Indications of applications for the coworking model in the non-profit
sector? This is a discussion I'm hoping to have with my peers at other
place-based non-profit organizations.
http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15501:six-wisconsin-nonprofits-will-share-office-space-and-maybe-staff-as-well&catid=155:nonprofit-newswire&Itemid=986
Six Wisconsin Nonprofits Will Share Office Space, and Maybe Staff As Well
August 30, 2011; *Source:* Wisconsin State Journal
<http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/article_952109b4-d29f-11e0-a6f2-001cc4c03286.html>|
In Madison, Community Shares of Wisconsin
<http://www.communityshares.com/> will open a new collaborative effort,
the Center for Change Project, where nonprofits will not only share
office space but will also ultimately share other back office services
as well. The /Wisconsin State Journal /reports that six organizations
comprise the initial group: the American Civil Liberties Union of
Wisconsin Foundation <http://www.aclu-wi.org/AboutUs/index.html>,
BadgerStat <http://badgerstat.org/>, Community Shares of Wisconsin
<http://www.communityshares.com/>, the League of Women Voters of
Wisconsin <http://www.lwvwi.org/>, the Wisconsin Women's Network
<http://wiwomensnetwork.org/> and the Wisconsin Nonprofits Association
<http://wisconsinnonprofits.org/>.
The Center for Change Project also plans to connect with local
businesses. Community Shares director Crystel Anders told the /State
Journal/ that the project "goes beyond just sharing a space. It's about
eventually sharing staff and providing professional resources for
nonprofits." Groups will share printers and other equipment but
eventually the goal is for them to share staff and volunteers as well.
This isn't the first effort of its kind. Deborah Linnell documented an
innovative collaborative effort in Rhode Island
<http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9606:you-dont-need-an-empire-to-build-strength-for-change&catid=150:from-the-archives&Itemid=351>
in the Winter 2010 edition of /The Nonprofit Quarterly./ Is this the
future for nonprofits? Do you have any examples of collaboration like
this in your community?/---Kristin Barrali/
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