Coalitions are effective and efficient vehicles for exchanging knowledge and ideas, and planning and implementing powerful community strategies. Explore ten advantages of working in partnership that may not have occurred to you before!

1. 10 Reasons Why You Should
Embrace Coalitions &
Partnerships
Fran Butterfoss, PhD
President, Coalitions Work

2. Coalitions &
Partnerships
Demonstrate & develop support &
responsibility for a community issue

3. Coalitions &
Partnerships
Maximize the power of individuals
and groups through collective

4. Coalitions &
Partnerships
Build strength & cohesiveness by
connecting individuals &

5. Coalitions &
Partnerships
Improve trust & communication
between agencies & organizations

6. Coalitions &
Partnerships
Increase community participation &
leadership

7. Coalitions &
Partnerships
Mobilize diverse talents, resources &
strategies

8. Change community norms & social
acceptability of risky behaviors
Coalitions &
Partnerships

9. Coalitions &
Partnerships
Share costs & associated risks

10. Coalitions and Partnerships
Share power to reduce potential
conflicts

11. Coalitions & Partnerships
Reach outcomes that any one
organization could not do alone