Leaders
Leaders
This section helps leaders from businesses, organizations, and communities learn how to bring diverse groups of people together and solve Hawaii’s toughest problems.
What is a Convener?

Should We Be Using a Facilitator?

Convener’s Checklist

Common Mistakes

Strategies for Collaborative Leadership
Strategies
Strategies
This section features a step-by-step description of six different approaches to problem solving and includes tools, vignettes, and checklists useful to practicing facilitators.
Which Strategy Best Fits Your Needs?

Community Transformation

Collaborative Problem Solving

A Collaboration Incubator

A Community Engagement Strategy for Negotiating a Package of Community Benefits

A Collaborative Strategy Grounded in Polynesian Values

Assisted Dialogue and Negotiation
Examples
Examples
This section includes first-hand descriptions of actual cross-sector collaborations—including the challenges, the outcomes, and the lessons learned. We invite you to add examples.
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Other

Policy

Environment

Education

Community
Idea Bank
Idea Bank
This section is a place where facilitators and conveners can discuss ideas and share resources related to collaboration. New postings are always welcome.
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Thoughts on the Collaborative Process

Ripe for Collaboration

Help Wanted

Resources

Convener’s Corner

Other
About Us
About Us
This section includes the story of how the Collaborative Leaders Network (CLN) came about and a description of the team of facilitators behind the strategies offered here.
E Komo Mai!

The Island Way

The Story of CLN

A Better Way

About Creative Commons

Practitioner Bios

Frequently Asked Questions

Contact CLN

NCDD Community Blog

by Jeff Mohr

To access informative articles and references on collaborative process, visit the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) Community Blog at www.ncdd.org/news

GroupWorks Pattern Language card deck
Open Space on Open Space coming up in March in San Francisco
Group Decision Tip: Decide How to Decide by Craig Freshley
Resources on Jewish-Palestinian Living Room Dialogue
Days of Dialogue to host city-wide dialogue in Los Angeles on the 29^th
Shifting Roles for Public Libraries: From Supporting Player to Community Engagement Leader by Engaging Cities