- May 11, 2022
On the Art of (Re)Gathering
As any collective impact practitioner knows, our work involves meetings. A lot of meetings. We gather colleagues, allies, and…
- April 22, 2022
Shifting the Power to the Local Community: Saamuhika Shakti in Bengaluru, India
Since 2019, the H&M Foundation has been supporting Saamuhika Shakti, a collective impact (CI) initiative to improve the lives…
- October 8, 2020
Building Your Voting Plan
With the U.S. election coming up, creating a plan to vote can be a helpful step to ensure your…
- July 24, 2017
What Can Collective Impact Learn from Organizing?
As the dust settles from hosting our fourth annual Collective Impact Convening, I have been reflecting on many of…
- July 24, 2017
Video and Transcript: Complementary or in Conflict? Community Organizing and Collective Impact
This past May, over 800 attendees and hundreds more online viewers joined us for the livestream event Complementary or…
- March 26, 2017
New Toolkit for Community Engagement
Almost every collective impact effort I have visited has struggled with community engagement at some level. During the past…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- November 6, 2014
Relearning the Two-Step of Conversation and Meeting
An earlier version of this essay was first posted to Philanthropy Northwest.Paul Schmitz’s recent essay makes a strong case…
- August 6, 2014
It Takes a Community: Newark Comes Together to Make the Most of Summer for their Youth
Across the nation, community leaders have increasingly recognized the promise of summer to accelerate student learning. But to maximize…
- July 31, 2014
Montana’s “Nested Collective Impact” Leverages Rural Community Connections
Montana recently hosted Jeff Edmondson of StriveTogether in a daylong workshop to explore collective impact in rural communities. Six…
- July 22, 2014
Putting the Community into Community Engagement
This essay was originally posted to The Huffington Post on July 10, 2014.Community. Engagement.These two words get a lot…
