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Creating Value Through Collaboration, Partnering & Alliances

 

On this seminar you will learn:

  • Why organisations are interested in partnering
  • The benefits of establishing effective alliances and partnering arrangements
  • The various options you have for working collaboratively
  • The areas that are ripe for partnering
  • How to recruit and select willing and able partners
  • The characteristics and key factors involved in successful collaboration arrangements
  • How to evaluate proposals from organisations who approach you to form an alliance with them
  • How to build, manage and maintain the relationship
  • The key pitfalls to avoid
  • Resources available to help
  • The importance of alliances & partnering in the future of associations
  • Note: CPD equivalent is  5.5 hours for the seminar.

 The seminar covers various case histories. You will also receive a useful resource guide and a strategic alliance checklist.

Dates & Venues

  • This seminar is run in-house only - please call for details.

NB: Start time is 9.30am end time is 4.30pm. Tea and coffee are served from 9.00am.

Who is the course for?

  • Trade & Professional Associations

  • Chambers of Commerce & Business Links

  • User Groups

  • Institutes

  • Health & Fitness Centres

  • Charities

  • Other... Clubs, Committees, Confederations, Pressure Groups, Societies, etc

  • Senior executives working in membership associations.

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What is included

  • Course slides
  • Lunch and refreshments
  • Each seminar is limited to 25 places to give delegates the opportunity to explore individual issues
  • This seminar is new for 2005

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Membership organisations that have attended this course

  • Association for Project Management

  • Association of Golf Club Secretaries

  • BII

  • Booksellers Association

  • British Bankers Association

  • British Equine Veterinary Association

  • Caravan Club

  • Chartered Management Institute

  • European American Taxation Institute

  • Glass and Glazing Federation

  • GLPQ Consortium

  • ICMA

  • ICOM Energy Association

  • Institute of Engineering & Technology

  • Institute of Internal Auditors

  • Institute of Leadership & Management

  • Institute of Legal Executives

  • International Council of Shopping Centers

  • IPF

  • Jacobite

  • Servite Housing Association

  • Society of Operations Engineers

  • Manufacturers' Agents' Association

Comments from past delegates

  • "A good seminar." Paul Wakeling, Secretary, The Manufacturers' Agents' Association
  • "All parts of this seminar were equally valuable." John Burns, Head of Membership Interests, Institute of Legal Executives
  • "All the content was good" - Sarah Kellett, Jacobite Limited
  • "Excellent course - a day well spent!" - Christine Hunter, Training Manager, British Bankers Association
  • "Excellent day well paced and delivered. It confirmed the practices we already use and gave me some new ideas." Keith Lloyd, National Secretary, Association of Golf Club Secretaries
  • "Excellent value for money. This highlights what we need to do." Tina Fahmy, Head of Alliances & Corporate Relations, Association for Project Management
  • "Fantastic handouts which will be referred to again and again!" Anne Pollard, Chartered Management Institute
  • "I now have a framework to use for alliance activity." Nikki Chapple, Manager, IET
  • "I now know the fundamentals involved in building alliances and the things to watch out for. Knowing the organisational culture test will be useful." Sharon Gillingham, Operations Director North, Servite Houses
  • "I will now take a much more measured approach to potential alliances." Brian Maughan, Director of Membership, BII
  • "It was valuable to know the stages in the process of building alliances. The emphasis of selecting and building the right team and the communications required was really useful." Allison Riley , International Projects Manager, Institute of Engineering & Technology
  • "It was valuable to reflect on the importance of strategic objectives to the creation of alliances." Ermine Amies, Managing Director, International Council of Shopping Centers
  • "It was valuable to understand all the stages involved in the process." Donnella Briden, Project Manager, IET
  • "Seeing the alliance life cycle and understanding the characteristics at different stages was really interesting." Cherie Thakrar, Project Manager, Institute of Engineering & Technology
  • "The seminar handouts are great" Kim Letchford, IET
  • "The templates and information list were particularly useful." Irene Dogson, Institute of Legal Executives
  • "There was a tremendous amount of information in this seminar and it was all valuable." Peter McCree, Director and Chief Executive, ICOM Energy Association
  • "This has confirmed I am on the right track and given me new ideas on what I need to address. The new terminology will be useful when I am presenting a case to my board. The opportunity to network was also a valuable part of the day." Caroline Routledge, Marketing Manager, GLPQ Consortium
  • "This has given me a different way of looking at suppliers and potential alliance partners." Fiona Bewer, Corporate PR Manager, The Caravan Club
  • "This seminar was useful to help you re-think your core activities, the paths you have to follow and the things you have to do before you get into an alliance." Karina van Lenthe, Communications & Support Manager, ICMA
  • "This was very insightful and will help me approach our organizations strategic objectives differently." Lorna Harrold, , The European American Taxation Institute
  • "Very well researched and presented." Donald Pike, External Relations Co-ordinator (& Past President), The Manufacturers' Agents' Association

 

 

 

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