Collaboration by Design: Tools to Clarify Roles, Decisions, and Accountability
Zoom
Event Details
In fast-paced nonprofit settings, clarity is key to effective collaboration. This session equips leaders with two practical frameworks—POP (Purpose, Outcomes, Process) and DARCI (Decision-Making and Accountability Model)—to improve communication, streamline decision-making, and strengthen shared ownership. Participants will apply these tools to real projects or partnerships, learning how to bring structure, alignment, and efficiency to collaborative work. Leaders will leave with ready-to-use templates and approaches that make teamwork and collaboration more transparent, inclusive, and results-oriented.
Outcomes
By the end of this session, participants will:
- Explore power dynamics inherent in collaborative endeavors and how to work with these dynamics productively.
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Use the POP and DARCI frameworks to bring clarity and accountability to collaborative work.
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Define roles, responsibilities, and decision-making processes for smoother teamwork.
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Improve communication and meeting effectiveness across teams and organizations.
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Strengthen follow-through, shared ownership, and alignment on priorities.
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Cost + Registration
- $45 MANP members / $65 Nonmembers
- Scholarships available for MANP members! Prior to registering, email your scholarship request to Learn@NonprofitMaine.org and be sure to include your name and organization.
- Attend the full series and save!
- $120 Members / $180 Nonmembers
In today’s rapidly shifting nonprofit landscape — marked by funding cuts, deep organizational change, and increased demands on limited resources — the ability collaborate effectively is more important than ever. This workshop series is designed to support nonprofit leaders, executive directors, and organizations that want to partner with others more effectively. From understanding power dynamics and one’s unique leadership strengths and areas for growth, to building trust across relationships, to applying clear, practical tools that strengthen alignment and accountability, participants will gain a comprehensive foundation for leading collaborative efforts both within and across organizations.
Schedule
All sessions take place over Zoom from 1:00-2:30 PM ET.
- March 12: Lead from Strengths - Building Collaborative Leadership from the Inside Out
- March 26: Trust in Action — The Six Steps to Collaborative Success
- April 9: Collaboration by Design — Tools to Clarify Roles, Decisions, and Accountability
Outcomes
By the end of the three-session series, participants will:
- Explore power dynamics that both support and get in the way of collaboration.
- Identify and apply their unique leadership strengths and values to build trust and collaboration across teams and partnerships.
- Develop practical strategies for building and sustaining trust across partnerships during times of change and complexity.
- Gain simple, proven tools they can apply immediately to clarify roles, responsibilities, and decision-making for more effective teamwork.
- Enhance their ability to lead collaboratively—fostering alignment, accountability, and shared ownership within and across organizations.
- Attend sessions individually or as a series—they’re designed to build on each other!
- Participants will receive login instructions in the registration confirmation e-mail as well as in reminder emails that will be sent one day and one hour prior to the event.
- This webinar will be recorded and available to all registered participants for 30 days after the event. Participants who are unable to attend live will still have access to all materials.
- This MANP-hosted webinar will be hosted in Zoom Meeting and we ask participants turn off their cameras and mute themselves when joining.
Individual Session Registration
Accessibility
MANP is committed to ensuring all participants are accommodated at our events. If you have accessibility needs, please email us at Learn@NonprofitMaine.org with your request no fewer than 10 business days prior to the event.
About the Presenter
Amanda Silver, M.S. is a leadership development consultant, trainer, and executive coach with 24 years of experience helping leaders and organizations increase their impact. She partners with philanthropic and capacity-building organizations, executive directors and senior leaders to strengthen teamwork, communication and organizational culture. Amanda’s approach integrates mindfulness, emotional intelligence, inclusive practice, and strength-based mindsets to create practical, sustainable change.
Amanda has worked with hundreds of clients across higher education, health care, philanthropy, and mission-driven organizations. She is the founder of the Women’s Leadership Incubator, a 3-month group coaching program for high-performing women in leadership. At Dartmouth College, Amanda created Dartmouth LEADS, a 9-month, cohort-based development program for high-performance managers, and supported institution-wide strategic planning for the Provost’s Office and the Division of Campus Services.
Amanda holds an M.S. in Positive Organizational Development and a Certificate in Coaching for Emotional Intelligence from the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. She is a graduate of the Non-Profit Institute’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Consultant Training and the Racial Justice from the Heart Programs; and a Development Dimensions International Certified Facilitator. Amanda is a frequent collaborator with Common Good Vermont, the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits, and the Maine Association of Nonprofits. She lives in Hanover, NH with her husband and children, and enjoys salsa dancing, yoga, and diving into a good book.