NCFDD Webinar: Drama-Free Collaborations: How to Develop and Sustain Healthy Partnerships with Co-Authors

• Are you in the middle of collaborations that are sucking up your time, energy, and patience?
• Do you have several projects in the pipeline that are stuck due to issues with co-authors?
• Do you wish there was a way to minimize the drama around collaborations and still benefit from them?

Collaborative work can be incredibly rewarding when it works well. Unfortunately, many scholars experience dysfunction and difficulty when working with co-authors, due to complicated power dynamics, different working styles, competing timelines, and unstated priorities. In this webinar, find out what to do before, during, and after collaborations to minimize drama and maximize productivity. Armed with these approaches, you’ll be able to capitalize on the power of collaborations to co-author better work, more frequently with less trouble!

• Learn concrete strategies to position yourself for a successful collaboration before it begins.
• Build experience using key principles to manage conflict and workflow constructively during a collaboration.
• Identify steps to use the collaboration as a force multiplier to maximize the value and reach of your work after it’s published.

You will need to login to participate in the NCFDD webinars. All members of the UCI community have access to these resources through our institutional membership. To create a profile, please visit https://www.facultydiversity.org/institutions/uci and click “Activate My Membership.” If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact Samantha Anderson at sanders2@uci.edu.