Workshop: Collaborative Partnerships

In December 2015, I created, designed, and presented a workshop on Collaborative Partnerships at the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) “Hire Ed” Conference. I represented Northern Virginia Community College’s Workforce Development Division with two of my colleagues.

I created the original concept of “AIM For Success” – taking the ideas of Audience, Ideas, and Mechanics, and then combined it with EQ (Emotional Intelligence) expertise from Edythe Richards, a Career Counselor, MBTI® Master Practitioner, and Certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner for Arlington County. Edythe and I combined our ideas into an hour-long presentation and workshop.

Selected slides from the presentation (13 of 25 slides):

Cover page: refers to printed Worksheet

Matches handout on EQ, by Edythe Richards, co-presenter and career counselor

Content by Edythe Richards

Module 2: understanding collaboration

Introducing “sell the why” concept

Discussing combined value propositions

Collaborate or compete: 1 of 2 slides

Collaborate or compete: 2 of 2 slides

Workshop activity and discussion

Concluding presentation with Edythe, reviewing EQ

Transition slide for small group discussions

Placeholder slide, referring to written workshop materials

Final slide

Printed worksheets and reference materials, all in the same style as the presentation slides, were provided in a folder to attendees of the workshop.

We taught an audience of 45 Community College administrators about the basics of EQ, “AIM,” and collaboration to achieve common goals. Our combined ideas created a well-rounded workshop, which  was well-received at the conference.