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Contents
Acknowledgements
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About this Toolkit 2
Why a Toolkit for small to medium enterprises? 2
How to use this Toolkit 3
Section One: The what and why of community business partnerships 4
1.1 Definitions 4
1.1.1 What is a small to medium sized enterprise (SME)? 4
1.1.2 What is a community organisation? 4
1.1.3 What is a community business partnership? 5
1.2 The benefits and risks of community business partnerships 6
1.2.1 Benefits 6
1.2.2 Risks 7
1.3 The partnership cycle 7
Section Two: Creating a successful partnership 8
2.1 Step One: Thinking about a partnership 8
2.2 Step Two: Thinking about a partner 9
2.3 Step Three: Getting to know your partner 11
2.4 Step Four: Starting the partnership plan 11
2.5 Step Five: Implementing the partnership program 12
Section Three: Maintaining a successful partnership 13
3.1 Step Six: Communicating, communicating, communicating! 13
3.2 Step Seven: Monitoring and evaluating 15
Section Four: Growing the partnership 17
4.1 Step Eight: Exiting or renewing 17
Conclusion - f inal note 18
Glossary 19
Further resources 20
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