Collaboratives and Partnerships
Do you find that the same old players are generating the same old outcomes?
Systematically assess your whole community and hand pick the players that will have the most to bring to your objective.
Our analytics enable you to do this.
Collaborative Networks
Interlink assists organizations to more effectively leverage other organizations and the resources they need to achieve their goals. We conduct environmental scans that identify organizations and resources that are inside and outside of a current network, the characteristics and offerings of these resources, and the roles and influence these resources have on the network. Where is the network location of your program within the system of relevant services? Which resources is your program currently connected to? And how might you connect to other resources that are outside your connection? Having an inclusive, big-picture view is critical to building a strong and thriving collaboration.
Whether international, regional, or local, Interlink can generate a global view of your resource terrain from which information and collaborative networks can be strategically tailored and leveraged toward your collective goals.
Developing a Thriving Partnership or Collaborative
Interlink Insights provides collaboratives with critical intelligence about the health of their collective group. All members may be in place and have their appropriate roles, but is there enough innovation between them to merit the time and investment by each participant? Is engagement a ritual or a special opportunity?
Creative Interchange, high value, and resulting outcomes are what make partnerships thrive. Where this energy is prevalent in a group (and where it is not) can be seen in the connective structure of relationships between participants. Knowing where there is spark and where there is inertia provides actionable insights about the quality of the group, undermining fractures, and integrating steps that can capitalize on what is working to remedy what is not working.
Positioning for Collaborative Innovation and Effectiveness
A program’s network location among relevant organizations and resources can determine its access to vital supports. Diminished support can cut into efficiency and effectiveness. Interlink can help programs increase their effectiveness, innovation, and efficiency by assessing their network position. Until your program can see where it is situated in relationship to relevant programs, resources, and service populations you really can’t know if — empirically — if it is located at the center or periphery of where it should be. Interlink can show you where your program is and give you the information you need to build the specific connections that increase your program’s relevance to the field and to the people your program serves.
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If your challenge involves building or managing effective collaborations, Interlink can help.