The Advantage Articulator can help you clarify the case for collaboration and decide if collaborating is worthwhile or not.
�Collaboration can take time, effort and resources, so it’s worth being clear from the start about why and how you think joining forces with other funders might add value to your work.
Articulating your ‘collaborative advantage’ means clarifying your collective assets and considering how working together could help you achieve more for the things that matter to you than you could alone.
2�HOURS
Time to �Complete
The Advantage Articulator
Facilitation Required
Foundations
Stage
Solo or Group
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Early assessment
Articulation
Guide to using this tool
�This tool can be used in two ways:
For funders already working together who are keen to develop a greater understanding of their collaborative advantage.
If you’re already working with a partner or multiple partners, invite everyone to spend some time completing the worksheet below for their organisation. This could be done together in a workshop or meeting, or independently to inform a discussion. Compare your answers, with the aim of clearly articulating up to 3 benefits of collaboration in your case.
For funders considering whether or not to start a collaboration.
Use the worksheet below by yourself or with your team to self-assess your current assets and attitudes towards collaboration. Focus on identifying both strengths and deficits. This will help you assess what you’re looking for in potential collaboration partners. Refine your answers and use as a template for your ‘case for collaboration’ in conversations with those you’re exploring working with.
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Defining your ‘collaborative advantage’
1. What issue do you want to address by working together? | |||
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2. How will collaborating make a difference to this issue? Why is collaborating better than independent action? | |||
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Defining your ‘collaborative advantage’
3. What can you bring to the collaboration? List under each category below add include others if relevant. | ||||
Resources & assets | Skills & expertise | Networks & relationships | Data | Other |
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4 What are you great at? What are your superpowers? | ||||
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5 Where could you use more knowledge or expertise? | ||||
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