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Planting Seeds for Partnerships and Cultivating Community Collaborations
2021 ASU Social Embeddedness Network Conference March 24-26, 2021 | Virtual Event
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Planting Seeds for Partnerships and Cultivating Community Collaborations
2021 ASU Social Embeddedness Network Conference March 24-26, 2021 | Virtual Event
Frequently Asked Questions -
Planting Seeds for Partnerships and Cultivating Community Collaborations
2021 ASU Social Embeddedness Network Conference March 24-26, 2021 | Virtual Event
Frequently Asked Questions
Update: Feb. 17, 2021 @ 9:54 a.m.
We have expanded the 2021 ASU Social Embeddedness Network Conference to a third day. The conference will take place March 24-26, 2021.
The 2021 ASU Social Embeddedness Network Conference agenda is driven by participants and features 250+ university/college faculty, staff, students and community partners delivering various presentations, all woven together through one Zoom framework. In 2020, the Conference moved to a virtual format to increase accessibility during a time of social distancing. This virtual conference is designed to bring together community-engaged professionals from various backgrounds to highlight new, exciting and insightful work happening in the field of community engagement and public service. The conference is a place to connect with other community-engaged professionals or those interested in community engagement, who believe in the importance of community-university partnerships.
Day 1: March 24, 2021
Mapping the environment and planting seeds for mutually-beneficial partnerships
How might we prepare to receive and integrate partners into collaboration so that we truly leverage their knowledge, expertise and experiences? The preparation approach can sometimes feel generic or haphazard. There may be existing relationships or history that requires exploration and research before a healthy relationship can begin. Partners have high expectations of their collaborations, and we should fully lay the groundwork to ensure we can rise to those expectations and accomplish common goals. How might we establish trust and build opportunities for authentic collaboration?
Day 2: March 25, 2021
Cultivating relationships that last season over season
How might we set up partnerships to be long lasting? We must encourage continual learning with supportive behaviors that will shape the way that partnerships evolve. Collaboration skills enable us to work with others in complex environments, with the understanding that successful collaboration requires a cooperative mindset and mutual respect. How might we explore and share strategies to make collaboration smoother, more straightforward, and more productive, despite the complexity of the challenges we are facing together?
Day 3: March 26, 2021
Adapting collaborations in this new climate
How might we navigate unexpected challenges together? Organisms must be able to adapt to their habitat to survive. The same is true for partnerships. As technology continues to evolve or unusual circumstances come up (e.g., a pandemic), the old or historical ways of doing things might not be sufficient to tackle complex challenges. Flexibility is a strategy of responding to changing circumstances and/or expectations. How might we cultivate adaptability and flexibility among university-community partnerships and infuse these new learnings into our work moving forward?
Questions
For any additional questions, please reach out to Christina Ngo, Director of Social Embeddedness, at christina.ngo@asu.edu.