How Practicing Futurism Can Strengthen Your Collaborative Strategy
“The future doesn’t happen to us. We create it with the decisions that we make today. What the future…
Why Understanding Local Context Is Critical for Collective Impact
Understanding a community’s “context” and its readiness for complex change work is a critical factor for launching and advancing…
Why a Policy Agenda is an Important Part of Collective Impact Work
A core element of collective impact is changing systems in the pursuit of equity. Pursuing policy change and advocacy…
Advocacy: What You Can and Can’t Do
If you are based in the U.S. and either working in the nonprofit sector or government, the below webinar…
What Collective Change Can You Make in 100 Days?
Addressing homelessness in rural areas has multiple complexities including scarcity of funding, support services, and shelter options, as well…
Partnering with Local Governments to Advance Collective Goals
Local governments can play a critical and necessary role in advancing system and policy changes to support communities, but…
How Homelessness is Solvable with a Collective Approach
Complex issues like homelessness can feel unsolvable or intractable, but that does not have to be the case. Through…
Krista Tippett: Collectively Remaking Our World
How can you imagine and create a world for everyone?In this new podcast episode, we’re sharing our conversation with…
How Can We Tell Stories of Systems Change that are More Reflective of the Way Change Happens?
Storytelling is a crucial tool that helps foster connections and deeper understanding, but how does one tell stories about…
What Does It Mean to Lead in Emergent and Transformational Ways?
What does it mean to lead in an emergent way? How do we support ourselves and our collaboratives to…
How Can We Move Beyond Transactional Towards Relational Collaboration?
What does it mean to be “in relationship with”? What does “relational” mean? Why are these questions important for…
Building System Leadership Skills with Advance Together
What kinds of dedicated skill-building can help prepare system leaders for the monumental job of coordinating complex collaborations?In this…
How Collective Impact Funders Can Build Trust
What are ways that funders can foster trust and support relationships with community partners? In this new episode, Fay…
Roundtable Discussion: Reflecting on Collective Impact for Place-Based Social Change
In September 2021, Melody Barnes, chair of the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions, led a conversation with four…
Sonya Renee Taylor: 2021 Collective Impact Action Summit Keynote
In this powerful keynote address, author, entrepreneur, poet, and activist Sonya Renee Taylor shares from her book The Body…
The Role of Narrative Change in Collective Action
In this dynamic discussion, described as a "master class on narrative," Melody Barnes leads a conversation on the importance…
Shifting How We Work to Reach Transformational Change
Join us for the virtual coffee chat Shifting How We Work to Reach Transformational Change as we talk with…
Transformational Change with John Kania and Juanita Zerda of Collective Change Lab
What practices support achieving transformational change?
Driving Systems Change Forward
Multisite, cross-sector initiatives bring together stakeholders to tackle difficult issues – housing, health, education, and more - facing communities…
Build Back Better: Implementing Collective Impact During COVID-19 Response and Reconstruction
In this video short talk from the 2020 Collective Impact Virtual Convening, Dr. Lauren Smith, Co-CEO of FSG, discusses…
