- Community-Centered Services
- Community at the Center of Connected Learning
- Asset Framing
- Community-Centered Partnerships
- Rethinking Partnerships
- Gathering Data
- Asset Mapping
- Talking with the Community
- Analyzing and Using the Data
- Tools for Connecting Your Community
- Starting Conversations
- Combining Your Powers
- Making Plans Together
- Working with Different Types of Partners
- Ending a Partnership
- Community-Centered Services Workbook
- Additional Resources
Ending a Partnership
Wrapping up
It’s tempting to move on to the next project once a collaboration has concluded, but taking the time to properly wrap-up will benefit both you and your partner. Collect any numbers, stories or artifacts that will help tell the story of your program. Have a debriefing meeting with everyone involved to discuss what went well and what could be improved. Make sure you thank the people you worked with directly, as well as any managers or administrators whose approval or cooperation was required.
Evaluation
If you and your partner agreed on an evaluation plan at the beginning of the project, evaluating your collaborative effort should be easy. Share the results of your program evaluation with your partner at the end of the project so they know what kind of impact they had. Take those numbers and stories you gathered and communicate them to relevant stakeholders to illustrate the impact of your program. (See the Assessment & Evaluation module for more.)
Laying the groundwork for the next collaboration
If your initial collaboration was successful, both you and your partner will be enthusiastic about working together in the future. If you don’t have any additional work together planned, let your partner know you’ll be happy to collaborate again. Keeping partners up-to-date with your programs and offerings will help remind them of what the library can offer, and they may approach you with their own ideas for collaborations.