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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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Build a Mission-Worthy Team

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In our models, we assume that astronauts are intelligent, that they’re experts in their technical areas, and that they have at least some teamwork skills. There are role-playing exercises, and the final activity is a cultural fit session. What’s tricky is how well individuals combine.” Our interview process is rigorous.

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How To Transform Work Relationships From Challenging To Collaborative

Eric Jacobsen Blog

“Very few of us ever learned how to be present with another person, to ignore internal and external noise and distractions, and to connect and converse with others in useful or collaborative ways,” affirm the authors of the new book, Bridge The Gap: Breakthrough Communication Tools To Transform Work Relationships From Challenging To Collaborative.

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Build a Digital Ecology–Promote IT Collaboration Across Your Organization

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To become a digital business everyone in the organization must use their IT tools to collaborate. Executives who defer this responsibility convey the idea that digital thinking and collaboration are not a priority. They should be role models who inspire colleagues to see from a different perspective.

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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

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A buddy system helps to reinforce the culture and model the behavior that you want to promote within the organization. That synergy happens when people express opinions frankly and debate in the spirit of collaboration. Exercises like the Myers Briggs Type Indicator will deliver a deeper level of insight.

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How to Enhance Your Nonprofit’s Written Content with Artificial Intelligence

Nonprofit Tech for Good

” Its response neatly explained the nitty-gritty: “ ChatGPT is a large language model (LLM) developed by OpenAI. Google’s Bard is a generative language model from Google AI, trained on a massive dataset of text and code. To understand just how user friendly they are, the best thing to do is to see for yourself!

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Citizen Philanthropy: Delivering Impactful Pro Bono Support From Anywhere

Saleforce Nonprofit

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Venture2Impact (V2I) — a nonprofit organization based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada — had a business model that was entirely based on global travel. We developed stronger relationships within our team and across regions — even as we collaborated on this project from our homes.