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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>The Foundation’s new free class can help.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Understanding Collaboration<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://grantspace.org/Classroom/Training-Calendar/Cleveland/Understanding-Collaboration-2011-11-10-Cleveland">http://grantspace.org/Classroom/Training-Calendar/Cleveland/Understanding-Collaboration-2011-11-10-Cleveland</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thursday, November 10, 2011 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.ideastream.org/home/directions">Idea Center, Jeanette Grasselli Brown & Glenn R. Brown Teaching Lab</a> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1375 Euclid Avenue<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cleveland 44115-1835<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Strategic collaborations, joint programming, and mergers are becoming more and more important to the nonprofit sector every day and understanding your options for working collaboratively to achieve mission-critical impact is a must for today’s nonprofit leaders.<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This new free class, developed in partnership with <a href="http://www.lapiana.org/" target="_blank">La Piana Consulting</a>, will walk you through the basics of collaboration and provide you with:<o:p></o:p></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>an understanding of why nonprofits are choosing collaboration<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>knowledge on the range of collaboration options available<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>a framework for the basic process steps in forging successful collaborative relationships<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>action steps for further exploration<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>access to model collaborations<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Including an introduction to the <a href="http://collaboration.foundationcenter.org/search/searchGenerator.php" target="_blank">Nonprofit Collaboration Database</a>, this premiere presentation of <i>Understanding Collaboration</i> will feature tools that can put your organization on the path to successful collaborative partnerships. A discussion panel made up of distinguished guests who will answer your question about nonprofit partnerships will follow the class. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>Featured presenters and guests:</i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Cynthia L. Bailie</b>, Director, The Foundation Center<br><b>Jo DeBol</b>t, Senior Manager, La Piana Consulting<br><b>Susan L. Eagan</b>, Ph.D., Senior Consultant, Dewey & Kaye<br><b>Deborah D. Hoove</b>r, President, The Burton D. Morgan Foundation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>The Foundation Center thanks <a href="http://www.deacomfdn.org/" target="_blank">Deaconess Community Foundation</a> and the <a href="http://www.bdmorganfdn.org/" target="_blank">Burton D. 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