The Process of Effective Collaborative Governance (part 1 of 2)

Join us online for a capacity building workshop on collaborative governance by learning to be an effective collaborative partner and leader.

This session is for:

• Project members of the Scarborough Newcomer Settlement Collective (SNSC)
• Stakeholders in Scarborough (community members, funders, newcomers, organizations, and service providers) seeking to learn more about local participatory governance.

Participants will learn about:

• Being an effective collaborative partner and leader.
• The process of collaboration including different types of collaborations
• The core governance documents needed to scale an effort

Workshop Description:

Increasingly, organizations are collaborating to purposefully change and improve outcomes for communities and citizens. In this workshop you will learn to be an effective collaborative partner and leader. This workshop will discuss the process of collaboration including different types of collaborations and the core governance documents needed to scale an effort. The workshop will be interactive. Please come with your collaboration questions.

This workshop is a two part session. The second session is scheduled for January 25, 2023. Registration to follow.

Workshop Agenda:

2:00 pm Welcome, Connecting and Setting the Context

2:10 pm Learning about Your Experience of Collaboration – Polls

2:20 pm The Process of Collaboration

• The Collaboration Spectrum

• Collaboration Beginnings and Endings

• Collaborative Governance

2:45 pm The Core Governance Tools

• Principles for Working Together

• The Change Plan

• The Governance Model

• Decision Making Framework

• Reporting Impact

3:15 pm Open Forum – Your questions answered!

3:25 pm Thank you

Workshop Facilitator:

Liz Weaver is the Co-CEO of Tamarack Institute and leading the Tamarack Learning Centre. The Tamarack Learning Centre advances community change efforts by focusing on five strategic areas including collective impact, collaborative leadership, community engagement, community innovation and evaluating community impact. Liz is well-known for her thought leadership on collective impact and is the author of several popular and academic papers on the topic. She is a co-catalyst partner with the Collective Impact Forum. Liz is passionate about the power and potential of communities getting to impact on complex issues.