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Welcome to the PARTNER (Program to Analyze, Record, and Track Networks to Enhance Relationships) website.  PARTNER is a software program designed to help community collaboratives measure and monitor their collaborative activity over time.  PARTNER is a free program, designed initially to be used as a tool for community collaboratives (usually made up of three or more organizations).  In return for using PARTNER, we ask that you make your data available to the PARNTER database.  Click here to find out more about what PARTNER can provide. 

**THE NEW PARTNER SURVEY AND TOOL IS NOW AVAILABLE at www.partnertool.net/survey.  Register to get started customizing your own PARTNER survey and working with the PARTNER tool.  Download the PARTNER Technical Manual from the “Resource” section for instructions.**

**Next PARTNER Demo: February 23, 2010 at 1pmMT/3pmET. To sign up, send an email danielle.varda@ucdenver.edu.”
 
Update 01.25.10: NEW PARTNER WEBSITE!!  We are pleased to report that PARTNER will have a new look, easier access to resources, and exciting new content very soon.  The web address will remain the same, so please check back in the next couple of days to see the new and improved PARTNER Tool website.

Update 06.04.09:  PARTNER Tool Demos:  If you are interested in using the new version of the PARTNER tool, we will soon be conducting two live demo to introduce the new online version of PARTNER.  The demos will last 1.5 hours.  During the demos, we will go through how to log on to the system, set up your survey, and how to link your data to the analysis tool.  Following the demos, you will have immediate access to the PARTNER

Update 04.21.09:  The PARTNER survey is currently under construction.  It will be available in its new online format in June 2009.  At this time, you will be able to design your own network surveys, administer the survey via the internet, and collect and manage your data online.  To receive email updates about when PARTNER will be available for use, please send an email to danielle.varda@ucdenver.edu.  Simply type “PARTNER updates” in the subject line.

The dates and times of the upcoming demos are:

June 19 – 12pm MT/2pm ET

July 7 –12 pm MT/2pm ET

If interested, please send an email to danielle.varda@ucdenver.edu.  We will then send you more information on how to log on for the demo and provide a conference call line.

Update 04.03.09:  To see screen shots of the PARTNER program and get a glimpse at analyses from PARTNER, see a recent presentation made by Danielle Varda at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. ( Presentation PDF )

Update 03.17.09:  To learn more about the principles behind PARTNER, take a look at the recent publication in the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (Varda et al. 2008). ( Core Dimensions of Connectivity in PHCs PDF )
 
For questions and comments about PARTNER, email: danielle.varda@ucdenver.edu. 
 
PARTNER is a software program designed with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s HCFO program administered through AcademyHealth (www.hcfo.net).