Participants explore a step-by-step process to broker, build, bridge and benefit from service linkages in the community. Participants will practice skills and strategies through large- and small-group exercises and role-plays. The agenda includes:

• Collaborative models
• Assessing your needs: Defining a common vision; setting goals and objectives; en-visioning strengths, weaknesses, benefits and obstacles of forming a collaborative for community empowerment.
• Choosing a Collaborator: Tips for identifying and uniting compatible partners.
• Project design and implementation: How to use conflict resolution and collaborative problem-solving skills to prevent communication breakdowns, irreconcilable differences and other pitfalls of partnering.
• Celebrating success: benefits; milestones; and implications for the future.

$100 (per hour; per trainer. Class size limited to 24 per trainer. Large groups can be accommodated with advance planning)

Scheduling
To schedule this course, please contact Good Shepherd Mediation Program at (215) 843-5413.