Network, Coalition & Collaborative Development & Preparation for Collaboration
Alliances, coalitions, public-private partnerships, collective impact initiatives, interagency collaboratives, networks… Whether required by funders or voluntarily created to better improve community outcomes, nonprofits and public agencies must work together all the time.
Are individuals within your organization prepared to collaborate? Do they understand what it means, and what they bring to the collective table?
Are you participating in meaningful partnership efforts? Do they help advance your organization’s mission? Do they support results you cannot achieve on your own?
Does your network have in place the foundational elements for success? Is there a shared purpose, effective communication, strong relationships based on trust, a clear decision-making process, and just-enough structure to quickly respond to relevant issues?
Is your collaborative achieving its intended results? Are you measuring and sharing them?
The Strategies Center can work with you to establish a new coalition or strengthen your existing network. We can:
Administer assessments
Provide training on the elements of effective, sustainable collaboration
Guide you through formal consensus decision-making
Help you to develop structure, including membership and agreements
Facilitate strategic action planning
Evaluate your coalition’s work
Serve as the backbone organization to get your collective impact initiative started