Building Effective Partnerships
What’s in a name?
I often get asked about the origins of the word ‘Rippleseed’. It is a made up word, of course. It captures the essence of what I do and what I believe actually happens in organisations.
Mergers and partnerships are critical for survival in the charity sector
With growing competition for attention and funding and demands for better governance and financial management, charities and NGOs should consider partnerships with others in their own sector.
Sadly, the recent Kids Company debacle has yet
Taking cross-sector collaboration beyond the sound bite
We need more collaboration between business and the civic society is a popular sound bite at high profile global gatherings. The 2015 World Economic Forum was no exception.
It is commendable that cross-sector collaboration
Business partnerships with women for social and economic change
How can business help turn millions of poorest women into profit generators for themselves, their community and business? By partnering with them, enabling access to education, technology, finance. By helping remove discriminatory social barriers.
Refocusing corporate partnerships to build assets
At Rippleseed, I take an assets driven approach to developing strategic corporate-community partnerships¹ .
If companies are to create long term, sustainable businesses, then the communities in which they work and live need to be
Practicalities of responsible marketing – make it everyone’s business in the company
If you want to make real strides in responsible marketing, then take marketing beyond the marketers and brand managers to everyone in the company.