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Collective Impact Forum staff, partners, and guest contributors share the latest learning, innovations, and stories from the field.
- February 18, 2015
Moving the Needle on Poverty – A Made in Canada Approach
Beginning in 2002, collective impact roundtables in 13 cities across Canada began a consolidated effort to reduce poverty for low income citizens. This movemen…
- February 9, 2015
How to Partner for Impact: The Nuts and Bolts of Aligning Collective Impact Efforts
This post marks the launch of a new Forum blog series on the nuts and bolts of aligning coalitions and initiatives for collective impact.For more than a decade…
- February 4, 2015
Facilitative Leadership for Net Impact
This essay was originally posted to IISC's blog on January 29, 2015.“Our world is, to a very real extent, based on dialogue. Every action taken that involves m…
- January 27, 2015
How to Transform the Lives of Low-Income People
The Integration Initiative began in 2010 with the promise of transforming the lives of low-income people and the communities in which they live in cities acros…
- 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…
- January 15, 2015
New Tools for Collective Impact Working Groups
Do you need some ideas for facilitating an ice-breaker among community leaders who have not previously met before? Have you hit a roadblock and need a fresh wa…