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CoP : The Partnership Way. ASD CoP November 2011 Joanne Cashman. Social Learning. Sharing information, tips, documents Learning from each other Helping each other with challenges Keeping up with the field Stimulating change Creating new kinds of capacity building … more.
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CoP: The Partnership Way ASD CoP November 2011 Joanne Cashman
Social Learning • Sharing information, tips, documents • Learning from each other • Helping each other with challenges • Keeping up with the field • Stimulating change • Creating new kinds of capacity building • … more
A Framework for Building Communities of Practice(CoP) CoPs : the IDEA Partnership Way New kinds of leadership Translate complex challenges into ways that individuals can contribute Shared Concerns What will bring people together? Coalescing around issues Leading by convening Ensuring relevant participation Doing work together Focus on the work and the relationship Recognize Individual pursuits and shared goals The right mix of stakeholders Who must be involved to ensure changes in practice? Infrastructure for the CoP
Building the Infrastructure • Identity • Communication • Activity • Progress • Recognition • Scanning for the emerging work
Lets Get Started… • Some CoPs are more organic in their development…others are more directed. • In either case…certain processes help the CoP to: • Identify its purpose • Define its value • Clarify its ways of interacting • Determine how success will be measured • Integrate the CoP into existing work • And much more…. • What will your process look like?
Defining the Community • What is observable? • Network building: relating, interacting, communicating for a reason • What is at the core? • Collective intention • Shared identity
ASD CoP on Behavioral Health:Defining Our Core We are ________________________________ that are united in _______________________ to influence practice around _______________ ______________________________________. To accomplish this we : _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________.