Collaborative Solutions Newsletter from Tom Wolff and Associates - 0 views
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Himmelman defines networking as exchanging information for mutual benefit. T
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Himmelman defines coordination as exchanging information and altering activities for mutual benefit and for a common purpose.
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We started with a networking exchange: we had the representatives indicate when each church group served warm meals. This revealed that two churches provided meals on Sundays. When the churches agreed that one would offer a meal on Sunday and the other would serve its meal on Wednesday, we moved from networking to coordination
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Himmelman defines cooperation as exchanging information, modifying activities, and sharing resources for mutual benefit and to achieve a common purpose. Cooperation builds on the exchanges of networking and coordination and adds the new concept of sharing resources.
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visioning process about where they want to go as separate entities, and then they have to determine what parts of their visions are held in common.
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collaboration, which builds on networking, coordination, and cooperation. Our definition already includes the concepts of exchanging information, modifying activities, sharing resources, and having a common purpose. To reach collaboration, Himmelman adds enhancing the capacity of another for mutual benefit and to achieve a common purpose by sharing risks, resources, responsibilities, and rewards.