Board Blog: Are you building partnerships on campus and in the community?

As the spring semester winds down and new leaders start to get selected at campus stations across the country, it’s time to start thinking about goals and station interactions for the next year.

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Margaret Hair, CBI Secretary

At KJHK 90.7 FM in Lawrence, Kan., we’re in that phase where outgoing leaders are closing out projects and prioritizing goals for the next round of programming, and new leaders are starting to train and are ready to take on anything.

It’s a good time to take stock of our existing partnerships on campus and in the local community, and to think about further outreach that could happen.

KJHK has been fortunate to find supportive and savvy collaborators in several campus entities in the past two years. An agreement with a student programming board amps up station exposure through co-sponsored live music events. A growing collaboration with a performing arts venue has opened up opportunities for a broader range of educational and cultural events. And a partnership with the campus athletics department has dramatically increased the station’s ability to cover Olympic sports.

Those relationships are long-format, but not all partnerships have to start with a formal agreement or a year-long commitment.

If there’s a student group putting on an event that your station could be a part of, a campus office that could provide educational opportunities, or a community group that could benefit from station outreach, make contact and start a conversation about how both groups could benefit from working together.

Working with other groups is a vital part of being a valuable resource to your community. Think about how the station and other organizations could build off one another, and start reaching out.[/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]