Panel: Overcoming Barriers to Effective Collaboration

1. Overcoming Barriers
g
to Effective Collaboration
ATE Conference
October 27, 2011
Dr. Vera Zdravkovich
Dr. Costis Toregas
Dr. Costis Toregas
Dr. Bob Spear

2. Collaborator
Categories
C i
• Academe
• Industry
• Civil Society
y

3. CyberWatch and Academe
CyberWatch and Academe
• Colleges and Universities
o eges a d U e s es • ATE Centers, K‐12
e e s,
systems/schools, state
systems
Consortium of 80:
• 47 community colleges
y g
• 33 universities
• 26 states

4. Academic Collaborations
Academic Collaborations
• Mutually beneficial
p
relationships
• Different levels of
partnerships from close to
partnerships from close to
superficial

5. Mutual
Benefits
• Center gains
recognition,
advocacy, broader
dissemination
• Center programs
p
address partners’
needs

6. Mutual Benefits
Mutual Benefits
• Partners utilize
Partners utilize
Center programs
and expertise
and expertise
Curriculum
Development
Professional
Development
Articulation
A i l i
Models

7. Levels of
Partnerships
• Active participation
Active participation
• Joint program
development
• Extensive faculty
involvement
l
• Occasional
participation
• In the name onlyy

8. Challenges
• How to maximize partners’
How to maximize partners
engagement and utilize
their potential and
p
expertise most effectively?
• How to maximize Center’s
How to maximize Center s
program effectiveness for
all two‐ and four‐year
y
institutional partners?

9. Challenges
• How to engage
administrators at
partner institutions?
• How to attract new
academic partners?

10. CyberWatch and Industry
CyberWatch and Industry
• Local/Small Businesses
Local/Small Businesses • National Businesses
National Businesses

11. What a wise person said
What a wise person said
• I like overcoming as it is a process and while
I like overcoming as it is a process and, while
the goal is in sight, it is not a done deal

12. CyberWatch and the Private sector
CyberWatch and the Private sector
• Open and strong
Open and strong
relationships
• Multiple platforms to
Multiple platforms to
engage
– Advisory Board
y
– CCDC sponsors
– Source of internships
– Proposal partners
–…

13. Observations
• Industry and Academia are different‐ but not
that different
p
• Outcome vs. profit based institutions
• Importance of Listening
• Need to translate vocabulary
Need to translate vocabulary

14. And the business end
And the business end
• Each partner should visibly benefit
Each partner should visibly benefit
• Explicit taboos outlined early
• Making money together and sharing is Ok
k h d h k

15. So to support the wise person
So to support the wise person
• It's never a done deal and that is
It s never a done deal, and that is
why outcome agreements are not as
good as Trust and Process
good as Trust and Process

16. CyberWatch and Civil Society
CyberWatch and Civil Society
• Government • Professional
Professional
Associations

17. Identify Potential Collaborators
Identify Potential Collaborators
• Backdrop to all
ac d op o a
collaborations
– What does the ATE center
want/need?
/ d?
– What might the
collaborator want/need?
• Start with public info:
– Websites, publications
• Meet reps at conferences
• Top‐down, or bottom up?

18. Building the Collaboration
Building the Collaboration
• Initial meeting
Initial meeting
• Focus on listening
• Discuss mission and
Discuss mission and
objectives, not
organization or
g
procedures

19. Types of Collaboration
Types of Collaboration
• Links to each other s websites
Links to each other’s websites
• Articles in each other’s pubs
• Joint presentations at conferences
Joint presentations at conferences
• Sharing a booth at conferences
• Sharing of contacts, people networks
Sh i f t t l t k
• Joint advertizing and promotion
• Guest speakers for each other’s events
• Joint activities and programs

20. Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
• How do you identify potential collaborators?
How do you identify potential collaborators?
How do you approach them?
• How do you design a collaboration that works
How do you design a collaboration that works
to the benefit of both parties?
• How do you address the challenges we have
How do you address the challenges we have
identified?
• What collaborative strategies have worked for
What collaborative strategies have worked for
your center?
• What other challenges have you encountered?
What other challenges have you encountered?