Collaborative
organizations are an emerging form of organization -- an
organization of organizations, agencies and groups that
work together for a common goal.
Advocates for public policy
often call these gatherings coalitions.
Joint programming
initiatives organize groups as alliances.
The catchall terms of
network and partnership are also used whenever two or more
organizations come together to operate for mutual benefit.
Whatever they are called,
they can often be difficult to arrange and manage.
Does your organization
experience these challenges?
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Is there a climate of
burnout and distrust from previous attempts to partner? |
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Can you get stakeholders
into a room but then don’t know what to say? |
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Is there a history of
destructive competition and conflict? |
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Do your meetings go
around in circles without a decision? |
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Do your action plans
gather dust? |
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Does your group
get in stuck in conflict that seems irresolvable? |
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Are there unspoken power
dynamics at work? |
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Does one person do all
the work? |
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Do members sit on
valuable information for personal reasons? |
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Are funders forcing
member organizations into unhappy partnerships? |
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Are you working
without a game plan? |
There are Solutions!
With more than 20 years
experience in training and developing collaborative alliances within
organizations and through coalitions, alliances, networks and
partnerships, Joan Roberts Consulting has developed programs, manuals
and an on-going newsletter aimed at building great organization skills
for NPO and NGO staff and administrators.
Joan Roberts and her team
can teach you how to:
