“This toolkit is based on the lessons learned from the national and community partners involved in the Genetics Education Needs Evaluation (GENE) Project. The GENE Project was a 5-year program funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration to investigate the genetics education needs of
“These tools were originally developed by WWF-UK’s Organisation Development Unit in 2001. … Since the toolbox was originally produced it has been used extensively with partner organisations. The tools have been used both in the UK and internationally — for example with civil society organisations
“This Best Practices Guide is intended to assist commercial and government entities in the process of organizing and executing a collaborative solar purchase. … The guide outlines a list of best practices, which together constitute a 12-step process to capture the economic and practical benefits of
“In the spirit of stewarding collaborative change, Alberta Education, the Alberta School Boards Association (ASBA), the Alberta School Councils’ Association (ASCA), the College of Alberta School Superintendents (CASS) and the Alberta Teachers’ Association (ATA) formed the Collaborative Practices and Partnership Team. The team’s goal is to advance
In 1966, Mary Catherine Swanson, a young high-school English teacher, recognized that a traditional method of dividing students based on perceived abilities left a group of capable but underachieving students underserved. Convinced that with appropriate training and encouragement these students could excel in her advanced
Despite spending $25 billion over 30 years fighting a “war on gangs,” the City of Los Angeles saw gang participation and violence mushroom. In 2007, Los Angeles had more than 700 individual gangs with 40,000 members. In response to the crisis, Constance Rice, Co-Director of
In the early 2000s in New York City, tens of thousands of animals were euthanized each year in shelters due to a lack of public awareness of the adoptable animals available. Many groups worked independently to find homes for these animals, but a lack of
“In the more than 125 years since Robert's Rules was first published, many other approaches to group work and organizational activity have emerged. The goal of this Guide and the full [Consensus Building Handbook] is to codify the ‘best possible advice’ to groups and organizations
This study explores the relevance of intersector collaborations — collaborations across the business, government, and non-profit sectors — in the context of the Boston Innovation District. Understanding how city-level innovation districts can harness the strengths of each sector is particularly important in an era of
“This report describes developments in the new generation of cross-sector collaborations for education and presents findings from a scan of such initiatives across the United States. We describe the broad ecology of cross-sector collaborations for educational improvement and examine various rationales for the current interest