Intended Audience: Nonprofit executive directors, board members, staff and community leaders interested in exploring opportunities for working together more effectively.

In today’s rapidly changing environment, nonprofits are being called to work smarter, deeper and more collaboratively. From informal cooperation and shared staffing to administrative consolidation and full organizational merger, there exists a broad continuum of collaboration. This interactive virtual session will explore how purpose-driven organizations can assess, initiate and sustain collaborative efforts that strengthen their missions and amplify community impact.

Key Takeaways
✔ Understand the continuum of nonprofit collaboration—from networking to coordination to merger
✔ Identify organizational conditions that enable effective joint work
✔ Gain practical tools to assess readiness and opportunity for collaboration
✔ Learn from real examples of successful collaborative models in Iowa 
✔ Reframe collaboration as a proactive, purpose-driven strategy for mission fulfillment