Collaboration and Movement Global CHE Network Meeting December

Collaboration and Movement Global CHE Network Meeting December 2008 By Terry Dalrymple

Forming Alliances for Collaborative Initiatives Ask the dangerous question: Ø “Are there things that we can do together that will advance more effectively the Kingdom of God? ”

A story of collaboration • Assemblies of God, Cambodia • Fida • MAI

A story of collaboration • Jukka Harjula meets Stan Rowland in China in 1998 and introduces Stan to the Assemblies of God in Cambodia • Stan provides training for Healthcare Services in Springfield. Diane Campbell attends TOT 1. • Assemblies of God and Fida invite MAI to do TOT 1 in Cambodia.

A story of collaboration • Fida invites MAI to provide training for other partners in Cambodia, Thailand Vietnam. • MAI and Fida enter into a fellowship agreement and Jukka serves as Regional Coordinator for Southeast Asia for both organizations. Jukka visits MAI programs while visiting his own in the region. • MAI learns PLA from Jukka. PLA is used by MAI teams around the world.

A story of collaboration • Assemblies of God develops picture books and translates lesson plans in Khmay. Picture books are used all over Asia. • Fida learns CHE from MAI and implements programs around the world. • MAI, Assemblies of God, Fida, and other partners initiate a CHE Working Group in Southeast Asia.

A story of collaboration • MAI provides an internship in the Philippines that is open to its partners. • Fida sends a coordinator from Bosnia to the internship. MAI sends a coordinator from Haiti. • MAI (Haiti) and Fida (Bosnia) get married this weekend in Finland.

CHE Working Group Collaboration 2000 34 Training Teams 2001 46 Training Teams 2002 66 Training Team 2003 85 Training Teams

CHE Working Group, 2003 • 249 Trainers • 1380 Committee Members • 1369 CHEs • 2, 998 Workers

CHE Working Group, 2003 • 262, 991 People (Incomplete Count) • 47, 714 Households (Incomplete Count) • 10 Countries • 5 Religious Blocks: Buddhist, Muslim, Animist, Non-Religious, Christian • 35+ People Groups

Three Kinds of Relationships Essential to Movement

Projects • Influence is one way. Communication may be one way as well. • Teams are dependent on the resources provided by headquarters. • Process is management. • Outcome is a project.

Partnerships • Communication and influence is two way. • Relationship is consultative; based on knowledge. • Process is skill development. • Outcome is multiple projects.

Movements • Relationships are interdependent, based on shared vision. • Influence is mutual. • Communication is multidimensional. • Process is networking and collaboration. • Outcome is a movement.

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Questions about the Project • Who does this kind of work in our CHE Network? • What kind of activities do they do? • What do they contribute to the possibility of a movement that will change the world?

Questions about Partnerships • Who does this kind of work in our CHE Network? • What kind of activities do they do? • What do they contribute to the possibility of a movement that will change the world?

Questions about Movements • What kind of relationship between people and organizations is described in this diagram? • What keeps the circle expanding to include new people? • How is this circle related to the previous two?

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Forming Alliances for Collaborative Initiatives Back to the dangerous question: Ø “Are there things that we can do together that will advance more effectively the Kingdom of God? ”

Questions related to the Dangerous Question • What about our thinking will need to change if we are to do something together that will advance more efficiently the kingdom of God? • What kind of people will we need to recruit, train and send into the field? • What kind of commitments will we need to make to each other?

Forming Alliances for Collaborative Initiatives Ø Three key groups of People ü Prophets § Vision Casters / Teachers ü Practitioners § Those who have models ü Connectors § Network Builders

Forming Alliances for Collaborative Initiatives Ø What do these people do? ü Prophets § Deal in Ideas § Expose Ideas to others § Persuade others of the Truth of the Ideas

Forming Alliances for Collaborative Initiatives Ø What do these people do? ü Prophets ü Practitioners § Develop and provide workable models § Give credibility to the ideas § Provide knowledge and consultancy to the new adopters

Forming Alliances for Collaborative Initiatives Ø What do these people do? ü Prophets ü Practitioners ü Connectors § Interpret the ideas § Spread the ideas and models § Expose working models to different networks and sectors of society

Questions Ø Who are the prophets in our organizations and/or our network? Ø Who are the practitioners in our network? Ø Who are the Connectors in our organization and/or network? Ø What will be required to cultivate these roles within our organization and/or network?

Characteristics of an Collaborative Network • Impact focused: Intended to facilitate greater impact. • Synergistic: Facilitates a combined action greater in total effect than the sum of individual effects.

Characteristics of an Collaborative Network • Efficient: Produces the desired result with minimum effort, expense or waste. Reduces the tendency to reinvent the wheel; limited resources are used more effectively. • Enabling: Concentrates on the positive to create something new; gives people access to ideas and resources. • Creating movement: Unites people with shared vision and values in purpose and action.

Characteristics of an Collaborative Network • Transformational: People learn from each other and individuals and agencies change simultaneously. • Innovating: New, never before seen opportunities emerge. • Guided by vision and values: Not controlled by any one organization but guided by shared vision and values.

Filling the Nations with a Biblical Worldview Forming Alliances for Collaborative Initiatives C. Basic Forms of an Alliance ~ Based on the “Intensity” of the Collaboration 1. Connect: Relationship of knowledge of each other 2. Cooperate: Share best practices with each other 3. Coordinate: Plan activities that bring your skills/gifts together 4. Collaborate: Design a vision and plan for joint action