Governing a Collaborative Organization
Collaborative organizations require collaborative leadership, but are boards getting in their own way?
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Innovative ways organizations can work together to increase their overall reach and efficacy (more)
Building Real Collaboration into Your Organization
How focusing on the three organizational pillars of culture, people, and leadership can help fuel meaningful collaboration.
When and How to Shut Down a Partnership
In a global development sector tight on resources, partnerships should shut down after accomplishing (or failing to achieve) their missions.
Creating Breakout Innovation
Nonprofits, community groups, and philanthropists are embracing cocreation as a way to engage a wider community in tackling pressing problems.
The Chinese Collectivist Model of Charity
In the West, most wealthy entrepreneurs prefer to give to specific individual causes, by establishing their own foundation, family office, or donor-advised fund. Most Chinese entrepreneurs, by contrast, would rather work together and pursue philanthropy collectively.
Hacking Nonprofit Collaboration
Nine considerations for nonprofits looking to maximize social impact through collaboration.
Microfinancing Teamwork
People are more likely to stick with crowdfunding efforts if they join teams.
Collective Impact on the Ground
An in-depth look at an environmental education collaborative during the early stages of its collective impact process.
Coming Together from a Place of Strength, Not Weakness
Nonprofits are facing increased pressure to develop new and more efficient ways to deliver on their missions. Thoughtful and unconventional collaborations can strengthen the bottom line of nonprofits while delivering added value to their communities.
Barriers to Funder Collaboration and the Will to Overcome Them
Foundation leaders know the social sector needs more and better collaboration for impact, but four barriers often get in the way.