{"id":10026,"date":"2012-05-28T10:45:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T14:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"\/news_blogs\/john\/?p=10026"},"modified":"2024-12-23T18:22:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T23:22:03","slug":"why-collaboration-isnt-a-good-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/john\/2012\/05\/28\/why-collaboration-isnt-a-good-idea\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Collaboration Isn&#8217;t a Good Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>At the 2011 National Summit for the Charitable and Nonprofit Sector I heard a tongue-in-cheek debate on the topic: <strong>Be it resolved that closer collaboration within the sector does not produce better outcomes<\/strong>. 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