In the age of COVID-19, collaborating to solve complex problems has never been more critical. For many of us, collaboration assumes we can come together face to face, to advance our objectives. Well before social distancing and remote working became our new normal, the Partnership Brokers Association (PBA) in collaboration with international founding partners, was researching the critical success factors for brokering partnerships remotely (www.remotepartnering.org).

Partnering is an emergent discipline and this course offers a participatory learning journey drawing on international research into challenges and opportunities of partnering remotely. In addition to webinar-based discussion, the course requires individual reflection and small-group collaboration supported by evidence-based materials. Participants are also expected to be active contributors to an online forum to explore key concepts and questions with their cohort peers, and generate new learning to build the practice.

This course offers a way for people new to brokering partnerships remotely to build their confidence, and for experienced practitioners to deepen their practice. The expected time commitment is around 5 hours per week and includes 1 x 90 min webinar, 1 x practice partnership group, review of materials and personal reflection and journalling.

The 5 webinar dates are on Thursdays beginning 22 October 2020
1:00pm - 2:30pm AEST - Australian Eastern Standard Time

Week 1: Foundations & Getting Started (22 October - first webinar)
Week 2: Context & Connecting (29 October - second webinar)
Week 3: Diversity, Conflict & Challenges (5 November - third webinar)
Week 4: Principles in Practice (12 November - fourth webinar)
Week 5: Opportunities for the future (19 November - final webinar)

For participants unable to attend all webinars, they will be recorded.

This course will be curated by Victoria Thom and Kate Hayes, Accredited Partnership Brokers and Practitioner Trainers with the Partnership Brokers Association www.partnershipbrokers.org

Enquiries - please contact PBA Training Manager, Dianne McLay: training@partnershipbrokers.org

Please note the Partnership Brokers Association is a social business that aims to keep costs low to maximise the opportunity for inclusion. As a not-for-profit business, any surplus income generated is invested in bursaries and ongoing development of education and vocational objectives.