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Growing Strategic Alliances to Get the Job Done. Purpose. The purpose of this presentation is to build strong leadership skills around bringing people together. To do this, we will explore how to identify, create and sustain smart and successful alliances. purpose.
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Purpose • The purpose of this presentation is to build strong leadership skills around bringing people together. • To do this, we will explore how to identify, create and sustain smart and successful alliances.
purpose • Getting the Job Done = Food Justice.
agenda • Identify Partners • Define Power • Community Mapping (Activity) • Create Relationships • Define Self Interest • One to One (Activity) • Identify Goals and Deliverables of the Alliances • Best Practices
1. Identify Partners • Before you jump into the lake…….
a community map • What is the community • Where are the boundaries • Where are the gathering spaces • Who are the gatekeepers • Who are the storytellers • How do people get their news • What are the sorrows • What are the hopes and dreams • Where are the work places • How do people make money • What are the institutions in the community • How do you get kicked out
What is power • Power is the ability to act or to do.
a Power map A LOT OF POWER WITH US AGAINST US NO POWER
2. Create relationships • Strategic relationships are based on mutual self interest. • Identify your self interest. • Conduct 1:1 with your partners to ascertain their self interests.
What is self interest • Self interest is what you have in the game.
conduct One to Ones • Do Ask Ella Baker Question • How • Why • Don’t Ask Jim Crow Questions • Yes or No Questions
3. Formalize the alliance • Begin steps to formalize the alliance by identifying the goals of the collaboration • Begin to create the norms of how the alliance will operate • Set clear: roles, responsibilities, deliverables and deadlines