This document discusses barriers to effective collaboration and strategies to overcome them. It summarizes collaborations between an ATE center called CyberWatch and different partners including academia, industry, and civil society. Challenges discussed include engaging partners, maximizing engagement and expertise, and attracting new partners. Successful collaborations are described as having mutual benefits, different levels of involvement, and addressing each partner's needs. Trust and an ongoing process are emphasized over concrete outcome agreements.

1. Overcoming Barriers
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to Effective Collaboration
ATE Conference
October 27, 2011
Dr. Vera Zdravkovich
Dr. Costis Toregas
Dr. Costis Toregas
Dr. Bob Spear

2. Collaborator
Categories
C i
• Academe
• Industry
• Civil Society
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3. CyberWatch and Academe
CyberWatch and Academe
• Colleges and Universities
o eges a d U e s es • ATE Centers, K‐12
e e s,
systems/schools, state
systems
Consortium of 80:
• 47 community colleges
y g
• 33 universities
• 26 states

4. Academic Collaborations
Academic Collaborations
• Mutually beneficial
p
relationships
• Different levels of
partnerships from close to
partnerships from close to
superficial

5. Mutual
Benefits
• Center gains
recognition,
advocacy, broader
dissemination
• Center programs
p
address partners’
needs

6. Mutual Benefits
Mutual Benefits
• Partners utilize
Partners utilize
Center programs
and expertise
and expertise
Curriculum
Development
Professional
Development
Articulation
A i l i
Models

7. Levels of
Partnerships
• Active participation
Active participation
• Joint program
development
• Extensive faculty
involvement
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• Occasional
participation
• In the name onlyy

8. Challenges
• How to maximize partners’
How to maximize partners
engagement and utilize
their potential and
p
expertise most effectively?
• How to maximize Center’s
How to maximize Center s
program effectiveness for
all two‐ and four‐year
y
institutional partners?

9. Challenges
• How to engage
administrators at
partner institutions?
• How to attract new
academic partners?

10. CyberWatch and Industry
CyberWatch and Industry
• Local/Small Businesses
Local/Small Businesses • National Businesses
National Businesses

11. What a wise person said
What a wise person said
• I like overcoming as it is a process and while
I like overcoming as it is a process and, while
the goal is in sight, it is not a done deal

12. CyberWatch and the Private sector
CyberWatch and the Private sector
• Open and strong
Open and strong
relationships
• Multiple platforms to
Multiple platforms to
engage
– Advisory Board
y
– CCDC sponsors
– Source of internships
– Proposal partners
–…

13. Observations
• Industry and Academia are different‐ but not
that different
p
• Outcome vs. profit based institutions
• Importance of Listening
• Need to translate vocabulary
Need to translate vocabulary

14. And the business end
And the business end
• Each partner should visibly benefit
Each partner should visibly benefit
• Explicit taboos outlined early
• Making money together and sharing is Ok
k h d h k

15. So to support the wise person
So to support the wise person
• It's never a done deal and that is
It s never a done deal, and that is
why outcome agreements are not as
good as Trust and Process
good as Trust and Process

16. CyberWatch and Civil Society
CyberWatch and Civil Society
• Government • Professional
Professional
Associations

17. Identify Potential Collaborators
Identify Potential Collaborators
• Backdrop to all
ac d op o a
collaborations
– What does the ATE center
want/need?
/ d?
– What might the
collaborator want/need?
• Start with public info:
– Websites, publications
• Meet reps at conferences
• Top‐down, or bottom up?

18. Building the Collaboration
Building the Collaboration
• Initial meeting
Initial meeting
• Focus on listening
• Discuss mission and
Discuss mission and
objectives, not
organization or
g
procedures

19. Types of Collaboration
Types of Collaboration
• Links to each other s websites
Links to each other’s websites
• Articles in each other’s pubs
• Joint presentations at conferences
Joint presentations at conferences
• Sharing a booth at conferences
• Sharing of contacts, people networks
Sh i f t t l t k
• Joint advertizing and promotion
• Guest speakers for each other’s events
• Joint activities and programs

20. Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
• How do you identify potential collaborators?
How do you identify potential collaborators?
How do you approach them?
• How do you design a collaboration that works
How do you design a collaboration that works
to the benefit of both parties?
• How do you address the challenges we have
How do you address the challenges we have
identified?
• What collaborative strategies have worked for
What collaborative strategies have worked for
your center?
• What other challenges have you encountered?
What other challenges have you encountered?