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READY, STEADY WOAH HOLD YOUR HORSES!

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When embarking on a corporate partnerships strategy, it’s critical to know that there are two levels of readiness. Often when non-profits and social enterprises consider commencing a corporate partnerships strategy, their first action is to ask the board for contacts within the business sector.

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FAMOUS FLOPS (AND A LESSON IN HOW TO AVOID ONE)

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The Edsel's story serves as a cautionary tale about the importance of readiness and doing your homework. Embarking on a corporate partnerships strategy without prior preparation can also result in failure, even for an established non-profit. Non profits that fail at corporate partnerships often do so for the same reasons.

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BECOMING AN OVERNIGHT SUCCESS: PART 1

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If you embark on a corporate partnership strategy thinking that success will come quickly or, that getting money out of corporates is easy, you’re setting yourself up to fail, in a most spectacular fashion. So, what IS achievable in corporate partnerships? Corporate partnerships is no different.

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PARTNERSHIP AND PHILANTHROPY: LET’S DIFFERENTIATE THEM ONCE AND FOR ALL: PART 2

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Clearly, it’s important for income generators (fundraisers/corporate partnership managers/BDMs) to know the difference. Not to mention that a corporate partnership that is rushed into, carries huge risk. We have a great (free) infographic that details each purse, download it here. The result?

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LESSONS FROM A POP TART

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If you’re not Organisationally Ready to forge mutually beneficial corporate partnerships, no amount of hard work will make you Partner Ready. Discover your Readiness Score today, by clicking here. A presentation, just like a joke, can fall flat if the necessary time has not been invested. 1] [link]

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EMBRACING THE STUDENT MINDSET

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If they’re tasked with corporate partnerships, they’re often isolated and misunderstood by colleagues (and sometimes) management. This is particularly common in corporate partnerships. Support If you’re working within a big, functioning fundraising team, you may feel supported.

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LESSONS LEARNED FROM A GIANT ‘LIQUORISH ALL SORTS’ SCULPTURE

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Standing back, admiring my Alice-in-wonderland-esque sculpture, it dawned on me that the path to success – whether it be a giant liquorish all sorts sculpture or winning a corporate partnership – is very much the same. To win corporate partnerships your organisation must be prepared.