Tools & Resources

This resource will help collaborative groups to better understand member motivation, and in doing so, develop a shared understanding of the collaborative task.

This resource allows collaborators to measure how they are working together via the completion of an online survey, on a one-off or longitudinal basis.

This resource contains comprehensive information, questions, tools, and links for developing and delivering community collaborations.

This resource supports those working on community change initiatives to understand complexity and to work adaptively.

Step 4 introduces additional skills you can use once you understand the key roles & patterns of behaviour, including various techniques for facilitating collaboration and power dynamics in groups. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other…

This video explores fostering and practising ‘neutrality’ as a facilitator, whilst acknowledging when you will bring your own bias’ and values into the work. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians to find new ways to work…

This video explores why being attentive to the atmosphere around the collaborative gathering – not just the content within – is important. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians to find new ways to work and lead together.

This resource explains the importance of allowing the process and results of collaboration to emerge, as distinct from applying pre-set solutions.

This resource includes an overview of what a common agenda is, and a five-step guide for developing a common agenda with others.

This tool will help you to map and interpret stakeholder dynamics in your initiative. This tool can be useful at the start of an initiative when you are working out the ‘lay of the land’, if things go wrong, if there is conflict, or if you are not making progress.

This resource articulates four steps in aligning collective effort.

This resource provides practical guidance on how to and when to engage in horizontal management, which is concerned with working collaboratively across organisational boundaries.

The language and practice of place-based and community-led change in Australia: Building a shared understanding Collective Impact and community-led approaches have been increasingly adopted and applied by Australian governments recently, reflecting a desire to engage and work with the public…