1. ROMANS 15:5-6
5 May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in
such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, 6 that
together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
Networks & Partnerships

2.  Any group of individuals or
organizations, sharing a common interest and
who regularly communicate with each other to
enhance their individual purposes.
Networks

3.  Any group of individuals or
organizations, sharing a common interest, who
regularly communicate, plan, and work
together to achieve a common vision beyond
the capacity of any one of the individual
partners.
Partnerships

4.  Why is this important?
Networks & Partnerships

8. Networks & Partnerships
Community Network Partnership
Contractual
Membership

9. Continuum of Collaborative Efforts
Networks Partnerships
Share common interest Share common vision and
work together to achieve them
Alliance
Forum
Hangout
Workgroup
Strategic Project
Get it Done

10. partnerships often do network-level
activity but networks rarely do
partnership-level activity.
Dave Hackett

11.  How are you communicating expectations?
 How are you fulfilling your collaborative effort’s vision through
clarifying where you stand on the networks & partnerships
continuum?
 Have you reviewed this idea of expectations & alignment in the
context of networks & partnerships?
So what?