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Lessons on collaboration from fairytales
There are lessons to be learned about collaboration from fairytales. Bear with me as I set the stage with this: While standing in line to refill their pixie dust vessels, two beloved Fairy Godmothers...
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Collaboratory at Ringling College sees first multidisciplinary experiences
Relevant. Engaging. Challenging. These are words every college wants to hear from students when they describe their learning experience. For the past year, The Ringling College of Art and Design, in...
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Giving Partner challenge a magnificent demonstration of community support
There’s always a buzz surrounding the Giving Partner Giving Challenge. Why? It combines the best feel-good stories a community has to offer. A burst of pent-up community philanthropy benefiting local...
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Making collaboration a priority in nonprofit work
When leaders of the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida (CEO Rena Coughlin and Director of Programs Kim Govan) asked if I’d be willing to lead a workshop on collaboration for the Community Coach...
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Beyond the merger, nonprofits can come together to benefit clients and others
Jo DeBolt, a partner at LaPiana Consulting, recently penned a blog post about nonprofit merger myths. I appreciated what she had to say partly because it touched on information I’ve collected over the...
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Gallup Research Validates Collaboratory Model
In May 2014, Gallup Education released the findings of its inaugural Gallup-Purdue Index. The study of more than 30,000 graduates revealed that students who felt supported by their professors during...
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Taking on barriers to nonprofit collaboration
If collaborations work, why aren’t there more of them? Let’s look at the barriers to collaboration shared by this study, which was recently published through support from the Lodestar Foundation. Many...
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Insights and learnings from collaboration in philanthropy
Recently published with support from the Lodestar Foundation, this study has inspired my past two blog posts focused on this premise: if collaborations work, why aren’t there more? Today, I’m...
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Becoming a collaborationist and the future of collaboration
This is my fourth — and final – post about the collaboration study funded by the Lodestar Foundation. The first three were reflections, but this one is focused on the future. I participated in the...
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Why support a collaborative effort to advance nursing?
People who know even a little bit about The Patterson Foundation (TPF) know that it’s not a typical foundation. Rather than having a large staff, soliciting funds, administering an annual grant cycle,...
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‘People Power’ drives Suncoast Nursing Action Coalition
The Suncoast Nursing Action Coalition (SNAC) is a group of people working together for a common goal. SNAC is focused on creating something new through the strength of collective people power; people...
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Collaborative success means viewing things through a new lens
Collaborating isn’t just a good idea. It’s necessary because even relatively simple ecosystems cannot be understood from a singular perspective, and although collaboratives are often necessary for...
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Finding building blocks for success
The Patterson Foundation is always seeking a greater understanding of the elements contributing to transformation — and often evaluates these elements through the work it supports. The Suncoast Nursing...
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Grantmakers in Aging Conference participants co-create AMP Philanthropy Network
This year’s Grantmakers in Aging Conference (GIA) theme “Soaring into the Future: Seeking New Horizons in Aging and Philanthropy” was well captured by two pre-meeting special sessions about the Aging...
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Creating Collaboration Soup
Kudos to GEO for taking on the collaboration space during the GEO Collaboration conference. Everyone demands it. Success can be elusive but rewards transformational. What I know—and affirmed by...
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Celebrating the Age-Friendly Sarasota journey
As we look ahead to the New Year, we’re reflecting on and celebrating some of the milestones of Age-Friendly Sarasota’s first year to recognize the contributions made by so many throughout our...
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