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Surman, M. & Surman, T. (2008). Listening to the stars: The constellation model of collaborative change. Social Space<\/em>: 24-29. https:\/\/marksurman.commons.ca\/publications\/listening-to-the-stars-the-constellation-model-of-collaborative-social-change\/<\/a>
\n\u201cThe Constellation Model of Collaborative Governance is a complexity-inspired framework designed to ‘hold’ collaborations within dynamic systems. Balancing chaos and order, energy and structure, the governance model supports multi-organization partnerships and networks within complex systems.\u201d<\/em>
\nThis is a brief description found on an update to the Constellation Model posted by the Centre for Social Innovation. At this link<\/a> you will find additional documents and updates on the Constellation Model and its application in the Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment<\/a>. You will also see examples of the model used by the Ontario Nonprofit Network and the Ontario Literacy Coalition.
\nThis is an interesting article for anyone who is working in and\/or supporting collaborations for social change but who is struggling with heavy governance that drives you to ask questions like:
\nHow would collective goals be set?
\nWould they have to agree on everything?
\nHow could autonomy and diversity be preserved?
\nWho would be \u2018in charge\u2019?
\nHow could they best leverage each other\u2019s talents?<\/em>
\nLightweight governance
\n\u2022 Develop a stewardship group with simple governance documents including: 1) guiding principles; 2) terms of reference; and 3) strategic plan that establishes goals
\n\u2022 This is light touch governance. Day to day coordination of the partnership is managed by a third party (see below)
\nAction focused work teams
\n\u2022 \u201cWithin the broader strategic vision of the partnership, constellations take the form of clusters of activity in which a subset of the partners voluntarily participate. They can be formal projects, opportunistic initiatives or working groups. They must however act consistently with the partnership\u2019s overall vision\u201d.<\/em>
\n\u2022 Funding for the work of different constellations is shared among that constellation\u2019s membership, balancing power and funding the member that has the skills and capacity
\nThird party coordination
\n\u2022 This is the most interesting element to me. Someone else (not the constellations or the stewardship group) manages the day to day. The rationale is \u201cWhen non-profits set up collaborative projects, they typically address this need by creating a secretariat within the partner who has the most capacity. This is seldom an ideal solution. Placing the coordination function within one of the partners permanently alters the power dynamic of the group. One partner takes power. The others defer responsibility and lose energy.\u201d<\/em>
\nThese three elements help to overcome the old models where distrust and competition is at the core of collaboration. But the article recognizes that too much trust can also be detrimental as it risks creating a clique that excludes new members.
\nThis is also a cautionary tale. It took the Canadian Partnership \u201cfive years for the partners to fully grow into and understand\u201d<\/em> the Constellation Model. But once they did they were able to \u201cmaintain organizational independence and collaborate nimbly with others.\u201d<\/em>
\nQuestions for brokers:
\n1. Compare and contrast the Constellation Model with Collective Impact<\/a>.
\n2. The third-party coordinator manages day to day activities like facilitating meetings, supporting new constellations, fundraising, communications, planning, dispute resolution. How do you find a third-party coordinator who is not a member of a constellation but is invested enough in the issue to do all the work?
\n3. How are you supporting the capacity development of others in your own constellations?
\nResearchImpact-R\u00e9seauImpactRecherche is producing this journal club series as a way to make the evidence and research on knowledge mobilization more accessible to knowledge brokers and to create on line discussion about research on knowledge mobilization. It is designed for knowledge brokers and other knowledge mobilization stakeholders. Read the article. Then come back to this post and join the journal club by posting your comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Surman, M. & Surman, T. (2008). Listening to the stars: The constellation model of collaborative change. Social Space: 24-29. https:\/\/marksurman.commons.ca\/publications\/listening-to-the-stars-the-constellation-model-of-collaborative-social-change\/ \u201cThe Constellation Model of Collaborative Governance is a complexity-inspired framework designed to ‘hold’ collaborations within dynamic systems. Balancing chaos and order, energy and structure, the governance model supports multi-organization partnerships and networks within complex systems.\u201d […]<\/p>\n

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