Associated Services Leadership Development, Executive Coaching Collaborative Models, Management & Evaluation Strategic Planning and Operational Assessment Fiscal Analysis, Financial Sustainability Data Collection, Survey and Research Resource Acquisition & Fund Development Philanthropic/Foundation Assessment & ROI Reporting
Services to Support Your Collaborative Models, Management and Evaluation What are the keys to creating and sustaining successful partnerships? Is your organization positioned to become a strong partner or collaborator? Is there diversity of perspective represented by collaborative members? Our collaborative and strategic alliance consulting services provides clear insights to help guide your decisions and approach to new or established networking opportunities. How will you structure the collaborative? Many different models are possible. Each can be called upon to match your organization's culture and desired collaborative outcomes
With a solid background in network governance and collaborative design and evaluation, M.C. Vidas & Associates will assist your group and network structure to maximize contributions by all stakeholders, a critical step to ensure ownership of all principals involved. How do you know if potential partners are a true mission match to the project or collaborative? Do they have the capacity to sustain their involvement? Our team is well versed in providing supportive information and vetting services that help you determine if the partner or group you are considering is a true mission match to your collaborative. The vetting process is intended to strengthen membership, increase diversity and ensure a variety of perspectives.
Addressing Self-Interest Among Partners How can members take credit for their collaborative work without undermining collective effort? What is the value for members as the result of their and/or representative agency's participation in the collaborative? Making sure that partner's self-interest is addressed is necessary to build a strong coalition that is open, transparent and meaningful to all members.
Managing Your Collaborative Do you have a process in place for coordinating and managing incoming and/or potential partnership requests and opportunities? Incorporating essential management elements means the difference between success and failure. Let M.C. Vidas & Associates help your organization build its capacity through its partnership management services. This includes gathering information, the who, what, where, how, as well as, meeting facilitation, goal setting, and resource acquisition.
Partnership Contracts, Benefit Agreements Does your collaborative and/or coalition have a viable partnership agreement? Our experienced legal partners are ready to assist you in drafting community benefit agreement, partnerships contracts, and letters of memorandum. M.C. Vidas also provides on-going management and administrative oversight of the collaborative. .
Training and Workshops Knowing how coalitions work and key principles for success are great first steps in making sure every member understands the dynamics of belonging to a collaborative. M.C. Vidas and Associates' collaborative workshops, presentations and educational sessions create a high level of transparency and a shared awareness of quality among team members.
Different than previous efforts of coordination and cooperation, collaborations represent a new way of doing business where the urgency and expectation of resolving social and economic concerns have never been greater! E. Taylor-Powell, Evaluating Collaboratives: Challenges and Practices, Harvard Family Research Project.
Management
Do you have a process in place for coordinating and managing incoming and/or potential partnership requests and opportunities? Incorporating essential management elements means the difference between success and failure. Let M.C. Vidas & Associates help your organization build its capacity through its partnership management services. This includes gathering information, the who, what, where, how, and how long of the proposed partnership, as well as specific information on the funding agency, program, pre- and full proposal due dates, start and end dates, resources required (staff, space, equipment, evaluation, network support), drafting of partnership agreements, contracts and letters of memorandum, and procuring the closure & sign-offs necessary from key stakeholders. M.C. Vidas also provides on-going management and administrative oversight of the collaborative. Additional services also include fiduciary/financial management, progress reporting and outcome/impact evaluation.
FundinG, Resource Development
Funding partnerships and collaboratives Diversification of funding streams Establishing partnership portfolios & resource development Fiduciary/financial management and outcome/impact evaluation
Evaluation
How close to goal? Measurements and data collection Midterm assessment- an essential tool Stakeholder reports - ROI value, impact and outcomes