This fun and informative webinar discusses the role of the board in crafting various types of strategic alliances between nonprofits. There’s been a significant cultural shift in the way we view these arrangements—one that deeply informs practice.
FROM THE ARCHIVE: It may be that one of the reasons that mergers are not approached with more enthusiasm is because they are being sold more negatively than they should be. Approaching them as a strength-promoting proposition might work better, no? That said…
While proposals to turn schools into fortresses in the name of safety are absurd, promoting true safety and a community of care is more challenging. A low-income neighborhood school in San Diego shows how it can be done. At Cherokee Point Elementary, teachers, administrators, and staff have embraced a “trauma-informed school” model—with dramatic results in terms of both disciplinary and academic achievement. It is a model gaining traction across the nation.
Nonprofits should pay close attention to what happened after the closing of Architecture for Humanity. There’s a lot to learn about organizational design.
AN NPQ CLASSIC: This article reveals the critical environmental factors in some nonprofits that create fertile ground for shared leadership.
Community approaches to problem solving can take many forms; in this arena, nonprofits benefit from their ability to be nimble and creative. A school and a land conservancy have done just that, signing a memorandum of understanding for an agreement that helps both organizations.
How do nonprofit–public partnerships form, and how are they governed? This important article analyzes the often limited life cycle of such collaborations, which can be challenged by complex power dynamics. After you’re done, enjoy some other articles in this month’s governance series.
Of the 20 finalists for the online giant’s second headquarters, three are in the capital area, and they are thinking of working together to make their bids more attractive.
This partnership joins the social media giant, academic researchers, and several large foundations in an attempt to radically reshape the state of research on social media, civic engagement, and political participation. With that comes some risk.
PREMIUM CONTENT | In order to successfully address our society’s and the world’s most perplexing problems, what’s needed are “large, cross-sector, multistakeholder collaborations and other collective efforts.” Isn’t it time we retire this “Lone Ranger” figure once and for all? This article is part of our recent attempt to advance this sector’s conversations about leadership and collective action.
