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Collective Voices
Collective Impact Forum staff, partners, and guest contributors share the latest learning, innovations, and stories from the field.
- September 23, 2019
13 Collaboratives Participating in Data Accelerator
The use of data across partners is a core element of the collective impact approach. In fact, the central use of data – for both collaborative learning and acc…
- August 30, 2019
Unsticking Stuck Mental Models: Adventures in Systemic Change
Recently, New Profit, the Collective Impact Forum, and FSG co-hosted a webinar, the second in a series on systems change. The title of the webinar was Shiftin…
- June 21, 2019
Securing Funding for the Collective Impact Backbone Role: Lessons from the Field
One of the most common questions we hear from collective impact practitioners is how to raise the funds needed to support and sustain the backbone role. While …
- June 20, 2019
Envisioning a “New Normal”: Systems-Based Approaches for Achieving the Next Generation of Development Goals
International development is in the midst of a sea change, broadening from a general focus on project-based outcomes to production of sustainable, embedded cha…
- June 14, 2019
Advancing Equity, Justice, and a Culture of Collaboration: Insights from the 2019 Collective Impact Convening
Collective impact practitioners have an insatiable appetite for tools, case studies, and other actionable resources on the “how” of collective impact: how to e…
- April 26, 2019
Inside Funder-Intermediary-Evaluator Partnerships: Three Cases
By Meg Long and Clare NolanFunders who have ambitious goals to change large systems often create partnerships with intermediaries and evaluators to help realiz…