<br />Successful strategic alliances usually grow more successful when both partners commit themselves to appraising the alliance, exploring opportunities, developing innovations, and renewing the partnership periodically.Appraisal provides the opportunity to mark progress, review the purpose and fit statement and the management plan, reflect on what each partner is learning about developing an effective alliance, and make further plans.Appraisal is part of the alliance management plan (Worksheet 11) and takes place at intervals appropriate to each alliance.The outcomes of the appraisal process are incorporated into the nonprofit’s regular processes for updating operating and long-range plans.<br /><br /> To prepare for an appraisal meeting with your nonprofit’s alliance partner, first assess the alliance’s performance to date and its potential in the next one to three years.Then, consider how the alliance can provide the greatest benefits within your organization’s governance and management capacity. Finally, plan for your nonprofit’s meeting with its alliance partner to determine whether to maintain, expand, narrow, or abandon this alliance.<br /><br /> <b>After reviewing the alliance’s purpose and fit statement (Worksheet 10) and management plan (Worksheet 11), consider the following to prepare for an appraisal meeting with your nonprofit’s alliance partner.</b><br /><br />