Let's face it, the collaboration process can be a pain in the neck. The Nimble Collaboration: Fine-Tuning Your Collaboration for Lasting Success, shows collaborations how to become leaner, more responsive, more flexible, and ultimately, more productive. In their bestselling book, Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining, and Enjoying the Journey, Michael Winer and Karen Ray describe how to form a successful collaboration. In The Nimble Collaboration, Ray guides existing partnerships into the next stage: becoming more effective. Part I presents the "three Rs" of nimble collaboration: results that are clearly defined, relationships that are deft, and a structure that is resilient. Readers will learn how to determine, describe, and evaluate the specific results everyone wants to achieve—and keep them at the heart of each step they take. The book shows readers how to build trust, reinforce roles, and avoid turf issues and hidden agendas. Part II walks through real-life applications in two typical collaborations: service integration collaborations, and complex problem-solving collaborations. Detailed case studies demonstrate nimbleness in action and give collaborations concrete problem-solving ideas. Throughout the book are samples, examples, and how-tos based on the author's many years of experience consulting with real people in real collaborations across the United States. A special section explains how to write the various documents that bind partners together on paper, including a memo of agreement and a formal governance agreement. Collaborations that involve government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, community-building groups, nonprofits, law enforcement, education, health, housing, arts, social services, business, foundation—you name it—will find hands-on help for making their collaboration satisfying and productive.
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"An EXCELLENT framework. The book contains great pieces of WISDOM FROM REAL-LIFE collaborations." -- Brian Cole, Chairman, Baker County Board of Commissioners, Oregon
"An excellent framework. The book contains great pieces of wisdom from real-life collaborations." -- Brian Cole, Chairman, Baker County Board of Commissioners, OR
"EXTREMELY HELPFUL - tools, examples, case studies, and forms guide the process and journey of addressing problems across sectors." -- Patricia Wilder, Director, Center for Nonprofit Management, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul
"Extremely helpful—tools, examples, case studies, and forms guide the process and journey of addressing problems across sectors." -- Patricia S. Wilder, Director, Center for Nonprofit Management—University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
"FRESH and UP-TO-DATE." -- Julie Suchy, Collaborative Coordinator, Anoka County Children and Family Council, Minnesota
"The BEST how-to-do-it manual I've seen." -- Anita Miller, Program Director, Comprehensive Revitalization Program, South Bronx
"The best how-to-do-it manual I've seen. Clear and confidence-inspiring." -- Anita Miller, Program Director, Comprehensive Revitalization Program (CCRP), South Bronx
"Very concrete and realistic, clearly written, and easy to follow." -- Amelia Kohm, Researcher & author of an upcoming book on nonprofit mergers and alliances, Chicago, IL
"Well-organized, thoughtfully written, full of good examples, easy to understand, and loaded with helpful advice for collaborators." -- Stephanie Kadel-Taras, PhD, Freelance writer and nonprofit researcher
"An excellent framework. The book contains great pieces of wisdom from real-life collaborations." -- Brian Cole, Chairman, Baker County Board of Commissioners, OR
"EXTREMELY HELPFUL - tools, examples, case studies, and forms guide the process and journey of addressing problems across sectors." -- Patricia Wilder, Director, Center for Nonprofit Management, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul
"Extremely helpful—tools, examples, case studies, and forms guide the process and journey of addressing problems across sectors." -- Patricia S. Wilder, Director, Center for Nonprofit Management—University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN
"FRESH and UP-TO-DATE." -- Julie Suchy, Collaborative Coordinator, Anoka County Children and Family Council, Minnesota
"The BEST how-to-do-it manual I've seen." -- Anita Miller, Program Director, Comprehensive Revitalization Program, South Bronx
"The best how-to-do-it manual I've seen. Clear and confidence-inspiring." -- Anita Miller, Program Director, Comprehensive Revitalization Program (CCRP), South Bronx
"Very concrete and realistic, clearly written, and easy to follow." -- Amelia Kohm, Researcher & author of an upcoming book on nonprofit mergers and alliances, Chicago, IL
"Well-organized, thoughtfully written, full of good examples, easy to understand, and loaded with helpful advice for collaborators." -- Stephanie Kadel-Taras, PhD, Freelance writer and nonprofit researcher
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Help Your Collaboration Have Less Pain, More Gain Let's face it, the collaboration process can be a pain in the neck. The Nimble Collaboration: Fine-Tuning Your Collaboration for Lasting Success, shows collaborations how to become leaner, more responsive, more flexible, and ultimately, more productive.
In their bestselling book,Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining, and Enjoying the Journey, Michael Winer and Karen Ray describe how to form a successful collaboration. In The Nimble Collaboration, Ray guides existing partnerships into the next stage: becoming more effective.
Part I presents the "three Rs" of nimble collaboration: results that are clearly defined, relationships that are deft, and a structure that is resilient. Readers will learn how to determine, describe, and evaluate the specific results everyone wants to achieve—and keep them at the heart of each step they take. The book shows readers how to build trust, reinforce roles, and avoid turf issues and hidden agendas. It also provides ten principles of resilience that will make any collaboration more sustainable.
Action steps and examples show you how to apply the "three Rs" Part II walks through real-life applications in two typical collaborations: service integration collaborations, and complex problem-solving collaborations. Detailed case studies demonstrate nimbleness in action and give collaborations concrete problem-solving ideas.
Throughout the book are samples, examples, and how-tos based on the author's many years of experience consulting with real people in real collaborations across the United States. A special section explains how to write the various documents that bind partners together on paper, including a memo of agreement and a formal governance agreement.
Collaborations that involve government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, community-building groups, nonprofits, law enforcement, education, health, housing, arts, social services, business, foundation—you name it—will find hands-on help for making their collaboration satisfying and productive.
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The Nimble Collaboration is rich in observations about making your partnership, coalition or collaboration more effective and satisfying. While it's easy to read, it is probably best for those with some experience in collaboration. One of the best guides on this subject I have read- and I have read MANY!
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- The Fieldstone Alliance Guide to Crafting Effective Mission and Vision Statements by Emil Angelica on page 20, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Collaboration: What Makes It Work, 2nd Edition: A Review of Research Literature on Factors Influencing Successful Collaboration by Paul W. Mattessich on page 3, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Collaboration Handbook: Creating, Sustaining, and Enjoying the Journey by Michael Barry Winer in Front Matter, page 3, and Back Matter
- Final report (CCS occasional paper ; no. 6) by Speyside Project on page 87, and Back Matter
- Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used by Peter Block on page 50, and Back Matter
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- Community Leadership Handbook: Framing Ideas, Building Relationships, and Mobilizing Resources by James F Krile on page 140, and Back Matter
- Forming Alliances: Working Together to Achieve Mutual Goals by Linda Hoskins on page 45, and Back Matter
- Managing to Collaborate: The Theory and Practice of Collaborative Advantage by Chris Huxham in Back Matter
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