Optimize efficiency and effectiveness through collaborative efforts and partnerships among EE providers in formal and non-formal settings.

1. Locate and successfully collaborate with individuals and organizations.
   1. Collaborate and partner with other individuals or organizations in non-profit, for profit and government sectors.
   2. Identify/promote events that are sponsored and organized by the collaborations of organizations.
   3. Identify and publicize organizations that are collaborating.
   4. Recognize and award successful partnerships.
   5. Support and participate in CAEE as a vehicle for collaboration (e.g., membership, events, EE Database/Directory).
   6. Increase opportunities for "professional exchange" and/or joint collaborative efforts (e.g., cooperative grants) between classroom teachers and non-formal EE providers.
2. Re-invigorate local/regional EE groups by providing opportunities to promote and strengthen partnerships.
   1. Host and participate in meetings to re-energize local/regional EE networks.
   2. Support series of local/regional networking or training opportunities.
   3. EE program managers identify themselves as local leaders by maintaining a current roster of local network participation.
   4. Maintain and expand year-round professional development and networking activities throughout the state.
   5. Connect local networks to state network by maintaining a designated liaison person.
3. Strengthen EE community relationship with underutilized EE stakeholders.
   Academic research/higher education
   1. Host designated networking events or meetings with faculty from interpretation, pre-service education, natural resources, and other programs to stimulate dialogue (e.g., to collaboratively develop standards for the skills needed when students graduate, fieldtrip opportunities, current classroom topics). Make contacts with pre-service education students and professors.
   2. Develop and implement an internship matching program that mutually benefits both students and EE providers.
   3. Make contacts within appropriate student organizations, e.g. NAI student chapter; environmental clubs, etc. Maintain current listing of contacts.
   4. Develop working relationship with NAI national office to stimulate awareness of CAEE and strengthen communications with Colorado's NAI members.
   Business, media, government
   1. Identify and target designated EE providers in business, media, and government.
   2. Invite business, media, and government providers to attend, learn more about, collaborate on, or sponsor EE events, and to join EE professional organizations.
4. Strengthen support of collaborations and partnerships by leaders or EE provider organizations..
   1. Increase communications with designated organization leadership (e.g., supervisors, upper management, executive directors, administrators) regarding EE community and value of EE collaboration and partnership (e.g., distribute CEEMP to leadership and notify leadership of employee professional and association membership, awards and nominations, and volunteer recognition).
   2. Select and invite executives to attend annual awards events from throughout Colorado.
   3. Increase efforts to involve and inform support staff personnel and resource management decision-makers who are not on front lines of EE, but indirectly impact EE programming in some way.

   
   

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