How to Build Consensus for Collaboration

In this virtual office hour session, Collective Impact Forum executive director Jennifer Splansky Juster and Erin McClarty (Erin McClarty PLLC) answer questions about setting the groundwork for consensus, ways to approach consensus-building, reaching points of agreement where your collaborative can move forward, and how to navigate moments where consensus is difficult.

This virtual office hour was held on March 30, 2022.

Discussion Resources

Resources referenced during this discussion and in the audience chat included:

• Othering and Belonging Institute
• Systemic Coaching and Constellations by John Whittington
• Three Words You Need for Your Next Hard Conversation
• Interview: Bringing an Anti-Racist Approach to Collective Impact
• Community at Work
• The Collaboration Spectrum
• The 5 Whys
• Community Engagement Matters (Now More Than Ever)