This is the powerpoint presentation that accompanied the three-hour training on March 27, 2017 at the Literacenter. CIS of Chicago offers no cost trainings to our community partners.

1. Collaboration 2.0
March 27, 2017

2. Welcome! Housekeeping
• CIS of Chicago
– Community Partnership Team
– Blog
• Social Media
– Facebook: Communities In Schools of Chicago
– Twitter: CIS of Chicago
• WiFi
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3. Welcome! Introductions
–Your name
–Your org
–Pie or cake?
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4. Icebreaker
• In pairs- sitting back to back
• Each person will get a picture
• Don’t let your partner see your picture!
• Don’t tell your partner or say what your picture is of
• Coach your partner to draw what you are looking at
using your words only
• Any questions?
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5. Reflection
• What was this activity essentially about?
• What did you notice?
• What was easy?
• What was hard?
• What are your takeaways?
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6. What is Collaboration?
Collaboration is the
mutually beneficial and
well-defined
relationship entered
into by two or more
organizations to achieve
common goals.
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“Collaboration leads to creativity”

7. Types of Collaboration
Resource Sharing
Organizations, typically those working in the same or
similar program areas, share vocabulary and best
practices
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8. Types of Collaboration
Cooperation
Organizations join together to strengthen their reach
by intentionally providing their programs in schools
sequentially or as enrichment to another
program/class.
Key idea: your programs can and will still exist without your
collaborative partner
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9. Types of Collaboration
Construction
Organizations join together and create an entirely
new program
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10. Types of Collaboration- Activity
You need:
The 4 quarter sheets in your folder
You’ll work:
In small groups
Your goal:
To classify the type of collaboration demonstrated in each
scenario
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11. Types of Collaboration- Activity
Let’s see how we did!
Any questions or shared reflection?
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12. Mock Collaborations
Let’s go over the worksheet:
•The Specific Goal is specific to your organization
•The Broad Collaborative Goal is more general and not necessarily specific to
your organization
•Assets can be lots of things- physical space to funders
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13. Mock Collaborations
Let’s go over the worksheet:
•Commonalities between our goals: we both wants students to create or
improve a specific skill
•Brainstorming: Free write- Dream big- think small- brain dump
•Collective Objective: share your free write ideas and decide which is best-
reword into an objective
•Type of Collaboration: Which area of collaboration fits best?
•Tangible next step: can’t be just a meeting
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14. Mock Collaborations
Let’s go over the worksheet:
•Commonalities between our goals: we both wants students to create or
improve a specific skill
•Brainstorming: Free write- Dream big- think small- brain dump
•Collective Objective: share your free write ideas and decide which is best-
reword into an objective
•Type of Collaboration: Which area of collaboration fits best?
•Tangible next step: can’t be just a meeting
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15. Mock Collaborations- Activity
You need:
The collaboration worksheet that has already been filled
out
You’ll work:
In pairs with someone who has a different mock
organization’s worksheet
Your goal:
To role play as if you are a program manager of your
organizations and to develop a collaboration plan
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16. BREAK
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17. Resource Sharing
You need:
Your collaboration worksheet (front filled out)
You’ll work:
In your focus areas- large groups
Your goal:
To gain resources from folks in common program areas.
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18. Resource Sharing
Once you are in your groups, share your expertise and
answer one of the questions below:
1. What is one thing your organization does
differently or is unique to your organization?
OR
2. What is you most successful classroom activity?
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19. Resource Sharing
Group Share out
**Note this information scribed will be available on our
blog**
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20. Cooperation
You need:
Your collaboration worksheet (front filled out--edited if
necessary)
You’ll work:
In pairs- with someone who has a different colored
name tag
Your goal:
To develop a collaboration plan that you plan to
implement in the real world
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21. Cooperation
Pair to pair share
Major takeaways
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22. Go Find 10
You need:
Your partner organization worksheet
You’ll work:
Solo
Your goal:
To meet 10 new people- share your expertise and any
other info you’d like from your worksheet
Check that you met someone from the corresponding
organization and take any notes
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23. Reflection
•Recap
•How do you feel about collaboration and the
process?
•What other takeaways do you want to share?
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24. Resources and Eval
• Evals- please complete
– Please also fill out the 60-day survey when they come to you!
• Resource:
– Collaboration Matrix
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25. Thank you!
Stay for wine and cheese!
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