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The leaders shaping corporate social impact gather here. Engage for Good 2026 delivers practitioner-led sessions that swap theoretical concepts for real-world data and replicable frameworks.
Join us for a workshop that draws on lessons from a multi-year project with Equal Measure:
How to Design Stronger Partnerships: Roles, Decision-Making, and Trust Structures That Prevent Collaboration Breakdowns
Thursday, April 23
3:30-4:45 p.m. PT
Speakers: Samantha Rivera Joseph, Director, Equal Measure; Bryan Coleman, Senior Director, We-Collab
In today’s social impact landscape, partnerships are essential—across corporations, nonprofits, and communities alike. Yet even well-intentioned collaborations often struggle to deliver their full potential, not because of a lack of commitment, but because they weren’t designed to hold complexity. Power imbalances, unclear decision-making, recurring negotiation, and missing voices quietly erode trust and stall progress over time.
So how do we design partnerships that can withstand tension, adapt to changing conditions, and still move work forward?
This interactive workshop introduces a practical approach to partnership architecture—the structures that shape how partners make decisions, share power, navigate conflict, and maintain trust over time. Participants will explore how trust is built through clear process, how renegotiation can be planned rather than reactive, and how community and employee voice can be centered with integrity rather than tokenism.
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We’re eager to share what we’ve learned from our work on topics such as racial equity, collective impact, place-based systems change, building a culture of learning, narrative change, and much more. If you’d like to engage an Equal Measure team member to speak on these or other salient social sector issues, please complete this brief form: