The Partnership Development Guide

The Practitioner's Guide to Cross-Sector Partnership

Learn how to build, manage, develop, and scale cross-sector partnerships

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Resonance has taken learnings from 20+ years of partnership building, combining the best tools, frameworks, and thinking to help you build effective, impactful partnerships.

Our free Partnership Guide leads you through the process to take cross-sector partnership from theory into practice, and to move from the case for collaboration to concrete action. 

We help you choose the right partnership model; codesign and close the deal; learn to implement and manage multistakeholder partnerships; and select whether to sustain, scale, evolve, or close a partnership with dignity.

 

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From Problem to Partnership

As problems grow more complex, partnership becomes essential

Pre-Partnership

How do you know whether you should partner at all? We help you choose the right partnership model, identify and prioritize the right type of partners, and build internal alignment to get started.

Sources of partnership value framework

Partnership Design

True cooperation begins in the design phase, co-creating the partnership governance, metrics, and structure. We walk you through the process from first conversations to a signed agreement.

Partnership design tools

Partnership Execution

Congratulations, you made it through the launch of your partnership! Now what? We guide you through implementation, management, and how to measure the work once it is underway.

Section 3: Partnership Execution open book

Evolution and Learning

How do you maintain progress as your initial partnership period draws to a close? We help address how partnerships can scale, evolve, or close with grace -- and how to know which path to take.

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Consultation with a Partnership Expert

Schedule a consultation with our partnership expert. Together, you’ll learn how to find the right partner to help solve your biggest problem(s).

Free Consultation with a Partnership Expert

Discover how to find and create effective partnerships with The Partnership Development Guide.

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