- August 11, 2023
Collectively Remaking Our World: On Finding Joy and Belonging in Our Current Moment
In our increasingly complex world, we often look to guides to help us interpret and synthesize our experiences. These…
- October 7, 2022
Being Proximate to Achieve Transformative Social Change
A word that has been resonant for me lately is proximity.Bryan Stevenson talks about proximity as getting close to…
- May 26, 2022
Moving Mindsets
I often counsel collective impact teams that our ability to create narrative is one of our most powerful tools.…
- July 29, 2021
Video and Transcript: Shifting Power with Participatory Grantmaking
We’re sharing a deep dive discussion on the topic of participatory grantmaking that was part of this past spring’s…
- May 26, 2021
Video and Transcript: The Role of Narrative Change in Collective Action
In this dynamic discussion from the 2021 Collective Impact Action Summit, Melody Barnes (Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions)…
- March 30, 2020
Change Management During the Pandemic: Thoughts for Collective Impact and Nonprofits
We are living in an unprecedented, unpredictable, and scary time. It is hard for all of us. After several…
- November 15, 2019
Re-framing the Way We Talk about Poverty: Three Insights from the FrameWorks Institute
For organizations and individuals engaged in collective impact work, it is important to remain inclusive in the way you…
- 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…
- 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…
- January 12, 2018
How the Orange County Community Foundation is Increasing Youth Resilience
This interview was first published in FSG's blog.ACT Anaheim, an initiative designed to address the needs of at-risk youth…
- November 22, 2017
Systems Change Strategies: From Theory to Practice
“Systems change approaches” have become a mantra of the social sector. Communities feel the frustration with being “resource-rich and…
- May 23, 2016
Getting Back to the Purpose of Collective Impact
My Aunt Janice’s biscuits are legendary. They are fluffy, buttery and light. Whenever we visit her in Alabama, we…
- May 4, 2016
Advancing the Practice of Collective Impact
We appreciate Tom Wolff’s critique of collective impact and the insights he shares in his recent essay. Wolff’s years…
- May 4, 2016
Ten Places Where Collective Impact Gets It Wrong
This essay was originally posted to the Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice in March 2016.In 2011 Kania and…
- April 27, 2016
Collaboration and Collective Impact: How can Funders, NGOs, Governments and Citizens Achieve More Together?
There is a long history of experiments to align the actions and thoughts of many different organisations trying to…
- April 25, 2016
The Evolution of Collective Impact in Detroit
The interview was originally posted on Living Cities on April 4, 2016.The Integration Initiative—or “TII”—began in 2010 as a…
- February 17, 2016
Sustaining Momentum in Collective Impact – A Story from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas
We can, whenever and wherever we choose, successfully teach all children whose schooling is of interest to us. We…
- September 29, 2015
Building the Capacity for Collective Action
No organization (or issue) is an island, and central to collective impact is the recognition that achieving real impact…
- April 26, 2015
Can Place-Based Grantmaking Help Turn the Tide of Inequality?
By Dennis Quirin and Steve PatrickThis post was originally published by the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions on…
- 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…
