Collaboration
Nation - No person (or organization!) is an island.
Sometimes we have to work with others just to get things done,
and then there are times when we definitely should be working
with others in order to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Find out why good collaboration skills are fundamental to
any organization, in this Charity Village cover story of an
interview with Kathleen Kevany here.
[Source: Charity Village]
Joint
Ventures with For-Profit Developers - When faced
with the challenge of forming relationships with the private
sector, community development corporations (CDCs) often find
it difficult to determine how best to approach the task. There
are a whole host of issues that arise when a CDC works closely
with a for-profit on a project, some of them complex and difficult
to overcome. This guide was designed specifically for this
reason. Download the guide here.
[Source: Local Initiatives Support Corporation]
Partnering
within, across and outside government - Despite
there being almost unanimous support for partnering, there
is a gap on how to develop and leverage partnership models.
There is no common framework for governments to build effective
partnering relationships, let alone a common understanding
of the accountability and governance implications of partnering
- be it between governments or industry. Download this report
from Crossing Boundaries National Council here.
[Source: Crossing Boundaries National Council]
Capitalizing
on Convergence - Non-profits and businesses are
converging - in the value they create, the stakeholders they
manage, the organizations they form and the financial instruments
they use. The era of convergence is upon us. Do you know how
to take advantage of it? Learn more here.
[Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review]
Government
and Communities: Strengthening Neighbourhoods Together -
Policy dialogue is a relatively new technique for building
a shared vision and operational frameworks among governments
and communities. In the spirit of action research, ANC created
a policy dialogue to intentionally explore the neighbourhood
strengthening process across the continuum of collaboration:
sharing information (easiest level of difficulty), setting
common directions, consolidating administrative procedures
and solving problems (hardest level of difficulty). Results,
lessons learned and insights for future public policy are
described. Download the paper here.
[Source: Caledon Institute of Social Policy]
What
Business Execs Don't Know - but Should - About Nonprofits - Business leaders play vital roles in the nonprofit sector.
Yet all too often they underestimate this sector's unique
challenges. In this article from the Stanford Social Innovation
Review, 11 executives who have played leadership roles in
both for-profits and nonprofits reveal the critical differences
between the two, suggesting ways for business and nonprofit
leaders to create a more effective social sector. Learn more here or download the full article here.
[Source: SSIR Update]
Wising
Up: How Government Can Partner With Business to Increase Skills
and Advance Low-Wage Workers - This report from
the Center for Law and Social Policy examines one promising
approach: state and local partnerships with business and industry
to train low-wage workers and help them advance. Read the
report here.
[Source: HandsNet WebClipper]
Part
of the Solution: Leveraging Business and Markets for Low Income
People - How can nonprofits
help businesses create win-win relationships with communities?
A new Ford Foundation report provides clear guidance —
and the answers may not be what you’d expect. The report
is based on seven years of grant-making and research that
the Ford Foundation conducted through its Corporate Involvement
Initiative. Learn more here.
[Source: Center for Corporate Citizenship]
Community-University
Research Partnerships resources
- Really wanted to be there, but couldn't make it
to CUexpo2005 conference in Winnipeg in September? A rich
variety of session notes, presentation information, workshop
details, links, powerpoint slides and more are now available
from CUexpo2005: Community University Research Partnerships:
Leaders in Urban Change. Click here for more.
[Source: WIRA]
The
Reality Underneath the Buzz of Partnerships!
- Foundations think they're doing the right
thing by requiring grantees to form partnerships with each
other. There are, however, two sides to every story, and grantees
share their stories of frustration here. Download the article
here. [Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review]
Reports
from the Aspen Institute - As part of its ongoing
efforts to help foundations, nonprofit organizations, businesses,
and government work together more effectively to solve social
problems, the Nonprofit
Sector Strategy Group at the Aspen Institute has released
a series of publications that include:
In
It for the Long Haul: Community Partnerships Making a Difference
- Want an overview of how and why people from different sectors
should work together? Look over this summary document of real
multisectoral collaborations in the United States and explore
the kind of results they are producing.
Solutions
for America - Multisectoral collaboration
can work! Schools, colleges, local government and businesses
in Cincinnati worked together to establish a mentoring program
that improved the school attendance, academic achievement
and graduation rates of at-risk youth. Information on Cincinnati
youth mentoring is now available on pp. 16 of Whats Already
Out There located here.
Further information on youth mentoring available here.
Wilder
Collaboration Factors Inventory - Interested
in assessing the strength of your collaboration? Check out
the Wilder Foundation’s on-line collaboration self-assessment
and get immediate feedback.
Ben
& Jerry's PartnerShop Program - Ben &
Jerry's has operated its PartnerShop Program--a form of social
enterprise -since 1994. Ben & Jerry's partners with nonprofit
organizations that offer supportive employment and
job training to people who may face barriers to employment.
Local nonprofit partners are exempted from standard franchise
fees and keep all profits to support the mission of their
organizations. For more information on Ben and Jerry's PartnerShop
program and the organizations involved, click here.
[Source: Meeting the Collaboration Challenge]
Corporate-Nonprofit
Partnerships - A recap from the panel "Corporate-Nonprofit
Partnerships: Creating Value in Uncertain Times" hosted
by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits and The St. Paul Companies
Foundation. From the dialogue, five major principles emerged
on overcoming the challenges involved in building effective
partnerships. For more information, click here.
Cooperation
Feels Good - A new study from Emory University
in Atlanta reveals that people cooperate because it makes
them feel good. For more information, click here.
Nonprofit-Corporate
Alliances: Risks, Opportunities, and Guidelines -
This issue of "Snapshots" provides helpful summaries
of NSRF work on alliances and tips for managing alliances.
For more information, click here.
U.S.
National Network for Collaboration's Interactive Training
Package - This network's Interactive Training
Package is written a guide for facilitators to help collaborative,
community-based efforts move forward. Five core units form
the basis for this package and you can find it here.
Partnering
For Sustainability: Managing Nonprofit Organization-Corporate
Environmental Alliances - This report explores
the experience and interactions, both adversarial and collaborative,
between environmental nonprofits and corporations, and the
factors that determine success. Download the full report here.
Working
Better Together: How Government, Business, and Nonprofit Organizations
Can Achieve Public Purposes Through Cross-Sector Collaboration,
Alliances, and Partnerships - This report
details the ways businesses, government, and nonprofits have
collaborated to form partnerships that address problems too
complex for one sector to handle on its own. The report integrates
what has been learned in the Three-Sector
Initiative, a collaborative effort among seven organizations
in the government, business, and nonprofit sectors. Visit
the website here
and access the executive Summary here.
Towards
a new partnership for community building - This
comprehensive report from Imagine highlights the current context
of cross-sector partnerships; the key issues and challenges
organizations face; and the national and international examples
of actions government can take to build a more encouraging
environment for partnership and collaboration. Download the
report here.
[Source: Charity Village]
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