Transcript CoP: The Partnership Way

CoP: The Partnership Way
ASD CoP
November 2011
Joanne Cashman
Social Learning
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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
Focus on the work and the
relationship
Recognize Individual
pursuits and shared goals
Leading by
convening
Doing work
together
Coalescing
around issues
Ensuring relevant
participation
Shared Concerns
What will bring people together?
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:
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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….
o 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 _______________
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To accomplish this we :
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