Tag Archives: Formation

The Formation Meeting

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.

Building Consensus

In this video story, Hein van Wyk shares about the process of building consensus in the context of an emerging partnership in Mozambique, and how the group successfully worked through issues of identity, vision, frustration, personal conflict, theological differences, and more.

The Practical Benefits of Partnership

In this video story, Ernie Addicott talks about what happened when three different Bible translators from three different countries discovered that they had all been working on the same project in the same place without any knowledge of each other.

Brink of Disaster

In this video story, Phill Butler shares about a partnership formation meeting that almost went off the rails. Butler talks about the importance of managing emotions and expectations in high-stakes meetings. He stresses the value of making progress visible so that participants have a sense of what they’ve actually been able to accomplish.