Sustained Collaboration Network Podcast
Are you a nonprofit or social impact leader curious about how to make your collaborations more effective? This podcast mini-series, created by the Sustained Collaboration Network and the Network for Nonprofit and Social Impact at Northwestern University, highlights the stories of funders and leaders with impactful integrated organizations (e.g., mergers, asset transfers), shared projects, shared service agreements, and alliances/networks. The podcast builds on two reports, available at sustainedcollab.org, with over 20 case studies highlighting practices that produced positive outcomes for collaborations.
Episodes
8 episodes since 2024
Evolving an advocacy alliance: Philanthropy California
Philanthropy California is a 10-year-old alliance between Northern California Grantmakers (NCG), Catalyst of San Diego & Imperial...
May 09, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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38:19
Can sustained collaboration help save journalism?
In this episode of the Sustained Collaboration podcast, I talk with Nico Leone, President and CEO of KERA - North Texas Public Broadcasting, about Arts Access. Arts Access is a joint pr...
May 02, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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21:58
Philanthropic Funders' Perspectives on Sustained Collaboration
In this episode, I talk with Margaret Black of Lyda Hill Philanthropies,
April 25, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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33:37
Asset transfers as a strategic social impact tool
In this episode, we talk about asset transfers. Asset transfers occur when a nonprofit gifts part or all of its assets to another organization. In this episode, we feature three conversations. The episode begins with a conversation with...
April 18, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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47:13
DVBEDS: An alliance supporting domestic violence survivors
In this episode, I talk with Paige Flink, former CEO and board member of The Family Place, and
April 11, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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32:47
How to build a shared service collaborative: Lessons from ECOST
In this episode, we are talking about shared service collaboratives. Shared service collaboratives occur when organizations coordinate activities to create more efficient or higher-quality operations. This episode features a conversation with <...
April 04, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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33:24
Mergers for Greater Mission Impact: The Rebuilding Exchange
In this episode, we focus on mergers, an underutilized tool for social impact in the nonprofit sector. This episode features an interview with Aina Gutierrez, Executive Director of the Rebuilding Exchan...
March 28, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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38:17
The support sustained collaborations need to be successful
In this podcast episode, host Michelle Shumate talks to four initiative managers from the Sustained Collaboration Network:Nora Hannah - Arizona Together for ImpactKate Piatt-Eckert - Mission Sustainability Initiative Karen ...
March 20, 2024
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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30:52