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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.” Recommendations.

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Navigating the Conundrum of Auxiliaries

VQ Strategies

Of course, there are auxiliaries that are adaptable, responsive, and truly collaborative. So, how are these institutions addressing the challenges while also leveraging the strengths of the model? Well, first and foremost, they are proceeding slowly, carefully, and collaboratively. Mapping the Change. A Path to Change.

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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. Ecosystem map visually representing Venture2Impact, the system it operates within and value exchanges between key partners. Adopt A Project.

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Ask a Nonprofit Specialist: Using collaborative inquiry to engage stakeholders

ASU Lodestar Center

Cultivating this discipline of planning can be greatly eased and enhanced by engaging your stakeholders in collaborative inquiry, defined by Jennifer Donahoo as a process that offers participants a systematic way to explore issues and determine resolutions through shared inquiry, reflection, and dialogue. Collecting the data. One of the most.

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A People First Approach To Nonprofit AI Adoption

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When staff are able to map out what the AI can do and what they can do, they get a view of their job role that they have never had before. Applying AI to basic collaboration workflows can offer a dividend of time (and brain space). Nonprofit leaders must be intentional and thoughtful about taking the first steps to AI adoption.

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Nonprofit Cloud Dreamforce Keynote: Deliver Unique Experiences to Drive Impact

Saleforce Nonprofit

Once a year, the global nonprofit community comes together to collaborate, share best practices, and connect at Dreamforce. The new system allows them to visualize their logic model in action across programs in 24 offices in 14 countries. Get the data model right — other mistakes can be fixed later, but not this one.

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Building Capacity for Social Change 2.0

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

These new collaborative initiatives pull together various players (often government, private sector and nonprofits) within an ecosystem, defined by issue and/or place, to coordinate and align their action to drive greater impact. But whether you call it “networked” ways of working, “collaboration 2.0” Call this “social change 2.0”.

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