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Collective Impact Forum staff, partners, and guest contributors share the latest learning, innovations, and stories from the field.
- June 16, 2014
Differentiated Roles, Common Goals: Direct Service Providers and Collective Impact
“We’re the ones doing the work. Other people are trying to take credit for work we’ve done. It’s harder than ever to get money to provide the services needed. …
- June 5, 2014
The New Science of Evaluating Collective Impact
In her seminal book, Leadership and the New Science, Margaret Wheatley takes a stance regarding the kind of leadership that is required in today’s world. She u…
- May 19, 2014
The Importance of “Emergence” in the Youth Field
I don’t know if he could hear it from the podium, but there was an audible “ah-hah” moment from the audience when John Kania spoke two weeks ago at the Ready b…
- May 14, 2014
The Types of Problems Suited for Collective Impact
I am often asked – should we adopt a collective impact approach in our work? While we have seen that the collective impact approach can be critical to achievin…
- May 5, 2014
Stopping for Directions on the Collective Impact Journey
Across the globe, hundreds of people and organizations are using collective impact to address a range of complex problems, such as climate change, poverty, and…
- April 23, 2014
Want Greater Impact? Have a Conversation First
This essay was originally posted to Philanthropy Northwest on April 2, 2014.Collective Impact, philanthropy’s flavor of the day, has entered its back-biting se…