by Scott Wheeler | Oct 11, 2016 | Collective Impact, Front Page, Leadership Development, Nonprofit Collaboration
Collaborations can be powerful and often essential tools when addressing complex issues. Unfortunately, many collaborative efforts achieve only limited success and some are ineffective. Many attempts at collaboration have instead painfully drained the precious time...
by Elizabeth Guman | Nov 20, 2014 | Collective Impact, Front Page
This blog is the second in a series of six blogs on how the five conditions of collective impact can inform and improve all collective actions. To view the first blog, an introduction to the series, go here. What is a common agenda? The first of the five conditions...
by Elizabeth Guman | Sep 24, 2013 | Nonprofit Collaboration
Too few nonprofit partnerships thrive. Many sputter, limp along, and ultimately fail. Minor setbacks along the way are, of course, expected and an important part of learning, but ultimate failure itself is certainly not the goal of starting a partnership. The...
by Elizabeth Guman | Aug 14, 2013 | Nonprofit Collaboration
Nonprofit leaders face heavy pressure to partner. Funders include partnering as a requirement for grants. Tight budgets beg for savings from shared administrative or program costs. Complex issues need more than one organization’s expertise to make significant...
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