Building Strategic Alliances

Strategic Alliance Initiative

For years, nonprofit organizations have come together to share resources, joined forces to change their communities and merged to increase efficiencies. Today, there are increasing pressures for nonprofit organizations to collaborate more in an effort to stretch their resources, as well as increase their effectiveness.

This could be a daunting task, but now there is help available to assist organizations to understand, identify and implement healthy strategic alliances. Strategic Alliances can range from a simple sharing of equipment to joint programming to full-scale mergers.

Do you need:

  • More information about the types of strategic alliances and which might be best for your organization?

  • New cost sharing and cost reduction opportunities?

  • Skills to improve your effectiveness that are not available within your own organization?

  • Collaborative partners to better address community needs that you cannot do alone?

  • To expand your services?

Every organization regardless of whether they are thriving or experiencing difficulties should learn more about the value alliances can bring to an organization. We invite you to explore the range of services our Strategic Alliance Initative offers to meet the differing needs of organizations.

Services include:

  • Strategic Alliance Workshop - An introduction to strategic restructuring - Click here to learn more.

  • SMART Matching for Strategic Alliances - An on-line database of organizations expressing an interest in strategic alliances - Click here to learn more.

  • Strategic Alliance Analysis - An in-depth analysis conducted at your organization to determine your need for a strategic alliance - Click here to learn more.

  • Strategic Alliance Consultant - For organizations ready to proceed with a strategic alliance consultants are available to provide valuable guidance through the process - Click here to learn more.

  • Strategic Alliance Legal Services - As an organization proceeds through the process pro bono business lawyers will be available to assist you - Click here to learn more.

To learn more about the Strategic Alliance Initiative call Linda Braun at 248-395-2840 extension 27.

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