Partnering Essentials
Unlock the full potential of your multi-stakeholder collaborations with our intensive 1-day course.
Designed for both individuals and organisations, this course equips you with the strategies and tools to achieve greater effectiveness and impact from your collaborative efforts.
Unlock Effective Partnerships: Gain the framework and knowledge to build strong, lasting collaborations.
Master Collaboration Principles: Discover the key principles, barriers, and enablers of successful partnerships.
Value and embrace the diversity in your partnerships: Discover the varied drivers, concerns, and resources that different organisations and sectors contribute to partnerships.
Build Essential Skills: Learn the roles, skills, and competencies needed for successful collaborations.
Advance Your Career: Access pathways to further development opportunities, including formal accreditation.
"I have a lot of partnering experience, but this course introduced me to concepts, frameworks and deepened my understanding of how to make them more effective. I’m looking forward to applying what I have learnt.”
Where and when?
Thursday 4th September 2025
Tiakiwai Conference Centre
Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa| National Library of New Zealand
70 Molesworth Street
Wellington 6011
Cost
$1,095 per person
For organisations or partnerships registering 4 or more participants, our per person cost is reduced to $995.
The course fee includes lunch, morning and afternoon tea.
Training team
Belinda Gorman
Belinda specialises in helping organisations achieve their goals through collaborative approaches.
She has worked as a collaboration and partnering practitioner for the last 15 years, with organisations across public, private and NGO sectors in New Zealand and internationally. Belinda has significant experience working on complex issues and in complex contexts. She knows first-hand the opportunities and challenges that working across organisation and sector boundaries presents, and the mindsets, skills and competencies required to navigate these effectively. Belinda is a PBA Accredited Partnership Broker, Authorised Practitioner Trainer and Mentor.
Rebecca Mason
Ngāti Kuia, Rangitāne, Ngāti Koata, Ngāti Toa Rangatira me Ngāi Tahu.
From leading international partnerships to facilitating multi-stakeholder meetings and representing Iwi, Rebecca is known for leading change and bringing people together across cultures and industries to create enduring solutions. She is currently the Tumuaki (Principal) of Meihana Consulting which is centred around Iwi Māori public sector partnerships, systems change and organisational development.
Rebecca has experience as both an internal and independent partnership broker and she has supported and worked with organisations in the private and public sectors. Rebecca holds several governance roles, is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia New Zealand and an Accredited Partnership Broker.
Register:
Please complete the registration form to secure your place on the course. Once we have received your registration form we will send you an invoice for your course fee. Your place on the course will be secured on payment.
If you have any questions please contact me at belinda@co-lab.nz.