Collaboration Lab: Bridging People, Organizations, and Sectors
Collaboration isn’t just a nice idea—it’s becoming essential.
With funding tight, costs rising, and competition for people and volunteers growing, working together can make all the difference. Stronger collaboration means better programs, less duplication, clearer communication, and bigger impact.
It also means leaders don’t have to go it alone.
Join the first cohort of our 3-part Collaboration Lab: Bridging People, Organizations, and Sectors—an interactive program for non-profit leaders, staff, and partners who want to work better across teams, organizations, and communities. Over three connected sessions, we’ll explore every level of collaboration: from internal teamwork to strategic partnerships and large-scale collective efforts.
Through real case studies, hands-on activities, and practical tools, you’ll tackle both the wins and the messy realities of working together. You’ll leave with concrete strategies you can put to work right away to strengthen collaboration and achieve more—together.
Suggested participants:
- Non-profit Executive Directors or CEOs
- Non-profit Board members, team leads or key leaders of programs of an organization, and
- Other staff and leadership volunteers responsible for building organizational impact.
Lab Outcomes
By the end of the Collaboration Lab: Bridging People, Organizations, and Sectors program, participants will be able to:
- Navigate the spectrum of collaboration, from internal teamwork to cross-organizational partnerships, networks, and collective impact, and determine which approach best suits their goals.
- Assess readiness and fit for collaboration by considering values alignment, resource exchange, power dynamics, and organizational priorities.
- Initiate, strengthen, and sustain collaborations through use of practical tools and strategies for shared accountability, communication practices, and partnership agreements.
- Identify and address common barriers to collaboration at individual, team, and organizational levels.
- Develop concrete action steps to enhance collaboration within their teams, across organizations, and in broader sector or community initiatives.
Registration Details
Registration Deadline: 2 weeks before the start date
Bursary Application Deadline: 1 month before the start date
Location: Online/Virtual
Cost: $649 Non-Member | $584 Member
Lab Schedule
Session 1: Internal Collaboration
November 4, 2025 | 1pm - 4pm
Session 2: Collaboration and Partnerships Between Organizations
November 18, 2025 | 1pm - 4pm
Session 3: Networks, Coalitions, and Collective Impact
December 2, 2025 | 1pm - 4pm
Lab Benefits
Through Collaboration Lab, you will build confidence, gain skills, and apply tools to:
- Work effectively within teams, across organizations, and in broader networks.
- Build stronger relationships and collaborative partnerships grounded in trust, shared goals, and mutual benefit.
- Overcome collaboration challenges and achieve greater impact.
- Move to concrete action that advances collaboration in your organization and community.