HIGHLIGHTS OF CommonBond SERVICES

Strategic Solutions for Nonprofit and Social Enterprise Organizations

Our strategic solutions phase helps nonprofit and social enterprise leaders answer the following questions

• What is our motivation for beginning this exploration?
• What is our capacity for change or restructuring?
• How do we develop new approaches while keeping our mission at the forefront?
• What kind of outcomes do we expect?

Our consulting offerings take the shape of practical information offered via our website, training materials, technical presentations, partnership plans, coaching at all leadership levels, technical consultation, and a unique online tool to foster relationships between organizations and begin partnership identification.

Shared Operations and Services

Nonprofits have always collaborated in the provision of services to their clients.  The current economic climate presents opportunities to lower costs through sharing administrative services in the areas of human resources management (HR), finance, and information technology (IT).   CommonBond helps non-profit organizations:

• Pinpoint under-utilized program and/or administrative capacity.
• Create plan to identify and connect with target markets.
• Identify and establish operational controls required
• Facilitate partnerships.

Structural Design

We work with board leadership and staff to design and implement a plan to effectively integrate all or part of one organization with another.   Our consulting staff will work with clients through the processes of:

Assessment                                   Negotiation                                           Implementation

Going the Distance

The initial acts of collaboration or merger need to be supported for success over time.  To address, upfront, obstacles that may appear at any time in the new organization’s lifespan, CommonBond:

• Helps organizational leaders explore and develop plans that addresses the basic tenets of organizational change
• Identifies markers of success
• Works through human resource issues
  

Innovative Online Tool to Facilitate Partnership Identification

Available only to CommonBond clients – the CommonBonder ™  

A robust interactive web portal specifically focused on organizational collaborations. Based on level of subscription, clients will have access to:

• An easy-to-use, interactive website with data and resources to advance the field’s understanding of the benefits, costs and processes involved in sharing services, collaborating or merging.
• A discussion forum available at no cost to any interested nonprofit leader.
• A blog sharing important updates, events, and information from thought-leaders on the topic available to members at a minimal membership cost.
• Tool Kit downloads – assessments, surveys, and other tools that will allow nonprofits to explore their readiness and measure their capacity at each stage.
• A “Partnership Identification “application which will facilitate introductions between nonprofit/social enterprise organizations interested in exploring collaborative relationships.