Alliance & Partnership Management
Alliances achieve more together than they ever could alone. Dedicated management enables even more impactful collaboration by allowing participants to focus on their engagement in the alliance, rather than management of it.
This centralized role benefits all aspects of collaboration through:
Stronger alignment, engagement, and shared outcomes.
A dependable hub for collaboration.
Clear roles and processes that reduce duplication and confusion.
Consistent planning, communication, and clarity.
Support systems that free up time and energy for core work.
How We Work
Collaboration at scale is powerful—but also complex. Networks of organizations, teams, and individuals bring diverse personalities, priorities, and institutional interests to the table.
IbD’s role is to navigate these dynamics from a neutral perspective—aligning people, processes, and systems so alliances can achieve their goals together.
We help alliances and partnerships make a collective impact by:
Acting as a neutral connector – linking people, institutions, and ideas across boundaries.
Keeping things organized – building knowledge management systems so members have what they need to act.
Coordinating and convening – making sure meetings, planning sessions, and decision-making are effective and inclusive.
Managing governance and ways of working – ensuring clear roles, fair processes, and structured decision-making.
Driving bespoke projects – taking on special initiatives to keep the partnership moving forward.
Focusing on activation, not just facilitation – lifting the burden from governance structures so partners can focus on the work itself.
Our Approach
IbD’s approach is rooted in trust, dependability, and partnership. We act as a central point, convening and aligning the different parts of a partnership to work better together.
This includes supporting governance, coordinating communication, managing knowledge, and helping the network operate in ways that keep the work purposeful.
We go beyond traditional facilitation to provide:
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Consistent, neutral leadership
A dependable “throughline” even as people and roles change.
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Human-centered processes
Keeping collaboration practical, inclusive, and adaptable.
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Strategic alignment
Helping the alliance see the bigger picture and work toward it together
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Flexible support
Adapting our role to fit the alliance’s evolving needs.
Lasting Impact
With support, alliances see clear progress toward their shared goals, while building stronger team cultures and more effective ways of working.
We help partnerships work through complex challenges—such as funding flows, language barriers, and institutional differences—so they can collaborate more seamlessly.
We fill the gap between intention and execution—turning partnerships into dynamic, resilient alliances that make an impact.
Contact us for a free consultation on how we can support your alliance or partnership.
featured project
Global Mangrove Alliance
Impact by Design serves as the dedicated alliance manager for the Global Mangrove Alliance, a network of over 100 organizations working together to achieve bold 2030 goals for mangrove conservation. Since 2019, we’ve supported the alliance in refining its strategy, coordinating a complex global network, and building collaborative systems that turn shared vision into impact. Acting as a neutral convener and organizer, we keep partners aligned, communication flowing, and governance strong. By creating dependable systems and spaces for collaboration, we lift the burden from individual institutions—so they can focus on the work that matters and achieve more together than they could alone.
