How can partnerships help the nonprofit sector navigate legislative hurdles, new leadership, and antiquated business models? In this audio lecture, recorded at the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s 2011 Nonprofit Management Institute, Tides CEO Melissa Bradley shares the opportunities she sees for increasing scale and impact through partnerships. Her lecture examines the current landscape of the social sector, and explores what the terms scale and impact should really mean. Citing a number of case studies, including collaborations between for-profits, nonprofits, foundations, and even unions, Bradley provides insight into what makes partnerships successful and offers up best practices for organizations looking to work together.
Melissa Bradley is CEO of Tides. Prior to Tides, Bradley founded and served as managing director of New Capitalist, an organization that leverages human, financial, and social capital to create economically profitable and sustainable individuals, businesses, and communities. Bradley is founder of Reentry Strategies Institute, the only national criminal justice intermediary explicitly focused on reentry. She founded The Entrepreneurial Development Institute, an international organization serving youth and their families. Bradley has served as a senior adviser to the Center for American Progress, a consultant to the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, and a senior strategist for Green For All.
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