people, and the length of the process.
Community collaboration inevitably leads to conversations about democracy, the public good, and
effective public participation.
The internet is full of resources focused on community collaboration. As a sampler, I would recommend:
We will be placing resources here on a regular basis, and please e-mail us at
shegele@leeinstitute.org
if you have a link or lead you would like to share with others.
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