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Lately, I’ve heard a curious statement expressed a couple different ways by some of my colleagues…in essence, they were surprised how well 2011 turned out in spite of the painful period of uncertainty it was.

Thinking back to the beginning of the year, the business buzz seemed to be mostly positive - relatively speaking, of course!! Then as spring turned into summer, things seemed to slow down a bit with feelings of doubt sprinkled in. Optimism faded and became replaced by a consistent sense of hesitancy.

3-Part Series (Part 3): This is the third post in my series about what's preventing growth in cause partnerships for nonprofit organizations as discussed in the Nonprofit Corporate Development Leadership Summit. In my first post, I outlined how cause partnerships have grown and evolved and then discussed that internal politics and structures were named most frequently as a challenge to growth in this area. In my second post, I discussed Staffing/Resource challenges. 

Previously I discussed that Staffing/Resource concerns were second on our list of the Top 3 issues that nonprofit cause practitioners face within their own environment. Now let's discuss number 3.