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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. Instead, they were often blends that involved different levels of partnership and sharing.

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Three Imperatives for the Modern Nonprofit CFO in the Digital Age

sgEngage

Look for allies and collaborators like IT teams, who might provide visibility into major expenses on the horizon and help avoid unexpected costs. Determine which tasks require high-level creativity, analysis, or other human intelligence—and which might be automated. We need to be agile, and our working principles need to be agile.

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How Can Nonprofits Make the Most of Overhead Funds?

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofits may need to consider a blended approach to maximize their overhead funding by choosing the right mix from among these options. Nonprofit Research Collaborative (2012). Any combination of approaches needs to consider both external and internal ways of achieving success. Nonprofit Quarterly , 2. Here’s what charities can do.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

Surveys, interviews, and data analysis can reveal the equivalent of that Rolls-Royce insight – the key emotional triggers, values, and desires of your existing and potential supporters. Collaboration with experienced digital fundraisers is invaluable to learn what resonates. Those insights should drive messaging and campaigns.

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Foundations and Nonprofits: What Does it Mean to “Speak the Same Language”?

Connection Cafe

Literally, put results first, whether in grant discussions and decisions, program design and analysis, or anything else. The annual reports blend together in the same way as do nonprofit descriptions. Collaboration is essential. The big idea as I see it is to speak the language of results together. So how do we get there?

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The Seven Arts Of Change

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Listening is the root of collaboration, root-cause analysis, and effective teamwork. Most important, he teaches business leaders and nonprofit executive directors why they need to change the way they lead change. It is also the single greatest source of establishing unity from top to bottom and bottom to top.

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Business Transformation Only Happens When Employees Equate Change With Deep Personal Growth

Eric Jacobsen Blog

Listening is the root of collaboration, root-cause analysis, and effective teamwork. Most important, he teaches business leaders and nonprofit executive directors why they need to change the way they lead change. It is also the single greatest source of establishing unity from top to bottom and bottom to top.