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Getting Started: Optimizing Strategic Partnerships

Many of your requests for resources will be granted by appealing to a desire to give to a worthwhile community effort. However, contributions from your response partners should be considered an exchange. You are providing them something valuable as a committed volunteer corps.

In exchange for what your MRC might offer their organizations, your response partners may be willing to offer:

Training (free or low cost)
Access to legal and other expertise
Access to office space or other administrative resources
Credentials verification or background checks for volunteers

The more others see the benefit of your volunteers, the more they will see what they are receiving in return.

Your partners will appreciate recognition for their contributions. It is appropriate to include their names on your brochures, newsletters, or other forms of public communication. When you recognize your partners’ contributions, it shows that you appreciate their efforts and informs the community of your partners’ good stewardship.

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Last Updated on 8/15/2006