Plexus Consulting Group, LLC is pleased to announce the release of its latest book, The Power of Partnership. Plexus was delighted last year when the ASAE invited us to research and write The Power of Partnership, a project sponsored both by ASAE and the US Chamber of Commerce.

The book explores the strategic use of partnerships between:
• Nonprofits
• Nonprofits and For-profit Companies
• Nonprofits and Government Entities

Strategic partnering represents a key tool for managers seeking to achieve their organizational goals faster, more economically and more efficiently. Plexus has recognized the important role that strategic partnering can play in the success of nonprofits, for profits, and government entities. In fact, two of the three case studies featured within the book are Plexus clients.

In the book, Plexus explores in-depth the various aspects of strategic partnering and lays out a framework for effective partnering. The book aims to provide tools for:
• Forming partnerships
• Maintaining partnerships
• Understanding the pitfalls of partnerships
• Enjoying the benefits of effective partnerships:
1. Increase services, products, income, and market reach
2. New capabilities
3. Shared resources

In conjunction with the release of The Power of Partnership, Plexus is pleased to announce the availability of a new service, Strategic Partnerships. This new service, focusing on successful partnership development, is now available to Plexus clients. Plexus offers associations the opportunity to put best practice partnership strategies to work. Plexus consultants, in partnership formation, creative resource development, and sustainability, will help associations identify and explore partnership options in line with the most successful and creative models and concepts presented in The Power of Partnership.

For more information on Plexus Consulting Group’s new strategic partnerships service please see the corresponding press release in this newsletter issue.

You can order your copy of The Power of Partnership today at www.asaecenter.org/bookstore.

As the author of The Power of Partnership, Plexus has been granted a certain number of free copies which we are pleased to offer to the key managers of our firm’s current and former clients (we must limit this to one book per organization). Please contact info@plexusconsulting.com to provide us confirmation that you would like to receive a complimentary copy along with the address you prefer we ship it to. We will try to satisfy all orders as long as our limited supply lasts!

Plexus Consulting Group will also be celebrating the release of The Power of Partnership with a book release party. You are invited to join us on Friday, August 8th, 2008, from 4:00p.m. to 6:00p.m. at our offices located at 1620 Eye Street, Suite 210 for refreshments and a chance to meet the managers of the partnering organizations featured in the book. Please RSVP by August 1st, 2008 to info@plexusconsulting.com.