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What strategies should nonprofits implement for high-performing cross-sector collaboration?

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofit interest in cross-sector collaboration is ramping up due to evaporating resources and increased demand for services. The Bridgespan Group reminds leaders that “cross-sector collaboration is a complicated and time-consuming process, given the complexity of the issues and range of stakeholders involved.”

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Research Friday: Ten Types of Collaboration (an alternate view)

ASU Lodestar Center

Models of Collaboration , by professor Mark Hager and Tyler Curry, identifies and describes types of nonprofit collaborations from an analysis of the 177 nominations submitted in 2009 for the prestigious Collaboration Prize. As part of a continuing weekly series, each Friday we invite a nonprofit. Issue Advocacy *.

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Are Social Enterprises Viable Models for Funding Nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Social enterprise models may well offer an answer. Should nonprofits become more aggressive in adopting new business models that can add needed revenue? What are the downsides and dangers in pursuing new models? These social enterprise efforts can add a business model by creating sustainable revenue.

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To Scale or Not to Scale: What Should Nonprofits Consider Before Deciding to Expand a Program for Greater Impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Keep in mind that many of the most complex and intractable social issues that nonprofits face can only be effectively addressed by collective impact, via collaboration among organizations or even across sectors. Who is involved? Are they the best possible actors for the mission the organization seeks to achieve?

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NPTECH Punk

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

From their website: Some of the features that distinguish Hampshire from more traditional liberal arts colleges include student-designed academic concentrations; an active, collaborative, inquiry-based pedagogy; an interdisciplinary curriculum; and a narrative evaluation system. Sounds a lot like Edupunk, doesn’t it? I learned a lot.

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London Net Tuesday January - Resolutions for Learning

Amy Sample Ward

7:00-7:20 - Collaborative learning grid & wrap up. Tags: londonnettuesday collaboration nettuesday onlinelearning events. Agenda : 5:30-6:00 - Networking. 6:00-6:15 - Welcome and Introduction. 6:15-7:00 - Learning discussion groups & idea sharing. 7:20+ - Networking.

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Meet with your finance committee now: Lessons from the Great Recession’s impact on charitable giving amidst current market shocks

ASU Lodestar Center

percent in 2009. percent from 2007 to 2008, and by nearly 32 percent from 2008 to 2009. Second, model out and scenario plan for revenue declines of 5, 10 and 15 percent. This is a time to make informed and collaborative decisions. For example, donations to food banks in 40 cities increased by 2.2 Finally, don’t panic.

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