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Collective Impact Forum staff, partners, and guest contributors share the latest learning, innovations, and stories from the field.
- December 22, 2014
Collective Impact In Neighborhood Revitalization Part 4: So, What Does It Look Like When It Works?
As we close out this series on community engagement, below are some successful relational organizing examples from initiatives that embody many of the elements…
- December 19, 2014
Collective Impact in Neighborhood Revitalization Part 3: Residents as the “Engagers”
Collective impact is critical to neighborhood revitalization. Neighborhoods are complex environments where many systems operate. Systems such as: commerce, hea…
- December 16, 2014
Collective Impact in Neighborhood Revitalization Part 2: The Problem with “Community Outreach”
In many instances community development efforts start by first identifying problems and then posing solutions. After this initial set of concepts are envisione…
- December 15, 2014
At the Speed of Trust – Part 2
In my last blog, I discussed the power of trust in collective impact, speaking from my personal experience in South Dallas to facilitate a community revitaliza…
- December 11, 2014
Collective Impact in Neighborhood Revitalization Part 1: Engagement and Building Trust
There are many urban neighborhoods and small rural communities whose “better days” are a distant memory. Revitalizing these locations would have a positive imp…
- December 9, 2014
At the Speed of Trust – Part 1
We hear a lot about the five conditions of collective impact (CI); however, the more I’m exposed to CI work the more I realize CI is as much about the intangib…