Stellar Partnerships

JANUARY 24, 2022

Corporate partnerships are at a tipping point in Australia and around the world. As a partnership manager you have the ability to influence and enable companies to demonstrate how they create social good, rather than just talk about it. Yell it with me, nobody puts corporate partnerships in the corner anymore.

Partnership management 130

Partnership management Corporate partnerships Collaboration 130

Be Partner Ready

MAY 6, 2024

In part 1 ( read here ) I explained the difference between the words Philanthropy and Capitalism, Collaboration and Partnership, all Greek words popularised by the Romans. Clearly, it’s important for income generators (fundraisers/corporate partnership managers/BDMs) to know the difference. The result?

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Partnership management Legal Collaboration 130

Remarkable Partnerships

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

We often focus on the task-based nature of the relationship and don’t spend the time to step back and see how our colleague’s expertise in their area of work could add to our partnerships. . Recommendation 2: Create a collaborative culture. Once you know your shared goals, you can then make a plan. .

Corporate partnerships 52

Corporate partnerships Collaboration 52

Be Partner Ready

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Joining forces with Georgia McIntosh, I’m expanding my impact through BePartnerReady.com®, empowering non-profits to forge transformative corporate partnerships and at the same time, ensuring that my legacy is in good hands. Explore options such as corporate partnerships, bequests, even a social enterprise.

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Finance Energy Government 130

Stellar Partnerships

JANUARY 19, 2021

The landscape for corporate partnerships has changed dramatically and 2021 is the time for partnerships to shine. Your corporate partners want more than the warm glow of donating to you; they want to collaborate with you and create solutions together. And next year’s words await another voice. We not Me.

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Collaboration 130

Stellar Partnerships

JANUARY 21, 2024

Culture of collaboration We know that corporate partnerships take a whole of organisation effort, so there needs to be a culture of collaboration to support them. Instead of a feral, winner takes all approach to travel, there is a culture of collaboration and consideration of others.

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Energy Collaboration Government 130

Stellar Partnerships

OCTOBER 8, 2023

The focus on immediate revenue at the expense of impact is killing growth and reducing the ambitions for corporate partnerships. That means a focus on funding for ongoing programs and creating products to sell to corporates. You can get a corporate to buy a sponsorship package, but how will that advance your core mission?

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Collaboration Partnership management 130

Be Partner Ready

APRIL 22, 2024

If they’re tasked with corporate partnerships, they’re often isolated and misunderstood by colleagues (and sometimes) management. We all know the best conversations happen at the water cooler or the bar, fostering new connections and collaborations. This is particularly common in corporate partnerships.

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Collaboration 130

Stellar Partnerships

AUGUST 7, 2022

When you’re working hard to build great corporate partnerships, it can sometimes feel like the biggest challenges are with your internal teams, not your corporate prospects. We warmed up the corporate about the wonderful work being done for children in poverty. Collaboration. The enemy sits behind you”.

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Finance Partnership management Partnership success 130

Stellar Partnerships

MAY 30, 2021

The F word in partnerships is “fundraising”. Corporate partnerships are typically the awkward teenagers in a non-profit family; they look familiar, but it’s an uneasy fit. That’s why partnerships are usually corralled into fundraising. Now, through the partnership, they’re reaching millions of people each day.

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Energy Collaboration 130

Stellar Partnerships

MARCH 20, 2022

Corporate partnerships have evolved over the years and the change has only accelerated with COVID. Here’s a provocative thought- what if corporates stop being your partners and start being competitors? For many years corporates were seen as donors- simply larger and more lucrative versions of individual major donors.

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Government Collaboration 130

Stellar Partnerships

OCTOBER 1, 2023

When organisations ask partnership people to focus on bringing in corporate money, they miss the point. Whilst cash helps to grease the wheels of operations, that’s not what partnerships are all about. This is a great opportunity to leverage your corporate partners and their expertise.

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Value creation Partnership management Energy 130

Be Partner Ready

AUGUST 9, 2021

A business partnership is a little like a marriage – there is usually a common purpose, shared values, collaboration, and mutual benefit. Partnerships (and indeed marriages) often fail when there’s no mutual trust or give & take. And a whole lotta love. Download the infographic here. Take our Readiness Q&A.

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Partnership strategies Business partnerships Collaboration 130

Stellar Partnerships

JULY 4, 2021

The corporate chose some high performing staff to attend and then blog about their experience. What a fabulous way to nurture champions in your corporate partner and create excitement about the relationship. I’m not suggesting the corporate partnership equivalent of a swingers party with keys in the fruit bowl.

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Retail Energy Collaboration 130

Stellar Partnerships

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Corporate partnerships still present untapped potential but the nature of engagement is evolving as more corporates establish their own foundations. These foundations are tax effective vehicles for corporate giving, allowing them to maximise the value of their own contributions and those of staff and customers.

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Collaboration 130

Stellar Partnerships

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Cons The main drawback for matched corporate donations is that they are often transactional, not relationship driven. The longer-term value of a corporate partnership is in growing the relationship, not settling for a series of one-off donations. Timing is another major issue.

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Partnership management Collaboration 130

Stellar Partnerships

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

If non-profits want to find innovative solutions to complex societal problems, then corporate partnerships are the key to success. But there is an underlying reluctant to embrace corporate collaborations, even though businesses are seen as more trusted and more ethical than government.

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Government Collaboration 130

Stellar Partnerships

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

If we applied a vision of utopia to corporate partnerships, can we imagine what life would be like without an income KPI ? That sounds like heresy to most non-profit CEOs; of course you need money and surely corporates can hand over a bigger cheque than most.

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Retail Government Collaboration 130

Stellar Partnerships

JULY 7, 2024

It’s great for major donors but is absolutely the wrong tool for corporate partnerships. To be successful in corporate partnerships, you need to demonstrate the value you bring to a partnership. Case studies: Provide examples of successful collaborations. Why are these needs crucial to your overall strategy?

Corporate partnerships 100

Corporate partnerships Retail Collaboration 100

Remarkable Partnerships

JANUARY 29, 2025

Here are three reasons why using visualisation is an essential tool for successful corporate fundraisers: Visualisation creates clarity by defining goals and the steps needed to achieve them. It energises your team around a shared vision, enhancing collaboration and purpose. Start by putting the date at the top as 31 st December 2025

Corporate partnerships 52

Corporate partnerships Government Collaboration Partnership strategies 52

Be Partner Ready

MARCH 25, 2024

Aside from the hundreds of millions of dollars invested in pink-saturated marketing and 100+ brand collaborations to create hype, why did this movie, starring a 64-year-old doll, create such a buzz? Consider how corporates can help you reach the younger generation. The donors of today will not be there in a decade.

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Collaboration 130

Stellar Partnerships

AUGUST 21, 2022

Whilst it can be uncomfortable, imperfect and occasionally confronting, it is incredibly valuable to get feedback from your corporate partners. Corporate partnerships are built on relationships and it can be easy to get complacent if they’ve lasted a while. Are you seeking feedback and making the most of the opportunity?

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Collaboration 130

Stellar Partnerships

JULY 9, 2023

Then I decided to take up an opportunity with WWF-Australia, which was my first foray into the not-for-profit sector working in impact partnerships. That role was both business development but also managing multi-year quite complex partnerships with large corporates like Woolworths.

Corporate partnerships 130

Corporate partnerships Credit Legal Strategic partnership 130

Stellar Partnerships

APRIL 5, 2021

It helped the charity to shift the partnership from tied program funding to a multi-year, 7 figure commitment to mental health support. Invite your partner to collaborate and create solutions together and you unlock much greater value for your charity. You probably have a diverse portfolio of corporate partners.

Insurance 130

Insurance Banking Corporate partnerships Partnership management 130

Stellar Partnerships

MARCH 4, 2024

Last week we presented at a conference on the principles of pitching for corporate partnerships. It turns out that IKEA is actually the secret weapon in extracting more partnership value. Indeed, some corporates will often say ‘just send me a proposal’. The value of the partnership went from $200,000 to $ 5 million.

Construction 100

Construction Insurance Corporate partnerships Collaboration 100

Stellar Partnerships

MARCH 17, 2024

When you’re building corporate partnerships you need to stand out from the crowd. The Smith Family have a culture of partnerships, which is driven from the leadership down. Who knew that Margot Robbie is a tattoo artist, Beyonce does oil paintings and Tom Cruise is a professional fencer?

Corporate partnerships 100

Corporate partnerships Collaboration 100

Remarkable Partnerships

MARCH 13, 2024

The event focused on how to deliver growth through purpose-driven corporate partnerships. Ghalib Ullah, Head of Commercial Partnerships from Parkison’s UK spoke about their partnership with Next. Last week we held an engagement event for charity leaders. We heard from two key speakers.

Corporate partnerships 52

Corporate partnerships Collaboration Partnership strategies 52

Remarkable Partnerships

JUNE 20, 2023

Include your partnership objectives We often see that agreements aren’t a collaborative process. When you create the partnership agreement it is the ideal time to discuss with your partner what the objectives are, and what success looks like is.

Corporate partnerships 52

Corporate partnerships Legal Insurance Banking 52

Remarkable Partnerships

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Now we are in the cost-of-living crisis it has never been so important to maximise your corporate partnerships potential by building strong internal partnerships. Partnerships often demand short deadlines and have ambitious targets, so you need to ensure everyone is onboard.

Corporate partnerships 52

Corporate partnerships Credit Collaboration 52

Remarkable Partnerships

APRIL 26, 2022

It can be all too easy to find ourselves in a negative news cycle – the Cost of Living Crisis, the war in Ukraine, the Great Resignation – and imagine that corporate partnerships success is impossible. Lyn Prodger, Partnerships Manager at AFK, tells us that the key to her corporate partnerships success is being consistent.

Corporate partnerships 52

Corporate partnerships Partnership management Partnership success Retail 52

Remarkable Partnerships

APRIL 20, 2021

Here we share our five lessons for account management that we have learnt from the past year: Link your partnership to the pandemic. So it’s vital that your corporate partnership is relevant to the pandemic so it’s part of their recovery plan. And those are the partnerships that last the longest and make the greatest impact.

Corporate partnerships 52

Corporate partnerships Partnership success Partnership management Collaboration 52

Remarkable Partnerships

APRIL 11, 2022

Not having enough time in the day is the most common challenge facing corporate partnerships professionals. By mapping your current partnerships against the Boston Matrix (image below), you can see…. Difficult conversations are bound to occur in even the most collaborative and authentic of partnerships.

Partnership management 52

Partnership management Legal Corporate partnerships IT partnerships 52

Remarkable Partnerships

JULY 1, 2020

Corporate partnerships is still in its infancy. How to achieve strategic partnerships is not as well understood as how to secure major grant funding. One of the main things we found was the collaboration continuum, which we have adapted from Austin and Seitinedi.

Corporate partnerships 52

Corporate partnerships Strategic partnership Collaboration 52

Remarkable Partnerships

AUGUST 20, 2024

My journey from corporate sceptic to passionate advocate for company-charity partnerships has been transformative. The collaboration between Nomad Exhibitions and SolarAid highlights how shared-purpose partnerships can harness the power of both sectors to drive positive change.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Corporate partnerships Partnership strategies 52

Remarkable Partnerships

MAY 8, 2024

Honest and collaborative. Strong attention to detail. Excellent organisational skills. Personal attributes Flexible, with a can-do attitude. Proactive, positive and solution focused. Energetic and enthusiastic. Please send your CV and a covering email to georgina@remarkablepartnerships.com by 5pm on Friday 17th May.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Corporate partnerships 52

Remarkable Partnerships

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Building empathy and collaboration, employees are able to understand the social and environmental issues that relate to the company’s purpose and make a really important contribution. Known as either pro bono or skills-based volunteering, employees can offer their expertise, providing consulting or mentoring services.

Strategic partnership 52

Strategic partnership Government Collaboration Corporate partnerships 52

Remarkable Partnerships

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

ESG unites ESG allows businesses and society to collaborate, to address global and local challenges that affect them both. At the forefront of addressing the most pressing ESG issues and challenges in the world, charities have a great opportunity to provide valuable knowledge and guidance to help leaders transform their companies.

Value creation 52

Value creation Government Corporate partnerships Collaboration 52