In this video, Clyde Taber shares a story about the formation meeting of the Visual Story Network, highlighting many of the best practices in partnership development: (1) considerable time invested up-front in building relationships and exploring interest, (2) a gathering of the key people who are interested/involved in the area for the purpose of exploring collaboration, (3) a defined process with open-ended outcomes (i.e., not assuming a partnership will be formed), (4) consensus-building, (5) defining priorities, (6) organizing for action with working groups, and (7) a dedicated facilitator.
16 Jul 2013 by Daniel Dow
In this video story, Hein Van Wyk gives some insights from a partnership in Mozambique. He discusses the importance of values, assumptions, and a common worldview.
16 Jul 2013 by Daniel Dow
In this video, Edwin Caruana reflects on fifteen years of working as a partnership facilitator, and highlights the importance of teamwork, patience, diligence, and hope.
16 Jul 2013 by Daniel Dow
In this video, Douglas Livingston shares a story about how a group of churches from Central America worked in partnership for a church planting initiative in the eastern European country of Albania.
16 Jul 2013 by Daniel Dow
In this video story, Alex Araujo points out that while we, as outsiders, may desperately want to see a partnership initiative take off, it often takes a true insider who gets the vision to really make it happen.
16 Jul 2013 by Daniel Dow
In this video story, Phill Butler chronicles the formation of an effective ministry partnership working together to reach North Africa.
16 Jul 2013 by Daniel Dow
In this video, Ernie Addicott tells a story from Central Asia about one of the most practical benefits of partnership: the sharing of resources. One of the best practices of partnerships is that of volunteering our resources. Even in functioning partnerships, there is often untapped potential because partners lack an in depth awareness of each other’s strengths and capacities.
16 Jul 2013 by Daniel Dow
In this video, Jose de Dios shares the story of how one of the most well-known mission agencies in the world chose to take a partnership approach to its work – investing the time to build relationships with many smaller agencies and indigenous organizations – rather than just doing its own thing.
