Workshop Date and Time:
Thursday, August 20, 2026. 1pm – 4:00pm ET (US & Canada)
ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP
Seeking practical tools to support your collaborative work? We invite you to join us on August 20 for the online workshop, “Tools for Collaborative Engagement and Planning.”
Workshop Focus
Collaborative systems change work is complex and requires individuals to see the system in which they operate and understand how parts of this system relate to each other.
In this hands-on workshop, attendees will learn about and practice with multiple tools for seeing the system in which they work. These tools will help identify key partners to engage, and will help assess how your collaborative work is unfolding across its lifecycle. Come ready to engage!
In this session you will:
- Practice creating an Actor Map, a systems thinking tool that focuses on identifying and visualizing actors in the system and understanding their connections
- Practice creating an Ecocycle Map for your initiative, which helps visualize how resources and energy are distributed across your work, in order to plan for collaborative resilience
- Learn about additional collaborative engagement and planning tools
- Discuss how you might apply these tools in your own work
- Learn from peers about how these tools apply in their contexts
Who is this session for: This session is ideal for anyone who is part of a collaborative effort and seeking tools to better understand the system you are working in, and how your initiative is progressing.
Session Recording and Presentation: Along with attending this half-day workshop, you will receive a copy of the presentation and three-month access to the workshop recording.
Session Time Zone: Please note this session is held in Eastern Time (US & Canada.) If you are joining from another time zone, please make note of the time difference.
Faculty: Jennifer Splansky Juster, Executive Director, Collective Impact Forum; Courtney W. Robertson, Director of Programs and Partnerships, Collective Impact Forum; Cindy Santos, Senior Associate, Aspen Forum for Community Solutions
Registration Details
Registration site: Please visit our Eventbrite site to register for this workshop.
Workshop Rate: $199 USD plus taxes and fees. Sales tax may be added depending on your state. Please see sales tax allocation at check-out.
Group Rates: Please contact Tracy Timmons-Gray at tracy.timmons-gray@collectiveimpactforum.org to access one of the below group discounts.
- Groups of 10-19 people receive a a 10% discount
- Groups of 20 or more people receive a 15% discount
Scholarships: A limited number of reduced-price registration scholarships are available for this workshop. This scholarship reduces registration to $75. Scholarship applications will close on July 31, 2026. Awardees will be notified if they are selected for a scholarship by August 5. Apply for a Scholarship.
Please note: If applying for a scholarship, please do not register for the workshop before we notify you about your scholarship application.
Cancellations and Refunds: Refunds are available, minus a 10% fee to cover non-recoupable administrative and staff expenses associated with event preparation, as long as registrants contact us in writing ahead of the cancellation deadline of Thursday, August 13. Please see our FAQ below for cancellation information.
Workshop Speaker
Jennifer Splansky Juster is Executive Director of the Collective Impact Forum. She is one of FSG’s leaders in collective impact field building, has worked on multiple collective impact engagements, designed training opportunities for thousands of collective impact practitioners, and frequently speaks on the topic. Jennifer has co-authored multiple publications on collective impact, including the report Guide to Evaluating Collective Impact and the articles “Centering Equity in Collective Impact,” “Committing to Collective Impact: From Vision to Implementation,” and “Essential Mindset Shifts for Collective Impact.” Over the course of her career, Jennifer has also worked with a range of foundations, nonprofits, government agencies, and corporations across sectors on issues of strategy, evaluation, and program design. Former clients include the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Marin Community Foundation, Girard College, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Silicon Valley ALLIES. A California native, Jennifer is a graduate of Stanford University and Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management.
Courtney W. Robertson serves as the Director of Programs and Partnerships, Collective Impact Forum, at FSG where he is responsible for the design, implementation, and management of programming that supports individuals, backbones and communities engaging in collective impact work. Courtney has a decade of experience in the nonprofit sector including work in adult learning, coaching, facilitation, training design and implementation, and project management. His professional experience has focused on building the capacity of direct service organizations to engage in collaborative and collective impact work by focusing on access to and use of data to inform practice and navigating organizational change by addressing adaptive and technical challenges. Prior to his role with the Collective Impact Forum, Courtney spent seven years at the education nonprofit Seeding Success, based in Memphis, TN, most recently serving as the Director of Operations supporting staff by focusing on internal culture and climate; identifying, managing, and standardizing systems to improve workflows; and partnership management. He also led the organization’s DEI efforts and supported training development and delivery in Results-Based Facilitation, Data Use for Continuous Improvement, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and Understanding Boundaries of Authority, Role, & Task. He also held roles as a Network Facilitator and Manager for School Improvement at Seeding Success, managing a team of Data Analysts working with 15 secondary schools in Memphis-Shelby County Schools to more effectively leverage data to drive interventions, practices, and policies to improve chronic absenteeism and behavior.
Cindy Santos: Cindy Santos joins the Aspen Institute with over 10 years of experience working on a national level. Her career has focused on increasing the organizational capacity of child and family serving systems to develop effective strategies and implement scaleable and sustainable solutions. Cindy served as a State/Territory Liaison with the Center for States, working closely with the Children’s Bureau and child welfare agencies in NY, NJ, PR, and USVI. In her most recent role, Cindy served as a National Partnerships Advisor at Casey Family Programs. Her work focused on improving cross-systems and multi-disciplinary collaboration between Child Welfare Agencies and Dependency Courts, achieving equitable services and supports for kinship caregivers and narrative change.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I register for this workshop? Please visit our Eventbrite page to register for this session.
Is this workshop in-person or online? This is an online workshop. We will be using Zoom Meeting for this session.
What currency is this workshop using for registration? The Collective Impact Forum is based in the United States and registration is in U.S. dollars.
What timezone is the workshop held in? The workshop is held in Eastern Time (US & Canada.) If joining from another time zone, please note the time difference.
What with the workshop entail? This online workshop will be a mix of presentation, Q&A, personal reflection, practicing with tools in your own space, and small group time.
Will the workshops be recorded? The workshop presentations and full group discussion will be recorded. Small group time during the workshop will not be recorded. Recordings will be shared within one week of the workshop. Recordings are available for paid attendees for three months after the workshop.
What accessibility practices will this workshop be using? We will have Zoom auto-captions turned on for this workshop. In the days ahead of the workshop, we will send out copies of workshop presentations/handouts. After the workshop, we will share recordings of the workshop and full group discussion.
Please contact Tracy Timmons-Gray at tracy.timmons-gray@collectiveimpactforum.org if you have other access needs not addressed above.
Can my whole team sign-up with one registration? No. Each person will require their own registration as this is an active workshop where attendees will be broken up into small groups throughout the workshop to discuss learning questions during the session.
How do I cancel my registration and request a refund? All cancellation requests must be submitted in writing. Registered participants who decide to cancel their participation will receive a refund of their registration fee minus a 10% fee. The 10% fee covers non-recoupable administrative and staff expenses associated with event preparation. All refund requests should be emailed to Tracy Timmons-Gray at tracy.timmons-gray@collectiveimpactforum.org We are unable to process refunds after the refund deadline of August 13, 2026.
Refund Cancellation Deadline
Workshop Refund Deadline: Workshop cancellation deadline is Thursday, August 13, 2026.
Have More Questions?
If your question is not addressed in our FAQ, please contact Tracy Timmons-Gray at tracy.timmons-gray@collectiveimpactforum.org
