Aligning Partners in Collective Impact (Virtual Coffee)
The success of a collective impact initiative is often tied to the success of the partnerships that make up…
- September 26, 2018
Social Change Insights from Our Fourth Annual Survey
Earlier this year, the Collective Impact Forum gathered feedback through its fourth annual survey of members with online profiles.…
How to Sustain Momentum over the Long-term in Collective Impact
Collective impact initiatives timelines are often directly connected with their outcomes and goals.
- September 7, 2018
To Go Further, Get Serious About Organization Culture
We’ve all witnessed the importance of culture in organizations. Many leaders have seen their efforts fall apart because their…
- August 29, 2018
Making Meetings Work
One of the five core tenets or conditions of collective impact is “Continuous Communication,” which usually means meetings, lots…
Using Data and Shared Measurement in Collective Impact
Data gathering and shared measurement systems are key elements for collective impact initiatives to better understand and assess their…
Advancing Equity in Collective Impact (Virtual Coffee)
Issues of inequity are often at the core of the complex problems that collective impact initiatives are working to…
Healthy Birth Outcomes through Cross-Sector Collaboration
Among Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, the United States ranks near the bottom in infant mortality…
Building Leadership Capacity for Collective Impact
Cultivating leaders within the backbone and among partners is critical for the success of a collective impact effort.
Achieving Systems Change in Collective Impact (Virtual Coffee Discussion)
What role can collective impact play in helping communities achieve systems change?
- June 29, 2018
Beyond Seats at the Table: Equity, Inclusion, and Collective Impact – Video and Transcript
This past April, over 700 attendees and hundreds more online viewers joined us for the livestream event Beyond Seats…
2019 Collective Impact Convening
-The Collective Impact Forum is hosting the 2019 Collective Impact Convening on May 14-16, 2019, in Chicago.
The Water of Systems Change: Action Learning Exercise
Based on the “inverted triangle” framework presented in The Water of Systems Change, this activity is designed to help…
The Water of Systems Change
Organizations involved in systems change can increase their odds for success by focusing on the least explicit but most…
The What, Why, and How of Advancing Funder Openness
This webinar explores lessons learned from funders practicing openness within their organizations, with their grantees, and with other community…
- June 8, 2018
Representation and Inclusion in Collective Impact: A Juvenile Justice Case Study
The role of equity in collective impact has evolved over the past several years. The recent field-wide study of…
When Is Collective Impact Most Impactful: Using Insights from the Collective Impact Cross-Site Study to Improve Your Impact
What do we know about the practices that lead to positive systems and population changes in collective impact initiatives?
Tackling Youth Substance Abuse on Staten Island: A Collective Impact Project
This case study focuses on the challenges of keeping a collective impact program—the Tackling Youth Substance Abuse (TYSA) program…
Early Wins in Early Childhood: A Case Study in Seeding Systems Change
Southeast Virginia has long been home to numerous early care and education programs. However, operating traditionally in siloes, these…
When Collective Impact has an Impact: A Cross-Site Study of 25 Collective Impact Initiatives
This research study looks at the question of “To what extent and under what conditions does the collective impact…