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Building and Bridging:

How Coalition Building

Works in Higher EducationNACADA Annual Conference

October 10, 2014

Jennifer Bindner | Leah Jackson | Saby Labor

Opening

Activity

Your school is undergoing challenges in student enrollment. The academic

advisement department is chosen to lead student retention efforts. You are asked

to create a comprehensive program and series of events that will address these

issues. You think that campus Town Hall meetings, panels, forums, fliers, and

other tools could be extremely effective in finding the best methods to help retain

students, but you and your department could not handle the task of initiating a

series of events and programs alone. You think that other departments and

organizations on campus are interested in this issue as well. You wonder if there is

a way to bring these groups into some kind of coalition or union to initiate these

events. You are aware of several organizations and their purpose. But how do you

choose the ones that will be most effective in addressing this issue?

Scenario

Introductions and Overview

SIntroductions

SHow do we define “coalitions”?

SWhat are a few things you hope

to take away?

Learning Outcomes

S Understand the benefits and importance of

coalition building in higher education

S Eight basic steps to coalition building for

individuals and/or groups

S Develop one or two skills in effective coalition

building/partnership techniques

S Create a brief plan to establish

coalition/partnership on your respective campus

Examples of

Coalition-Building Initiatives

S Welcome Day

S Metropolitan State University

S Nation Center for Interprofessional Practice and Education

S FIPCC – Foundations of Interprofessional Communication and Collaboration (University of MN)

Examples of

Coalition-Building Initiatives

S Team-Based Healthcare – Team-Based Care

Across Campus

S Strengthen – Advance – Enhance – Innovate

S Team-based care: improves outcomes and

moves us from fragmentation to a position

of strength

Examples of

Coalition-Building Initiatives

S What coalition-building

efforts are occurring

on your campus?

Factors that Cultivate and

Inhibit Coalition-Building

S Which factors cultivate

and/or inhibit coalition-

building on your campus?

8 Easy Steps

to Coalition

BuildingStep #1 - Assess the need

Step #2 - Select the best suited individuals or departments

Step #3 - Set initial objectives and actions

Step #4 - Bring the coalition together

Step #5 - Evaluate resources and assets

Step #6 - Establish the structure of the coalition

Step #7 - Maintain the “life” in the coalition

Step #8 - Evaluate the progress

8 Easy Steps

to Coalition Building

Step #1 - Assess the need

8 Easy Steps

to Coalition Building

Step #2

Select appropriate people or departments

8 Easy Steps

to Coalition Building

Step #3

Set initial objectives and actions

8 Easy Steps

to Coalition Building

Step #4

Bring the coalition together

8 Easy Steps

to Coalition Building

Step #5

Evaluate resources and assets

8 Easy Steps

to Coalition Building

Step #6

Establish the structure of the coalition

8 Easy Steps

to Coalition Building

Step #7

Maintain the “life” in the coalition

8 Easy Steps

to Coalition Building

Step #8

Evaluate the progress

Campus

Coalition

Worksheet

Closing Thoughts and

Questions

Jennifer Bindner

University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Jbindner@umn.edu

Saby Labor

Metropolitan State University

Saby.Labor@metrostate.edu

Leah Jackson

NJCU

LJackson1@ncju.eduThank you

References

S http://higheredlive.com/building-campus-community-in-

the-21st-century/

S National Center for Interprofessional Practice and

Education and FIPCC: ahceducation.umn.edu