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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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ZERO TO HERO FOR BULLY ZERO

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However, as an organisation with an urgent and important message, the expanded coverage of that message through corporate partners is as good as – if not better than – cash. To date it has produced two partnerships with additional partnership discussions in motion.

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LESSONS LEARNED FROM A GIANT ‘LIQUORISH ALL SORTS’ SCULPTURE

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No matter how many corporate contacts you or your board has, how many pitches you make, success will not come unless you’re ready. My online training program helps non-profits get partner ready, but if you’d like to know if your organisation is organisationally ready, find out here through our free Readiness Q&A.

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KNOW THYSELF – THE PATH TO WISDOM

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Want to know if your organisation is ready to implement a corporate partnerships strategy? Take our Readiness Q&A to find out. Download the 7-step process here , and watch Hailey explain each step in a 30-minute webinar recording here. The intention exercise is available free if you’d like to give it go!

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ASKING QUALITY QUESTIONS

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Q “WHO is going to drive the corporate partnerships strategy?” ” Another good Who question, and of course I’m going to recommend BePartnerReady.com® Why? Because we have a tried & tested roadmap that’s produced results for numerous changemakers over two decades.

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SOME Roads Lead to Corporate Partnerships

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You’ll not only learn but embed a corporate partnership strategy month by month and by the time you reach Rome you’ll be pitching to – and winning – your dream corporate partners. But here’s the thing: partnerships aren’t plug-and-play. MORE INFO HERE. So, Which Road Will You Take?