For a ball to get rolling, someone has to push it. Collaboration is people working together and it only starts when someone takes the first step; when someone extends a hand to another. Sometimes it�s a simple phone call that gets the collaboration ball rolling. Sometimes it�s a chance meeting on Main Street when one person says to another �perhaps we could do things differently here; let�s give it a try.� Maybe it�s you who takes the first step; maybe it�s someone else at your encouragement; maybe it�s you responding to the initiative of someone else who has extended their hand. Remember, if no one takes that first step, nothing is likely to happen.