Since I started my consulting firm over seven years ago, partnership – brokering, coaching, training and advocating for them, has been a central part of my practice. But sadly, partnership has become a blanket phase to describe many “business as usual” organizational relationships. It is beginning to lose its true meaning. This is especially disillusioning when the term ‘partnership’ is used as a soother, a calmative, to disguise the real challenge and struggle of collaborating meaningfully.
Partnership Brokers Training – Applications Now Open!
We are delighted to announce the Partnership Brokers Association together with JS Daw & Associates and Edmonton Chamber of Voluntary Organizations is now accepting applications for the four-day foundational Partnership Brokers Training course. This course will be held in Edmonton from October 3rd - 6th, 2017. Click here to learn more and apply.
Partnerships at the Heart of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
The 17th Sustainable Development Goal stands out as different from all the others. While the other goals focus on tangible improvements to quality of life around the world, the 17th is the means, the “how” to accomplish the other goals. By highlighting partnerships as the 17th Sustainable Development Goal, and the United Nations has made a call to action for multi-stakeholder collaboration.
Sustainable Development Goals: Why Should You Care?
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were developed through the United Nations in September of 2015 as a means to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Each goal has specific targets lined out with an ultimate goal of completion by 2030. A year has already passed and the goals are gaining momentum.
Innovation: The Power and Truth About Collaboration
This week we are pleased to have a guest blog from UK-based Julie Drybrough of fuchsiablue. She highlights the power of collaboration for outcomes bigger than any one organization could achieve on their own. Done well, it enables innovation, creates greater value and strengthens commitments from a broader range of people and organizations.
Cause Marketing versus Sponsorship - What’s the difference?
At JS Daw & Associates, multi-stakeholder partnerships are core to our business. Partnerships come in many different forms and can be applied across a wide range of situations. The relationships between partners can have varying degrees of depth and length.A question I often get asked is “What is the difference between cause marketing partnerships and sponsorship?”
Principles, Not Playbooks Drive Partnerships
Multi-stakeholder partnerships are more and more seen as a key way to tackle the complicated and complex challenges we face as a society. I am a great champion of the power of partnership and believe that they can really make a significant difference. However, too many collaborations jump head first into the partnership without considering the complicated mechanics of 'how' to successfully partner.
Reflections from the Partnership Brokers Community of Practice
At the end of June I attended the global Partnership Brokers Association’s weeklong Community of Practice. Almost 20 Partnership Broker practitioner trainers from around the world gathered to study and reflect on how to strengthen the partnership process through the emerging profession of Partnership Brokers. The Community of Practice meeting involves sharing new ideas, evolving the training material and learning from thought-provoking discussion. Here are three highlights from the week:
Five Reasons to Sign Up For Partnership Brokers Training this Fall!
If you want to travel fast, travel alone. If you want to travel far, travel together” –African Proverb It can be said that partnering creates a whole that is significantly greater than the sum of the individual parts, and in the process builds greater value than any one partner could achieve on their own. But what does it take to make a partnership successful? What makes some partnership successful and others not?
Partnership Brokers – Training for Stronger Partnerships
In a couple of weeks I leave for London, UK and Wales for the global Partnership Brokers Association’s weeklong Community of Practice. Leading partnership practitioners from around the world gather to study and reflect on how to strengthen the partnership process through the emerging profession of Partnership Brokers. Partnering is critical if we are to create more inclusive and sustainable communities.