Greater Rochester Non-Profit Partners (GRNPP)

Greater Rochester Non-Profit Partners

PURPOSE:

The purpose for the existence of this group is two-fold:

1. To promote collaboration between group members and the organizations which they represent.
2. To serve as a peer support group for member agency directors.

STRUCTURE:

The organizational structure to support this group is (as simply as possible) to allow for members to share information, engaged conversation and fellowship on a monthly basis.  It is suggested that (at least to start) an acceptable monthly meeting time be established, a facilitator be elected to conduct the meetings and act in a communication capacity, and to set a rotating schedule of members hosting the monthly meetings at their place of business or other location of their choosing.  Further, it is suggested (at least initially) to keep meeting to no longer than 75 minutes.  Finally, it is suggested that the meetings be formatted in a way to focus on the group’s two-fold purpose.

GROUP MAKE-UP:

The make-up of this group shall consist of two conditions, including:

1. Agency/organization must be non-profit with a charitable purpose (current alignment with United Way is not a condition) within the greater Rochester Community.
2. The preferred agency/organization representative is, or acts in the equivalent role of, the Executive (or top level) Director.

OUTCOMES:

The main outcomes as a direct result of holding group meetings includes:

1. New partnerships/collaborations between Alliance members that will provide enhanced services/programs within the community.
2. New learning/awareness as it relates to how participants can improve their performance within their agency/organization.  A secondary outcome of this may be that some members of the group may become mentors for other members.
3. Positive networking and fellowship that comes from spending time among peers.

*It is suggested that these outcomes be evaluated on a yearly basis by the members of the group to insure the purpose of the group is being met.

DC3 Collaboration Support

We use DC3 to collaborate:

Meetings

Meetings: Agenda preparation and follow up on meeting minutes

Knowledge Sharing

Knowledge Repository: Share best practices, research results

Feedback and Surveys

Team survey: 2011 Survey

Private forums:

Online discussions