Frequently Asked Questions

Question: We want to get going but we are having trouble getting our conversations started, what are some questions we can ask to help guide our discussions at each stage?

In our training workshops we used case studies and provided a set of questions for considering each stage. Participants found these really helped to focus their discussions. The questions are different for each stage:

Getting Started: What is a possible vision? Who would need to be involved and what might the team look like?
Know the Context: What are the factors that will affect success? Who are the champions and challengers? What are the barriers?
Deciding to Proceed: Is there commitment to the project? Are there power differentials between stakeholders? How do you ensure everyone participates meaningfully? What is the process to resolve conflict?
Planning: What is the scope? What would be the goal and timeline of the project? How will you know you’re successful
Implementation: What factors might change as you implement the project? How can you keep the larger community excited, involved, and informed?
Evaluation: How will you evaluate the project? Are there certain metrics you will use? Who will collect and organize them? How will you share the results?
Sustainability: Is this an ongoing project, and if so, how can it be sustainable? How can you sustain the relationships formed during the project? What will the situation look like one year after the project completes?
Question 1

Getting Started: What is a possible vision? Who would need to be involved and what might the team look like?

Question 2

Know the Context: What are the factors that will affect success? Who are the champions and challengers? What are the barriers?

Question 3

Deciding to Proceed: Is there commitment to the project? Are there power differentials between stakeholders? How do you ensure everyone participates meaningfully? What is the process to resolve conflict?

Question 4

Planning: What is the scope? What would be the goal and timeline of the project? How will you know you’re successful?

Question 5

Implementation: What factors might change as you implement the project? How can you keep the larger community excited, involved, and informed?

Question 6

Evaluation: How will you evaluate the project? Are there certain metrics you will use? Who will collect and organize them? How will you share the results?

Question 7

Sustainability: Is this an ongoing project, and if so, how can it be sustainable? How can you sustain the relationships formed during the project? What will the situation look like one year after the project completes?

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Are there any examples of other communities who have used this primer?

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Collaboration primer training workshops have been held with communities across Northern BC and at a provincial conference. Participant response has been very positive. If you use the primer and have any stories about using the primer to share, please head to the feedback section and tell us all about it.

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Are there any limits to using the primer?

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You are free to use and adapt the material in the primer in whatever way you like, as long as you are not charging anybody money for it. Please credit the primer as the original source, where appropriate. You can cite the print primer as:

Harmonization Cancer Prevention Team (2016). Building bridges to collaborative success: An evidence-based, inter-agency primer for health promotion. Kelowna, BC: Institute for Healthy Living and Chronic Disease Prevention, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Canada.

 You can cite the online primer as:
Building bridges to collaborative success: An evidence-based, inter-agency primer for health promotion. (2017, February 28). Retrieved [ENTER DATE you accessed it], from www.collaborationprimer.ca

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