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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 collective impact work.Knowing…
Measuring What Matters With Community-Led Monitoring
In this episode, we discuss the practice of community-led monitoring, and how this practice can help inform and influence collaborative change efforts.To learn…
Mobilizing Innovative Partnerships for Community Investment
How can community anchor institutions, like hospitals, help launch and strengthen community investment initiatives?In this episode, we learn about how Nationwi…
Connecting Advocacy and Data to Advance Collective Goals
Last year, Independent Sector published research on how advocacy by the nonprofit sector has evolved over the last 25 years, and specifically, how it has sever…
Avoiding the 10 Dangers to Collective Impact
In this episode, Collective Impact Forum senior advisor Paul Schmitz shares what he’s learned through supporting many collective impact initiatives, including …
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 social change leaders who for more t…