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Collaborating for Success

This overview explores effective strategies for fostering successful community partnerships, highlighting the Minnesota College Goal Program and Metropolitan State University, along with Kansas City YMCA. Key aspects include defining needs, mutual advantages, and nurturing relationships. By promoting clear understanding and prioritizing time for collaboration, organizations can creatively address community challenges. The discussion emphasizes that partnerships are vital to achieving high-yield community impact and evaluates the necessity of collaboration for mutual goals. Reach out to key individuals for further engagement and insight.

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Collaborating for Success

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  1. Collaborating for Success • An overview of the Minnesota College Goal Program • Metropolitan State University overview • Kansas City YMCA overview

  2. The Process of Partnering • Define the need and plan ahead. • Promote a clear understanding. • Partnerships are people relationships; nurture them. • Partnerships take time — so plan time to meet and work. • Determine the "Big Picture“ and how each party will meet their organizational goals.

  3. The Problem with Partnerships For high-yield community impact

  4. What are the Opportunities? • Any situation where the single organization- • cannot accomplish its mission and goals for community change alone, • where there are complementary entities willing to partner, and • all partners believe there are mutual advantages

  5. More than meets the eye…

  6. …continued

  7. To Partner or not to Partner?

  8. Michael Farris, Young Achievers Director, YMCA of Greater Kansas Citymichaelfarris@kansascityymca.org              (816) 923-5675 Evelyn Rolloff, Associate Director, Metropolitan State University's Center for Community-Based Learning    evelyn.rolloff@metrostate.edu  (651) 793-1291 Shannon Schaaf, Assistant Director of Financial Aid and Minnesota CGS State Coordinator        smschaaf@stkate.edu           (651) 690-7804 Amanda Ziiebell-Finley, Program Director, Minnesota Minority Education Partnership aziebell-finley@mmep.org  (651)645-7400

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