Partner Program: Collaboration by Design: Tools to Clarify Roles, Decisions, and Accountability

Event Description

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.
• Use the POP and DARCI frameworks to bring clarity and accountability to collaborative work.
• Define roles, responsibilities, and decision-making processes for smoother teamwork.
• Improve communication and meeting effectiveness across teams and organizations.
• Strengthen follow-through, shared ownership, and alignment on priorities.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions  

Participants will receive login instructions in the registration confirmation email as well as in reminder emails that will be sent one day and one hour prior to the live event.

This webinar will be recorded and the recording will be available to all registered participants, including those unable to attend, for 30 days after the event.

This MANP-hosted webinar will be hosted in Zoom Meeting and we ask participants turn off their cameras and mute themselves when joining.

 Accessibility 

Captioning: Automated captioning will be enabled.
Visual Descriptions: Presenters will include visual descriptions of themselves. 
If you require additional accommodations at this event, please email us as soon as possible so we can ensure your needs are met.

Registration Link

Contact information for webinar: 
MANP Education Team
Learn@NonprofitMaine.org
(207) 871-1885