View the Resource By Rong Wang, Michelle Shumate Increasingly, nonprofits and corporations publicly communicate about their partnerships. Guided by Information Integration Theory, this paper examines how information about a nonprofit’s relationship with a corporation relates to individuals’ intention to donate and volunteer. This research used a two-study experimental design. Study 1 (N = 966) examined how partnership explanations and evaluation were related to the two outcomes. Study 2 (N = 970) further examined whether

View the Resource By Michelle Shumate In this keynote, Professor Shumate describes how to make networks more sustainable. She identifies familiar crossroads moments that all networks face and addresses the questions networks should answer when they enter a crossroads moment. The keynote ends with a discussion of how the governance of international networks can make them more or less sustainable over time.

View the Resource By Michelle Shumate In this view-on-demand mini-class, Professor Shumate describes how networks can use data to drive social impact. She highlights the differences between leading and lagging indicators for each type of theory of change. She ends the video with guidance on choosing the right indicators for your network. 

View the Resource By Michelle Shumate In this view-on-demand mini-class, Professor Shumate introduces pathways mapping, a tool to help networks understand their theory of change. Network leaders will learn about the elements of a theory of change and then use the tools of backward design to help them generate their theory of change. 

View the Resource By Michelle Shumate, Gilly Cantor, Nick Armstrong, Megan Andros In this view-on-demand webinar, produced by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, key veteran leaders describe how the landscape of care coordination is changing and what veterans organizations should do to take advantage of these changes. Professor Shumate introduces care coordination and the incomplete timeline of policy related to care coordination.

View the Resource By Michelle Shumate In this view-on-demand 35-minute webinar, Prof. Shumate describes key characteristics that help networks make a social impact. She reviews findings from original NNSI research on education networks across the United States.