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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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How Cross-Sector Collaboration is Helping Fight Youth Unemployment in Boston

Connection Cafe

Inspiration can come from an assortment of places, but to be connected to collaborative opportunities you need to have relationships across different organizations in your community. John Hancock was approached by the mayor of Boston in 2008 with a collaborative opportunity that falls in the latter category.

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Decade of Nimblers: A celebration of our staff

Nimble AMS

Our customers are the most amazing and collaborative people I have ever worked with. There are many examples where our most innovative features have come out of client collaborations, like Nimble AMS Member Lapse prediction, or One Payment, etc. . and two Boston Terriers, Louie & Oscar. Ajay’s background. The culture!

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Collaborative Models for Capturing and Sharing Conference Notes at Nonprofit Gatherings

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

So, I wonder what collaborative thinking through our fingers might look like when it comes to capturing and sharing notes from conferences, dialogs, meetings or informal gatherings. This model can also be scaled to an entire blog community platform. Take for example, the netsquared conference.

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Developing a Panoramic Perspective through Cross-Sector Communities of Practice

Connection Cafe

We also participate in communities of practice ourselves and have observed some particularly successful collaborations over the years. We are excited to share three models of communities of practice and some of the inspiring individuals and organizations that lead them. Skills for Cities. NYC Service: NYC Corporate Service Coalition.

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Rethinking corporate social responsibility

ASU Lodestar Center

Twenty years ago, I was privileged to serve as a senior consultant and trainer with the newly created Center for Corporate Community Relations at Boston College (now the Center for Corporate Citizenship). Notwithstanding countless initiatives and grants to address this dilemma, the business model problem remains.

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4 bbcon Takeaways for Philanthropic Organizations to Power 2019 Planning

Connection Cafe

If you’re just starting this process, consider the creation of a logic model. Once set, all future actions can be compared back to the model. Takeaway #4: Collaboration is necessary to solve the big issues today. . If it doesn’t align with those goals or power the outcomes you want to see, don’t put resources behind it.