Coalition Building II: Maintaining a Coalition

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Coalition Building II Maintaining a Coalition
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Why is maintaining the coalition important?

• Effective adaptations to environment changes are
  necessary for organizational health. Renewal is a
  basic need of organizational life, and this is
  why coalitions and community groups should
  attention to maintenance and to work out
  procedures for maintaining their optimal
  functioning on a regular basis

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What needs to be maintained?

• The coalition's vision, mission and objectives
• The basic governance and operating rules of the
  coalition
• The coalition leadership
• The coalition membership
• The division of labor
• The coalition's strategic and action plans

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What needs to be maintained? (cont.)

• The coalition's actions and results
• The coalition's funding
• The coalition's visibility in the larger
  community
• The coalition's public support
• The spirit of the coalition

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How do you maintain a coalition?

• Develop the awareness that maintenance is
  necessary
• Make a decision to engage in it
• Design a maintenance plan
• Carry out your maintenance plan

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What are alternatives to maintenance?

• Growing
• Spinning off
• Changing focus
• Cutting back
• Ending
• Staying the way you are