Partnerships & Mergers
Exploring Opportunities for Increasing Impact & Mission Delivery
We design processes to engage organizational leaders in exploration, analysis, and deliberations to inform critical decisions on how to deliver on shared goals.
Our unique approach includes:
1. Imagining what’s possible
How could your organization better deliver its mission? We help facilitate the exploration of opportunities that new partnerships present—from new business models to new technologies or new market reach.
2. Designing practical process
We form teams and plan processes that seek input from a wide variety of stakeholders ensuring broad representation in partnership consideration.
3. Working through the issues
We test the collaboration hypothesis – if we work together in new or different ways, could we make 1+1=3? We lead due diligence to vet opportunities and dig into potential challenges and risks.
4. Planning for Change
We guide implementation of new strategic partnerships, counseling our clients in formalizing new relationships through formal agreements, project management and planning, and navigating change and new relationships.
Steady Guidance Through Critical Decision Making
“Michael was the consultant we needed through the merger of Nonprofits Assistance Fund and MAP for Nonprofits that created Propel. He was the partner and advisor we needed through the entire process, from exploration through due diligence and decision.
He helped us stay on track, understood how to sequence all of the questions and tasks, and stepped in with a steady hand and wise words. We couldn’t have completed the merger so quickly if it hadn’t been for Michael’s experience and guidance.”
—Kate Barr, President, Propel Nonprofits