The PARTNER Platform uses data to change the way we build networks.
Whole Network Tracking
PARTNER is a CPRM (Community Partner Relationship Manager) designed to track not just how an organization interacts with its own partners, but how all of them interact with each other.
Scientifically Validated Metrics
A network map is only as good as the data that goes into it. PARTNER is built around our validated metrics, developed through decades of network science research and professional practice.
Mapping & Data Visualization
PARTNER’s robust network analyzer was built with a network science lens to help you quickly explore and leverage network connections. Use GIS Mapping for additional place-based insights.
Relation Quality Analytics
Measure the quality of partnerships and relationships within your network using our trust and value scores to identify connections that can be strengthened and improved.
ROI Tracking & Improvement
PARTNER provides numerous ways to measure your process outcomes and demonstrate collective impact. Track the return on investment from your partnerships to drive impact.
Greater Collective Impact
A shared tracking platform provides partners transparency to reflect on and improve their collaborative processes. This is scientifically proven to lead to better group outcomes.
- Survey your network partners to gather your data
- Use the Network Analyzer to map and analyze
- Translate data to practice with reports & graphics
Adding Method to the Madness
Hear what our clients & partners are saying
VNL is an amazing team of professionals who are actively building tools, like PARTNER, that we need to measure collaboration, networks, and more. They think outside of the box, and they are an innovative partner when it comes to trying to define and measure those things that are innately challenging.
Katie Edwards
- “There’s very little data about what it takes to create effective cross-sector collaboration. What VNL does with network science and data provides real insight into what empowers multi-sector collaboration and networks to advance health in communities around the country and world.”
Kate Kingery
- VNL and their PARTNER network data have been critical components to support County Health Rankings & Roadmaps in analyzing existing networks around the country. VNL provided important training on network science concepts, network mapping and analysis, and SDoH resource allocation within networks. We were able to align health rankings data with VNL’s analysis of inter-organizational relationships and partnerships to identify gaps for targeted outreach.
Justin Rivas
We have worked with VNL over the past five years, and utilized PARTNER to assess the collaborative function of community-based quality improvement learning teams. PARTNER allowed us to assess how we work together for health improvement planning and identify how we can target our efforts to optimize capacity development. It is a pleasure to work with Dr. Varda and her team.
Lea Ayers LaFave, PhD, RN
Our organization used the PARTNER tool in two ways: first, to assess the level of confidence and trust community partners had for the health department, and second, to assist us in developing our strategic plan. Assessing the quality of our partnerships with other agencies and our performance level were essential in order to move forward with our vision of a developing a healthier community. Learning what our partners thought we did well in addition to what needed improvement and expansion is invaluable to our strategic planning process. PARTNER was easy to use and rendered understandable, viable results.
Julia Ruschmann
Recent PARTNER Platform news & updates
Bounding Your Network Brief
Top 10 Tips for Launching your PARTNER Survey
Eight Tips for Designing a PARTNER Tool Survey
Webinar: Cross-Sector Community Network Evaluations: Stories of Success Using the Partner Tool
Webinar: Network Evaluation Using the Partner Tool
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