If you are looking for more resources on collaboration, check out the following articles, presentations and community resources.

Articles

A Partnership Quotient Self-Assessment, Arthur T. Himmelman

Concept Paper: A Multi-Tenant Center for Boston-area Nonprofits and Community Organizations, Third Sector New England

How Nonprofits Can Work Together, Florence Green

Making Space for the Nonprofit Sector, China Brotsky

Managing Collaboration Risks: Partnering with Confidence and Success, Nonprofits’ Insurance Alliance of California and Alliance of Nonprofits for Insurance

Merger Myths, Thomas A. Mclaughlin

Outsourcing Back-Office Services in Small Nonprofits: Pitfalls and Possibilities (Executive Summary), Study by the Management Assistance Group in partnership with the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

When Collaborations Go Bad, Florence Green

Why Create Multi-Tenant Nonprofit Centers?, The NonprofitCenters Network

Presentations

Collaboration Soup, Delia Horwitz & Paula Vigneault – keynote presentation at the 2010 Collaboration Forum

Karen Baker, California State Secretary for Service and Volunteering – 2009 Collaboration Forum keynote address

Building Collaboration Skills, Florence Green – workshop presentation at the 2009 Collaboration Forum

Learning Collaboration, Florence Green – keynote presentation at the 2009 Collaboration Forum

Community Resources

Cal Poly Learn and Serve Project: The Community Center at Cal Poly has obtained funding to meet with local nonprofit agencies to assess their needs and identify potential projects for Cal Poly students. Cal Poly honor students are looking for project-based activities (such as class or senior projects); this can include marketing plans, engineering, data management, new technology, sustainability or translations. Projects should last for one or two quarters (3-6 months), or can be broken down into smaller projects. Contact Joy Harkins at (805) 756-6749 jharkins@calpoly.edu for more information.

Forum Notes

Event Preparation & Planning Worksheet, Delia Horwitz & Paula Vigneault – workshop handout from the 2010 Collaboration Forum

Cooperating to Eliminate Service Gaps – workshop notes from the 2009 Collaboration Forum