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CityMum : CityShade : Style In - Sun Out

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CityMum of the Season. CityMum was started by New York City based mother, Micaéla Birmingham, inventor of the CityShade. She created this product for her own baby after being fed-up with shading her stroller with a blanket. Soon, other mothers started stopping her on the street asking where they could buy this stylish shade. To support paid maternity leave for all mothers in the USA. Logo Design: Stephanie Borgese. Web Design: GT90 Design.

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Building Effective Relationships « Collaboration Coach

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Strong and productive relationships are at the heart of successful collaborations. Yet fostering them often takes more time and resources than you’d expect due to the challenges of negotiating mutually beneficial outcomes, coordinating activities and addressing conflicts. If you invest in choosing the right partners, nurturing trust, creating effective communications and establishing good conflict management processes throughout the life of your collaboration, you’ll be better equippe...

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Investing in Collaboration « Collaboration Coach

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In an environment where funders are placing increasing pressure on the charitable and not-for-profit sector to work together, organizations can commit to collaborations on the fly without taking the time to make thoughtful and informed decisions. Not only is it important to ensure that your organization is ready to effectively develop and sustain collaborations, it is also critical to assess the value of your investment of time and resources in each collaboration. Setting and Monitoring Direction.

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Getting the Work Done « Collaboration Coach

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Getting the Work Done. Getting the work done in a collaboration is more complex than in an organization because there are independent partners each contributing in a variety of ways and with different levels of capacity. It’s also more challenging to hold partners responsible for delivering on commitments. A collaboration manager or coordinator can help by facilitating actions, motivating partners, coordinating activities and mediating between the many interests and needs of partners.

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Setting and Monitoring Direction « Collaboration Coach

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Setting and Monitoring Direction. Finding a shared purpose among partners and agreeing on outcomes, strategies and activities is a key to collaboration success. Your shared directions will evolve over time so build in processes to reflect on the outcomes and monitor performance at each developmental stage. When partners decide they’re unable to continue or your collaboration reaches its logical end, you’ll need to ensure that closure happens in a positive and productive way. Leave or End a Collaboration.

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Understanding Collaboration « Collaboration Coach

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Come to a Shared Understanding About Collaboration. Map the Stages in the Life of a Collaboration. Setting and Monitoring Direction. Getting the Work Done. Project Funding provided by. Thank you to our consulting partners:.

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Creating Shared Governance « Collaboration Coach

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Collaborations require different kinds of governance than traditional organizations. Structures and processes enable diverse partners to mobilize resources for collective goals and, provide opportunities for joint decision-making and delivery of complex accountabilities. To be successful governance is best designed to fit the collaboration’s unique set of outcomes and characteristics. Then the understanding about governance structure and processes can be captured in a document and conti...

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Collaboration Coach – More Than a Tool Kit « Collaboration Coach

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Collaboration Coach – More Than a Tool Kit. Since 2001, Capacity Builders has provided affordable training and management support to a wide-range of not-for-profit human service organizations across Ontario. We support Managers, Supervisors and Front-Line Staff so they are equipped with the right knowledge and skills to provide quality service. Capacity Builders is a division of the Ontario Community Support Association. A registered charity. www.capacitybuilders.ca. Heather Graham Bio (pdf). Karen Kirkw...

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Feedback « Collaboration Coach

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We welcome your feedback and insights about the Collaboration Coach. Your comments will help us identify what’s working well, areas to improve, and how we might expand the site in the future. Please take our three-minute survey:. Or, if you prefer, please email your comments to Capacity Builders:. Join Our Mailing List. Setting and Monitoring Direction. Getting the Work Done. Project Funding provided by. Thank you to our consulting partners:.