Capacity, Community Resources, and Collaboration
Capacity, Community Resources, and Collaboration
Community partnerships, connected referral networks, and collaboration between organizations play an important role in the long-term survival of nonprofit organizations. After reading the required journal articles and book chapters (in Course Documents), respond to the following Discussion topics:
According to Sowa (2009), what characteristics would two nonprofit organizations need to have in common in order to create a successful collaboration? Why?
- How could nonprofit organizations benefit from collaboration in the area of program service delivery? Why?
- What desired benefit of collaboration was achieved when resource instability or inadequacy was the driver? Why?
- How might service delivery collaboration contribute to the long-term survival of the nonprofit organizations? Why?
- Discuss the similarities and/or differences in capacity evaluation mentioned in the Fredricks (2010) article among the three types of nonprofits in the study: Social services, physical or developmental disabilities, and housing and community development.
- What challenges to evaluation were identified in these nonprofits? What contributed to those challenges?
- How were evaluations linked to broader management initiatives such as strategic management?
Watson, L. D., & Hoefer, R. A. (2013). Developing Nonprofit and Human Service Leaders. SAGE Publications, Inc. (US). https://mbsdirect.vitalsource.com/books/9781483324944
Requirements: At least 350 words.
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