Strategic Partnerships - Training & Local Case Studies

Join us on March 29 at 5:30 pm for the Strategic Partnerships session of our Nonprofit Essentials Workshop Series. (N.E.W.S.)
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Strategic partnerships can be an effective method to build and sustain nonprofit capacity. If you are considering a future partnership or are just interested in learning more, this workshop is for you! With a well matched partnership your organization can enhance its mission, build credibility, strengthen its brand, engage more individuals, create efficiencies and, most importantly, make a bigger difference in the community. Through the Strategic Partnership Fund, the Community Foundation provides funding for organizations to engage in innovative partnerships. See below for more details on this fund.

Please join us for a one-time, evening workshop and panel at the CNY Philanthropy Center. Due to the size of the workshop, please limit yourself to one attendee per organization.

Featuring:
Doug Sauer
CEO
New York Council of Nonprofits, Inc. (NYCON)

With Panelists:
Tom Dennison, PhD
Professor of Practice, Public Administration, Maxwell School
John Eberle
Vice President, Grants & Initiatives, CNYCF
Pam Hyland
CEO, Girl Scouts of NYPENN Pathways, Inc.
Rob Simpson
President, CenterState CEO

March 29, 2010
5:30 pm to 8:00 pm
Central New York Philanthropy Center
431 East Fayette Street
Syracuse, NY 13202

5:30 to 6:00 pm: Light dinner buffet
6:00 to 7:00 pm: Presentation by Doug Sauer
7:00 to 8:00 pm: Panel: Local Case Studies
Moderated by John Eberle

Cost: $25 per person

You will learn about:
• Strategic Partnerships: Collaborations, Affiliations and Mergers
• Strategic Restructuring & Business Planning
• Opportunities & Benefits
• Pitfalls & Lessons Learned
• Dynamic Synergies & Mission Expansion
• Local Case Studies

REGISTER HERE

About the Strategic Partnerships Fund
The Community Foundation provides grants of up to $25,000 to nonprofit organizations to implement innovative partnership solutions that maximize the delivery of critical community services while making efficient use of limited staff time and financial resources. Specifically, grants support collaborative ventures among nonprofits seeking to enhance or expand goods and services within a new, cost-effective operational model. The Community Foundation anticipates that successful activities will foster wider community dialogue about strategic partnership and restructuring efforts, and that those case studies can serve as models for strengthening the nonprofit sector.

The Community Foundation recognizes that strategic partnerships are by nature challenging. Organizations must be willing to be very transparent; honestly assessing their assets and liabilities, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats across a vast spectrum of strategic and operational concern. The key to success is strong collegial relationships with high levels of trust among leaders entering into discussions and potential agreements. Prior to submission, senior staff and boards are expected to have evaluated their organization’s mission and vision, managerial leadership, board governance, resources, programming, fiscal management and other operational systems. The Community Foundation requires that applicants have undergone an internal evaluation and assessment of their organization, targeting proposed activities toward addressing their most critical challenges. Please visit our website http://www.cnycf.org/ to learn more.

PARKING INSTRUCTIONS
Limited parking will be available in the lot directly in front of the CNY Philanthropy Center. Please do not park in the adjacent lot in front of Joseph’s at the Carriage House. Additionally…There is street parking on East Fayette, East Washington and Genesee Streets. A Murbo surface lot is located within a block of the building; you may enter on East Washington Street, next to Jazz Central. A covered parking garage is located at 300 East Fayette Street.