During the Network Leadership Training Academy August Session, Abby Charles joined us to discuss how equity plays a role in coalitions and networks of partners. Whether you’re working to improve health outcomes, education opportunities, or protect the environment, bringing an equity lens to your coalition
We are excited to introduce Display and Skip Logic – two new features for PARTNER Surveys. These powerful new tools allow you to build more customized surveys, skipping ahead or displaying certain questions based on previous questions. For example, you can ask respondents what role
Last winter, we conducted a survey of network leaders to identify the top issues they’re dealing with. One of the top responses was sustaining network engagement: keeping partners involved and committed to their participation in the network over the long-term. It’s typical for engagement to
As more and more change agents build, manage and evaluate networks to reach their goals, we’ve worked to provide tools training to help the community advance their work. Over time, we took time to think about the moral and ethical dimensions of network leadership to
In this age of social distancing, it’s harder and harder to work with partners in our networks to reach common goals. We’ve found great success from a number of tools for partners to collaborate online. Some are community platforms, others help with communication or project
The Many Benefits of Using a CPRM… A Community Partner Relationship Management System allows you to track, manage & leverage your interconnected network of partnerships. Whether you’re a University managing community partnerships, a Government Affairs Department tracking your policy ecosystem, a CPRM offers many benefits
Many churches value local connections and partnerships, but, too often, churches and similar faith-based organizations look to make an impact only among their congregations and immediate constituents. My experience is that these two pieces go hand-in-hand. For local churches to broaden their reach and more
Today it’s common to use a network approach to build and leverage cross-sector partners for collaborative impact. However, very few organizations are evaluating these tactics and strategies to demonstrate their progress and find ways to improve. Collaboration in a network requires time, energy and resources
The Era of the Ecosystem Strategy This is the era of the ecosystem strategy (citation), the latest intervention to build an adaptive workforce, tackle wicked social problems, and solve the problem of insufficient resources when going it alone. For decades the nonprofit sector has called
I’m not going to lie: I’m a pretty amazing visionary. I’m great at getting people excited about something, moving them to acton, getting them to join me in a cause or movement. I’ve started a number of clubs, coalitions, networks, and organizations …even city-wide, cross-sector
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