Be Partner Ready

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Corporate partnerships are emerging as a beacon of hope. These partnerships can provide flexible, untied funding (if you present the right proposition to the right person at the right time) but also offer access to invaluable corporate expertise.

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Remarkable Partnerships

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

We know it can be difficult to build corporate partnerships in this challenging economic climate. They’re persistent because they know that building corporate partnerships requires playing the long game. That’s why we held a free webinar to support charities to build momentum during tough times.

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Be Partner Ready

JUNE 8, 2025

Hailey Cavill-Jaspers Recognition Prime Minister's business & community partnerships award in 2003. Finalist in the AFR (Australian Financial Review) corporate partnership awards in 2004. It’s a blueprint for building a social impact program that’s built to last.

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Stellar Partnerships

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Which leads me to the next practice that bedevils corporate partnerships. Not understanding your cost to deliver Of course, you’ll be offering benefits to a corporate partner. Trying to do everything by yourself We know that partnership people are creative, resourceful and hard working.

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Stellar Partnerships

MAY 25, 2025

Whilst it can be uncomfortable, imperfect and occasionally confronting, it is incredibly valuable to get feedback from your corporate partners. Corporate partnerships are built on relationships and it can be easy to get complacent if theyve lasted a while. Are you seeking feedback and making the most of the opportunity?

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Stellar Partnerships

MAY 12, 2025

Corporate partnership roles are usually better paid than the average fundraiser, attract people with a broad mix of skills and highly sought after. Every CEO I know wants to diversify income and developing partnerships is top of the list. Is leadership willing to put the operational elements in place?

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Stellar Partnerships

MARCH 9, 2025

In corporate-community partnerships we see this problem regularly. An organisation commits to building corporate partnerships, sets some goals but often comes up short. Corporate partnerships come with risks to your brand and reputation and must be managed carefully.

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Stellar Partnerships

APRIL 13, 2025

Do you have a niche audience that a corporate is looking for? Unlike romances, opposites dont attract in corporate partnerships. But you need the input and expertise of your colleagues to nurture, win and sustain partnerships. If youre getting stuck with corporate partnerships, go back to the basics.

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Stellar Partnerships

MAY 4, 2025

Corporate partnerships are often seen as the problem children of the fundraising family. The post What to expect when youre expecting a partnership first appeared on Stellar Partnerships. Prospective parents try their best to put the basics in place for their child.

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Remarkable Partnerships

OCTOBER 16, 2024

I am passionate about corporate-charity partnerships because of the positive impact they make on the world. A great example is the partnership between Fever Tree and Malaria No More. They also deliver significant benefits for the company and the charity.

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Stellar Partnerships

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

Do you have a niche audience that could be valuable or hard to reach for a corporate? One Girl was a small charity with only 4 staff when they won their first corporate partnership with Carmans. How engaged are they during the year?

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Remarkable Partnerships

JUNE 17, 2025

80% say corporate partnerships are very or extremely important to their fundraising. However, fewer than 20% are confident of hitting their corporate partnerships targets this year. In other words, corporate partnerships have never been more vital – or more difficult to secure.

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Be Partner Ready

AUGUST 6, 2025

Don’t Just Wander, Follow the Map When I landed a corporate partnerships manager role at the NSPCC in London back in 1991, I was brimming with enthusiasm - but I didn’t have a clear strategy, despite 12 years on the corporate side!

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Remarkable Partnerships

MARCH 25, 2025

Last weeks Corporate Partnerships Everywhere conference was an incredible injection of inspiration and advice from expert speakers. Building corporate partnerships is like making wine Matt Turner from Creative Pod said that building corporate partnerships is like making wine.

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Stellar Partnerships

JULY 20, 2025

If you want to connect with CSR people to explore a corporate partnership, then an approach led by empathy and understanding is going to get a warmer reception. There is a myth that CSR professionals are sitting on a limitless bucket of money and are dying to get your unsolicited proposal.

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Remarkable Partnerships

JANUARY 29, 2025

— Do you want to transform your corporate partnerships results in 2025? Its all about taking baby steps, every day, to deliver your vision. Whats the one thing that you will do today to make your year remarkable?

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Stellar Partnerships

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Corporate partnerships people are unique. Some of the biggest challenges in corporate partnerships are the myths and inaccurate assumptions about what constitutes a partnership and what a partner is willing to do for your non-profit. Someone else’s successful partnership may not be a good idea for you.

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Stellar Partnerships

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

There are also lots of parallels to be drawn with corporate partnerships. Understanding how to play corporate partnerships is very similar to understanding chess. Let’s look at some of the parallels between chess and corporate partnerships: You need to understand the rules. Why do we bother? You’ll burn out.

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Stellar Partnerships

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Corporate partnerships can deliver incredible results, but they do come with risks. Its best to be prepared for the four main risks that can derail a partnership. The example of Hooters showed that every non-profit needs to consider its core values and whether the partnership is a good fit. Misalignment of values.

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Stellar Partnerships

MAY 16, 2021

Good leadership is critically important to light the fire for successful corporate partnerships. It’s not enough to rely on the talent of a few partnerships people. Leaders need to build the scaffolding that enables partnerships to be sustained and grow for years to come. It’s not the same as lighting a fire under people.

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Stellar Partnerships

APRIL 10, 2023

There have been some significant new partnerships, such as Coles and Fitted for Work in recent weeks. Congrats to all the hardworking partnership teams. But let’s not forget the quiet achiever in corporate partnerships, which is workplace giving.

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Stellar Partnerships

JUNE 6, 2021

Leave this field empty if you're human: The post The cycle of frustration in corporate partnerships appeared first on Stellar Partnerships. Don't miss a blog. Sign up to our weekly newsletter. Email address: First name. Organisation.

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Stellar Partnerships

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

Often they don’t understand how their role impacts on partnerships, so you’ll need to be clear on what you need to succeed. The post The role of your CEO in corporate partnerships first appeared on Stellar Partnerships.

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Be Partner Ready

APRIL 2, 2024

Embarking on a corporate partnerships strategy without prior preparation can also result in failure, even for an established non-profit. Non profits that fail at corporate partnerships often do so for the same reasons. The Edsel's story serves as a cautionary tale about the importance of readiness and doing your homework.

Corporate partnerships

Be Partner Ready

JULY 5, 2021

The SWOT A that our students have just completed is a Corporate Partnerships SWOT A , and the benchmark for them is their Corporate Partnerships Intention. Want to know if your organisation is ready to implement a corporate partnerships strategy? What weaknesses will thwart them? Sign up here.

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Be Partner Ready

APRIL 12, 2022

Let’s look at a few, in relation to corporate partnerships. Q “WHY do we want corporate partnerships?” Q “WHO is going to drive the corporate partnerships strategy?” ” is a better question than ‘who on our board has corporate contacts?”

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Remarkable Partnerships

APRIL 10, 2024

Every day we speak to charities who want to grow their corporate partnerships programme, and one question that we always ask is, “are you corporate partnerships ready?” In this blog we share our recommendations on how to get corporate partnerships ready: 1. appeared first on Remarkable Partnerships.

Corporate partnerships

Be Partner Ready

APRIL 25, 2021

When embarking on a corporate partnerships strategy, it’s critical to know that there are two levels of readiness. Often when non-profits and social enterprises consider commencing a corporate partnerships strategy, their first action is to ask the board for contacts within the business sector.

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Remarkable Partnerships

MAY 9, 2023

Corporate partnerships are a major opportunity for charities because they can help you deliver your mission. So here are the six steps that we recommend you take to kickstart your corporate partnerships. So here are the six steps that we recommend you take to kickstart your corporate partnerships.

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Be Partner Ready

AUGUST 11, 2020

The Board has legal obligations to ensure your organisation is fulfilling its purpose, remains solvent, meets obligations and will ultimately be responsible for dealing with any ramifications from a corporate partnership. This fear is justified. Share the BePartnerReady.com® process infographic with them. Hailey Cavill-Jaspers

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Remarkable Partnerships

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Whereas corporate partnerships tends to rely less on evidence. However, we are seeing a shift where the most successful corporate partnerships teams are using the power of data to make decisions. Partner feedback This is the gold dust of corporate partnerships.

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Remarkable Partnerships

APRIL 10, 2023

That’s why we loved Corporate Partnerships Everywhere , because it is jam-packed with valuable learning from companies and charities. Stick to what you do well Its always valuable to gain insight from the corporate sector. We hope you enjoyed Corporate Partnerships Everywhere as much as we did.

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Remarkable Partnerships

MAY 8, 2024

Whether you are a chief executive, a fundraising director, or a corporate partnerships manager, you want to build high value corporate partnerships. These partnerships will help you deliver more value for less effort for your charity and your corporate partners.

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Remarkable Partnerships

MARCH 28, 2023

Because it is so important, I want to share the following five features of a successful corporate partnerships strategy. And that factory consistently produces brilliant corporate partnerships.” When we help charities build corporate partnerships strategies we always recommend we interview their partners and prospects.

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Remarkable Partnerships

MARCH 24, 2021

With the new season of Formula One beginning this Friday, we were reflecting on the ways that the world of corporate-charity partnerships is similar to the world of the race-track. We’ve come together to share the five key lessons Formula One can teach us about corporate partnerships. The power of testing.

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Stellar Partnerships

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Corporate partnerships are moving fast and becoming more sophisticated. Challenging times need a different approach to winning and building partnerships and managing complexity. If you lead a team of corporate partnership professionals, how can you encourage more of the challenger approach?

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Remarkable Partnerships

JUNE 18, 2024

So, here are our five recommendations of mistakes to avoid when building corporate partnerships: 1. The goal of a first meeting is to secure a second meeting, so sending a proposal stops the opportunity to build a strong relationship, and to truly understand the potential of a long-term strategic partnership.

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