Building Community Partnerships

1. Building Community Partnerships Barbara Crowe, MA, MT-BC Robin Rio, MA, MT-BC Frank Thompson, Founder AZ Rhythm Connection With The Right Partnerships, You Can Build Your Dream Team

2. ASU Music Therapy • Long History of Community Outreach • Established Relationships In Diverse Communities • Active Community Involvement is Part of the Cultural Fabric of ASU Music Therapy • Music Therapy Clinic • Community Music and Wellness Program (CMWP) CMWP IS THE POSITIVE RESULT OF MANY YEARS OF EFFECTIVE PARTNERING

3. University and Neighborhood • College community developed through music experiences • Interaction with neighbors in the college community through music • People with disabilities working with MT’s in the ASU program ASU Music Therapy Is A Vibrant Part Of The Local Community

4. MT Providers and Organizations • Unique opportunities because MT’s can collaborate with: • Educators • Therapists • For Profit • Not-for-profit groups A Multi-Discipline Community Is A Community Rich With Potential

5. ASU MT Clinic Community Music And Wellness Program Vision • Strategic Objectives: • Seeking Partners who want to serve Others • Bring community to “US, MT’s” at the ASU Music Therapy Clinic • Fill new“set of rooms” with expanded community based programming Understand The Type Of Community You Are Building

6. By Bringing Community To Us: • We offer opportunities for people to interact that would not have • We set the environment for “peaceful, open-ended, non-sectarian” interaction • Open forum for people to engage • Organizations are finding us to see how we can support those programs

7. Building Community Partnerships As MT’s You have a unique opportunity to work with individuals and organization • You Already Do It All The Time • Define Terms • Community • Partnerships • Community Building Models • Time is on our Side • One Step Beyond • Will it Go 'Round in Circles • Both Sides Now Let’s Have a Group Discussion on how the ASU MT Community Music and Wellness Program Has Evolved via Strategic Partnerships

8. Please Ask Lots of ?s

9. Let’s Define The Terms • PARTNERSHIPS • COMMUNITY Develop Your Community By Partnering With The Right Partners

10. What is Community? As MT’s we have a unique opportunity to work with individuals and organizations Group Society Neighborhood Kinship • What is your definition?... Developing Community Partnerships is a Strategic and Planned Process

11. What Is A Partnership ? As MT’s we have a unique opportunity to work with individuals and organization Affiliation Collaboration Alliance Cooperation • What is Your Definition? Strategic Community Partnerships Provide Mutually Benefitable Results

12. Partnership Opportunities • For-Profit • Non-profit • Local Public Education • Education Service Poviders • Health Care Many People Share Your Vision—Go Find Them and Let Them Know !

13. Partnership Opportunities • For-Profit • Music Retailers • Large Local Companies • Niche Companies with Community Focus • Small LLCs with Community Networking Needs • Chambers of Commerce • Marketing Associations • HR Departments For Profit Companies Make Money and Markets By Being Connected To Their Community

14. Partnership Opportunities • Non-profit • Large Traditional Community Service Organizations • National/Regional/Local • Religious Affiliations • City/County/State Departments • Niche NPs With local Service Mandates/Missions • Trade Associations • Military Some Partners Are Mandated to Serve the Community

15. Partnership Opportunities • Local Public Education • Standard K-12 • Private Institutions • University/College • Student Associations • Continuing Ed. and Supplemental Education Providers • Trainers From Private Firms (For and Non/Profit) Educators and Trainers Are Often Community LeadersThey Interface With Many People

16. Partnership Opportunities • Health Care • Hospitals • Clinics • Private Physicians • Senior Care Facilities • Assisted Living (Profit and Non Profit) • Long Term Care Support • Wellness Industry Care Giving Institutions Are Often The First To Help New Organizations

17. Good Partners • Bring in partners that have a shared understanding of what community means • Is it my community ? • Is it your community ? IT IS OUR COMMUNITY ! • Choose each other out of common interests and/or complimentary needs • Provide a solution that matches the Partner’s needs! Strategic Community Partnerships Provide A true win-win for All Partners

18. Model 1: Time is on our Side • There will always be patients/clients that need care • Long Term Partnerships for stable environments • No pricing, competitive, technological or market shocks/shifts Better to be Netflix today than Blockbuster Tomorrow Choose partners that will get you to where you are going Not where you are or were

19. Model 2: One Step Beyond • Can I adjust fast enough? • Analog to digital • The future is coming we don’t know exactly what it will be • We gotta do something, but what? • I have to pay bills today Better to be iTunes than Netflix Find partners that are creating the new tomorrow, today.

20. Model 3: Will it Go ‘Round in Circles • How do I meet the right partners with influence? • Choosing the right partner at the right time • If I meet this person, perhaps I can meet that person, who can intro me to those people who can . . . Find Partners that connect with you at YOUR right place and YOUR right time Timing-Temperament-Tenacity-Training

21. Model 3: Will it Go ‘Round in Circles B B A A Find Partners that connect with you at YOUR right place and YOUR right time Getting to the Right Partner is Difficult and Takes Time

22. Model 4: Both Sides Now: The Adjacent Possible • Partnering through mutual needs creating true win-wins • The more complimentary relationship ”sides” you have in your community the better. • Be a line instead of a single point • Be a triangle instead of a line • Be a pentagon instead of a triangle • Create as many adjacent side/touch points as possible to Engage your community

23. Model 4: Both Sides Now: The Adjacent Possible Your Community Your Community  Be a Line instead of a Point • Create as many adjacent side/touch points as possible to Engage your community

24. Model 4: Both Sides Now: The Adjacent Possible Your Community Your Community Be a Triangle instead of A Line • Create as many adjacent side/touch points as possible to Engage your community

25. Model 4: Both Sides Now: The Adjacent Possible Your Community Your Community Be a Hexagon Instead of a Triangle • Create as many adjacent side/touch points as possible to Engage your community

26. Model 4: Both Sides Now: The Adjacent Possible Your Community Your Community Be a Line instead of Point • Create as many adjacent side/touch points as possible to Engage your community

27. Building Community Partnerships As MT’s You have a unique opportunity to work with individuals and organization • You Already Do It All The Time • Define Terms • Community • Partnerships • Community Building Models • Time is on our Side • One Step Beyond • Will it Go 'Round in Circles • Both Sides Now We had a discussion on how the ASU MT Community Music and Wellness Program has evolved via Strategic Partnerships. Hope you found it useful

28. Building Community Partnerships Barbara Crowe, MA, MT-BC Robin Rio, MA, MT-BC Frank Thompson, Founder AZ Rhythm Connection With The Right Partnerships, You Can Build Your Dream Team