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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
Saby Labor
Metropolitan State University
Leah Jackson
NJCU
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
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