Mapping the decision-making space early in the formation of a collaborative helps manage expectations, define roles, and inform the scope and scale of community collaboration. Learn more about how to define the decision-making space of a collaborative enterprise with Joy Lujan, Community Planner, RTCA, NPS.

A stakeholder analysis identifies the individuals and organizations that can impact or be impacted by the goals, objectives, and strategies of a collaborative project. Learn more about the frameworks of stakeholder identification with Joy Lujan, Community Planner, RTCA, NPS.

Obstacles to effective collaboration sometimes show up before we even begin to work together. Those obstacles are often based on our implicit, sometimes unconscious assumptions, and biases. Learn how to use observation, active listening, understanding, and compassion to break through those barriers with Joy Lujan, Community Planner, RTCA, NPS.

Learn about the use and management of FACA committees and their role in advising federal agencies and/or the President. Consider if your community collaboration outreach meets FACA criteria. Explore four alternatives to FACA management for community engagement with Karen Simms, Assistant Field Manager, Gila District, Tuscon FIeld Office, BLM.

Explore the process and practices associated with federal partnership agreements and how to build an internal network of support. Learn about how to align federal practices with the decision-makers of partners with Liz Madison, Director, Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy.

Private foundations contribute to the public good through their time, talent and treasure. But what exactly is a foundation, and how can a government agency work with them? Explore the organizational cultures of foundations with Anne Desmarais, Assistant Director, Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy.

As with any partnership, we need to consider the goodness of fit, when working with a private foundation. Learn how foundations differ in mission, geography and investment strategies and what practices may help you open the door to foundation representatives with Anne Desmarais, Assistant Director, Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy.

Learn about the four cornerstones of collaboration: vision, mission, goals, and roles with Cate Bradley, MLA, Ph.D., Landscape Architect, RTCA, NPS. Explore the impact of individual, interpersonal, and group dynamics on the collaborative process, and why it is worth going slow to go fast.

Discover the multiple dynamics in play when we collaborate with others. Learn more about the patterns that describe our own emotional reactions and the dynamics of group behavior with Joy Lujan, Community Planner, RTCA, NPS. Explore how we can tackle difficult situations by starting with ourselves.

Explore the seven attributes of organizational culture which are mission, practice, people, governance, financial capatcity, traditions and institutional history. Assess the gap in your understanding of a partner's culture and the benefit of learning more with Liz Madison, Director, Patnership and Community Collaboration Academy. COnsider which attributes of your agency's culture that a new partner should know and what changes might beof ineterst to a long-term partner.