How to Avoid and Solve Common Dangers to Collective Impact Implementation

In this virtual office hour session, Collective Impact Forum team members Jennifer Splansky Juster and Paul Schmitz answer questions about ways to approach leading teams, working with partners, and making decisions while navigating the hurdles that often come up while doing collaborative work.

This virtual office hour was held on April 13, 2022.

Discussion Resources

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

• Article: 10 Dangers to Collective Impact
• Podcast: Avoiding the 10 Dangers to Collective Impact
• Blog: Making Meetings Work
• Webinar: Making Meetings Work: How to design meetings to energize rather than bore
• Report: When Collective Impact has an Impact: A Cross-Site Study of 25 Collective Impact Initiatives
• Toolkit: Community Engagement Toolkit
• Toolkit: Facilitating Intentional Group Learning: A Practical Guide to 21 Learning Activities
• Webinar: How to Build Consensus for Collaboration
• Toolkit: How to Lead Collective Impact Working Groups
• Toolkit: Tools for Working Groups
• Case Study: Public-Private Partnerships in Emergency Response: A Case Study of Milwaukee’s Civic Response Team