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This book is in B&W, not color - Print page in Grayscale for Correct view! Believe in what you are doing and the people who are doing it. "If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." (Henry Ford) Radiate and speak Optimism. Expect Success Expect the best from people that you are working with. Leadership "What you are thunders so loudly in my ears that I cannot hear what you say." (Emerson ) Someone needs to be responsible for facilitating, moderating, and managing the meeting and discussion. Value-based dedicated leadership is essential for anything lasting, significant, and positive, to be accomplished. Be supportive, consistent, and dependable. Set high standards of excellence. True collaboration requires shared leadership. Cultivate leadership in others. Leadership must value an inclusive, collaborative, process. Coordinate - Organize Seating can be very important. Sitting behind tables can have the advantage of giving people a place to write and providing emotional protection. It also creates an atmosphere conducive to getting down to business and working. Preferably, tables should allow everyone to see each other (circle, semicircle, rectangle, or square). Very small groups can often do well sitting on something comfortable such as two or three couches and/or other comfortable chairs that face each other. Very large groups can sit in a circle or semicircle. These formats will increase communication. Avoid rows of people. This cuts down on interaction and communication. Hold regular, consistent (same place and same time), mutually beneficial, constructive, profitable, informative, and brief meetings. Take notes from the meeting and provide them to everyone in the collaboration. When there is a discussion, write down what is said. Writing on a board or flip chart where everyone can see is often preferred. (In some settings, writing on a board or flip chart can seem pretentious.) Accurately write what people say. Always have an agenda. In most cases it is better to send it to everyone ahead of time. Stick to the schedule. Respect everyone's time. When someone brings something up that is not on the agenda, write it down where they can see it. Be sure and address it at a later time, such as at the end of the meeting, after the meeting, or during another meeting. Let everyone know ahead of time what the process will be for addressing items brought up during the meeting, but not on the agenda. Occasionally in some urgent situations, items will need to be addressed immediately, this should be rare. Stick to your mission statement. For community collaboration regularly nominate and vote for officers or set a system for rotation. Even when this is a committee, within a single organization, this can have value. Small subcommittees or groups can often accomplish specific technical work or complete projects more quickly than a larger group, committee, or collaboration. These smaller groups can receive direction or report to the larger group. Remember to keep Levels of Authority clear.Show Respect for People and For [email protected] Property of Bookemon, do NOT distribute 31