building coalitions
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BUILDING COALITIONS
@LeadershipInst @PauloSibaja
Leadership Institute
The Things You Didn’t Learn in
School and Won’t Learn in the
Real World
Building Coalitions Leadership Institute @LeadershipInst @PauloSibaja
IN THIS PRESENTATION
• Identifying Coalition Members
• Coalition Management
• Supporters
• Detractors
• Working Coalitions
Building Coalitions Leadership Institute @LeadershipInst @PauloSibaja
IDENTIFYING COALITION MEMBERS
• Bringing groups into your project/campaign
• Voter ID & Targeting
• Credibility
Building Coalitions Leadership Institute @LeadershipInst @PauloSibaja
IDENTIFYING COALITION MEMBERS
• Understanding your project/campaign
• Identifying project/campaign deficit
• Target specific groups: • Taxpayers
• Business
• Professions
• People of faith
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Business Community
Corporations Manufacturing Service Conglomerate
Trade Associations
Geography Interest
Philosophy Policy
Generic Chambers
Commerce Econ Development
Size Geography
IDENTIFYING COALITION MEMBERS
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IDENTIFYING COALITION MEMBERS
Home Depot
Shareholders Employees Customers
Craft Management Residential Business
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IDENTIFYING COALITION MEMBERS
• List each group
• Determine their perceived position
• Determine actual position
• Which groups’ positions can you influence?
Building Coalitions Leadership Institute @LeadershipInst @PauloSibaja
IDENTIFYING COALITION MEMBERS
Perceived Position Who Do We Know? What Do We Know?
Focus on:
• Historical Knowledge
• Institutional Memory
Actual Position To find out:
• Ask Them • Ask Others • Do your
homework
Potential Position
Where Might They Be?
What Might They Do?
How Might They Help?
Building Coalitions Leadership Institute @LeadershipInst @PauloSibaja
COALITIONS MANAGEMENT
Potentially Positive Groups:
Incorporate into your project/campaign
Building Coalitions Leadership Institute @LeadershipInst @PauloSibaja
COALITIONS MANAGEMENT
Potentially Negative Groups:
Neutralize when possible.
Building Coalitions Leadership Institute @LeadershipInst @PauloSibaja
COALITIONS MANAGEMENT
• Identify potential threats on stakeholder matrix.
• Determine which can be neutralized.
• Build relationships
• Identify common ground
• Identify support within the group
• Organize counter-groups
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COALITIONS MANAGEMENT
• Prepare to approach the leadership
• What are the leaders’ names?
• Non-profit, civic, community, etc?
• Membership requirements?
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COALITIONS MANAGEMENT
• Newsletter? Circulation?
• Calendar of events? Important holidays, or observances?
• Partisan? Causes they’ve adopted in the past? Public policy interests?
Building Coalitions Leadership Institute @LeadershipInst @PauloSibaja
COALITIONS MANAGEMENT
• Approach leadership or entire group (depending on circumstances)
• Your victory is their victory
• When time is right, ask for their support - Don’t expect it if you don’t ASK
Building Coalitions Leadership Institute @LeadershipInst @PauloSibaja
WORKING COALITIONS
• Formal endorsement
• Financial support from group and/or members?
• Membership list for voter database?
• Issues with using lists
Building Coalitions Leadership Institute @LeadershipInst @PauloSibaja
WORKING COALITIONS
• Communication to members of group’s support?
• Volunteers?
• Surrogate speakers?
• Voter registration?
• Participation in events?
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