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Collective Impact Forum staff, partners, and guest contributors share the latest learning, innovations, and stories from the field.
- January 26, 2016
Burning Questions from the “Getting Started with Collective Impact” Webinar Series
The Collective Impact Forum and FSG recently co-hosted a 3-part webinar series, “Getting Started with Collective Impact.” This series prompted some engaging di…
- September 15, 2015
Is Collective Impact the Right Approach?
No one can deny that collective impact as a core concept has caught the nonprofit field by storm. Everywhere you look, communities are coming together to set a…
- August 3, 2015
Three Lessons on How Collective Impact Lands in Places
At Living Cities, we spend a lot of time reflecting on our work. We have committed to the idea of open-sourcing social change and this rapid-fire sharing requi…
- January 20, 2015
How Well Does Grantmaking Practice Support Collective Impact?
Findings from a national studyThe five conditions for collective impact offer guidance not only for collective impact initiatives but for other forms of collab…
- October 27, 2014
Finding the Right Size for Impact: Geographic Boundaries in Collective Impact
Dr. Larry Rand, Principal Investigator for the UCSF Preterm Birth Initiative, took the podium in front of a large group of his peers who work on issues of mate…
- October 23, 2014
The Culture of Collective Impact
“It took a lot of time to build trust. People had distrust for years. You can’t undo that in a few meetings”“They don’t invite people like me to their tables. …