Collaboration/Evaluation Info Now Available Online Free

As a Foundation Center Cooperating Collection, we are pleased to call your attention to 2 new online electronic resources on nonprofit topics available FREE from the Foundation Center:

• Interested in collaboration? -- http://foundationcenter.org/gainknowledge/collaboration/ has multimedia resources including a database of descriptions of successful collaborations.


• Need help with evaluation? -- http://trasi.foundationcenter.org/ a social impact assessment page where you can read the latest news, connect with peers and explore the database of tools and resources.

Take some time to see if they're useful to you. We'll be showing you through those and some other new free online resources at FOR4NPOs session here on Feb. 2, 2011. Watch for details.

Get Collaboration Basic Info Here July 21

NPO staff and board members:
If you're wondering if merging, consolidating or collaborating should be an important part of your organization's plans to thrive, consider attending this free session from 3-5 pm at the Schlafly Branch library. Attorney Dan Sise will discuss important considerations -- information, laws, regulations, etc. -- nonprofit leaders need to know about before they begin planning how best to work with another nonprofit or business. Pre-registration is required--just e-mail me. The session is cosponsored by NPML.

Coming Here in 2010

The G&FC special events focus for the first part of 2010 is on helping nonprofits learn more about working together to adapt to the changing world of philanthropic economics. For details about all the events listed on our blog calendar (scroll down, right), call or e-mail us.

Thanks also to the specific speakers who have agreed to present: These include Les Johnson and Gail Dickson from ARCHS; Marilyn Sheperd, Fontbonne VP of Institutional Advancement, for AFP; Sue Greenberg from VLAA, and Dan Sise from NPML.

Many thanks to the partner organizations for making these substantive sessions available to you at no charge. For more information about these acronymed organizations, click on their website links at right.

Doing Good Well Together in Bad Times

Two (imho) truly helpful programs here in St. Louis last week (see postings from 10/8 and 10/5 below) included discussions with local organizations who have strategically focused on surviving and growing in these difficult financial times and succeeded. One approach these groups seemed to share was to deliberately and creatively choose collaboration partners.
Some how-to's, what-not-to's and who-t0-withs of nonprofit collaborations and partnerships is the theme of G&FC programming now being planned for early 2010; watch this blog in November for dates and times. Many thanks to our partners -- see their websites at right--for providing the expertise for these programs.
In the meantime, check out one of our books about nonprofit collaboration or one written by Friday's speaker, Dr. Paul Light. We also have the title he recommended, Forces for Good by Leslie R. Crutchfield.