Nonprofit Fundraising and Public-Private Partnerships
Listen to this video as a podcast. Learn more about the various methods nonprofits use to attract financial support. Consider the top ten reasons individuals and organizations contribute to nonprofits. Increase your understanding of how nonprofit representatives use the term “fundraising” to mean a variety of activities that differ from the Federal Ethics definition of […]
Fundraising Agreements, Policies and Practices
Fundraising agreements are specific to each federal agency. A closer look at the practices of the National Park Service provides insight on the Authorities, Policies and Practices of BLM, USFWS and USFS. Learn more about how the NPS agreements differ as it relates to the fundraising goal as well as the nature of the relationship […]
Business Plan
Consider the uses of a business plan to guide day to day and long-term decision making. Discover how a business plan might support strategic conversations with funders and partner organizations. Learn more about the twelve questions funders ask that can be answered by a business plan. Discussion Questions: What are the benefits of the development […]
Strategic Planning Process and Action
Strategic plans are used to guide the decision-making and actions of an agency or organization, a project or program and a partnership or partnership network. Strategic plans are a tool used to advance the mission, vision and values of an organization, program or partnership, adapt to changing circumstances and determine the people, infrastructure and resources […]
Partnership Impact Evaluation Guide (2019)
By Leigh Goldberg and Amy Mickel, Ph.D. The Partnership Impact Model™ includes the 11 Partnership Impacts, Scaling Up Partnership Impact, the Partnership Impact Roadmap, and the 7 Steps of Partnership Impact Evaluation. The 11 Partnership Impacts is a framework that explicitly highlights the collection of impacts that landscape-scale stewardship partnerships should consider when it comes […]
Generating, Scaling Up, and Sustaining Partnership Impact: One Tam’s First Four Years (2018)
By Leigh Goldberg and Amy Mickel, Ph.D. One Tam’s vision that we can do more for Mt. Tam together, working across boundaries, than we can alone was affirmed in the findings of a four-year (2014-17) independent study—Generating, Scaling Up, and Sustaining Partnership Impact: One Tam’s First Four Years—on the impact and value of partnerships. One […]
Engaging with Communities in Public Land Stewardship, Bureau of Land Management
A Toolkit for Building and Sustaining Effective BLM Partnerships with Friends Groups (February 2020) Purpose of This Toolkit: Due to the challenges of multiple-use management on public lands, the BLM benefits significantly from a partnership approach. This toolkit seeks to address and clarify partnership issues and needs, encourage partnerships with friends groups, and provide guidance, […]
The Tamalpais Lands Collaborative Case Studies (2014-2017)
By Leigh Goldberg Public land agencies have collaborated for many decades, both informally and formally through inter-agency agreements, to share resources, equipment, staff, and information. Recently, we have seen an emergence of more deliberate partnerships with their own identities and priorities and a commitment to building durable relationships. Interest in partnerships is especially growing where […]
What is the FASS-ination? An Appreciative Inquiry Approach
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USDA Forest Service Handover Memo
The Forest Service’s handover memo process enables an outgoing agency leader to share information with their replacement. The challenge of rotating Forest Service line officers is a well-known barrier to community and forest‐level collaboration. It takes time to develop good relationships, and when a key agency contact is transferred, a collaborative effort can stall out […]
