Strategic Alliances: Collaboration, Shared Services, and Mergers
Date: Wednesday, August 12
Time: 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Greenlights
Fee: $50 Greenlights Members ($85 Non-members)
Presenter: Matt Kouri, Executive Director, Greenlights for NonProfit Success
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In the nonprofit world, collaboration is not just a warm and fuzzy concept that makes us all feel better about our work. It is a critical component of how we do business, able to make up for some of the resources we often lack within our own organizations. A recent Greenlights study shows that Central Texas has more than our fair share of nonprofits, and our nonprofits are disproportionally small as well. These facts make collaboration and strategic alliances between nonprofits even more important. Join us for this workshop which will explore the many forms of strategic alliance-building, from simple coordination of activities, to sharing services such as administrative staff and office space, to all-out formal merger of organizations. This workshop will teach you how to critically evaluate your most important nonprofit relationship, show you real examples of collaborations that work, and help you develop an actual plan for enhancing your organization’s capacity and resources through strategic alliance-building.
As Executive Director for Greenlights, Matt Kouri leads the organization’s efforts to strengthen Central Texas through extraordinary nonprofit performance, consults directly with a number of nonprofits, and develops leading-edge research and best practices in nonprofit management. Matt joined Greenlights in 2007 after spending more than 11 years working to improve the public and nonprofit sectors in Austin and across the country. Matt most recently worked as a Senior Manager with Deloitte Consulting’s Austin office. Prior to Deloitte, Matt worked on educational policy issues for the Chicago Public School System. Matt’s expertise spans a number of areas, including board governance, organizational assessment and improvement, strategic planning and execution, financial and operational management, human capital talent development, leadership development and coaching, technology adoption, and K-12 educational achievement. Matt holds an MBA and a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Chicago and an undergraduate degree in economics from Oklahoma State University.