- December 20, 2017
Opportunity Lost? Maximizing Large Federal Funds to Support Opportunity Youth
This blog was first published on the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions on December 4, 2017.There are nearly 5…
- November 22, 2017
Systems Change Strategies: From Theory to Practice
“Systems change approaches” have become a mantra of the social sector. Communities feel the frustration with being “resource-rich and…
Moving from Vision to Implementation: Strategies for Systems Change in Collective Impact
Forming a steering committee and creating a common agenda is hard work.
Making Meetings Work: How to design meetings to energize rather than bore
Collective impact involves A LOT of meetings.
Insights on Supporting Collective Impact
What advice do funders have about how to sustain momentum and impact in cross-sector partnerships?
The Future of Collective Impact in Turbulent Times
Leaders across the collective impact field reflect on the future of collective impact in today's often polarized environment.
- July 31, 2017
Build Your Team Like Broadway
Building a steering committee or leadership team for a collective impact initiative can feel high stakes. When done well,…
- July 24, 2017
What Can Collective Impact Learn from Organizing?
As the dust settles from hosting our fourth annual Collective Impact Convening, I have been reflecting on many of…
- July 24, 2017
Video and Transcript: Complementary or in Conflict? Community Organizing and Collective Impact
This past May, over 800 attendees and hundreds more online viewers joined us for the livestream event Complementary or…
Backbone Starter Guide: A Summary of Major Resources about the Backbone
For collective impact efforts, backbone support plays a critical role in helping a collaborative achieve its results, but it…
- June 26, 2017
Seeing Collective Impact Efforts with a Racial Equity Lens
This blog was originally posted on IISC's blog on June 7, 2017.A couple of weeks ago, IISC was invited…
Changing the Conversation: A case study of school district involvement in collective impact initiatives
The Road Map Project began in 2010 as a cradle-to-career collective impact initiative with an ambitious goal: to double…
2018 Collective Impact Convening
-The Collective Impact Forum invites you to join us on April 3-5, 2018, in Austin for our nest annual…
Using Data in Collective Impact
In this virtual coffee chat, JaNay Queen Nazaire and Jeff Raderstrong from Living Cities will share what they have…
Building a Community Engagement Strategy
In this virtual coffee chat, Paul Schmitz, Collective Impact Forum senior advisor and CEO of Leading Inside Out, shares…
How to Lead Collective Impact Working Groups: A Comprehensive Toolkit
Working Group Co-chairs are not simply symbolic leaders; the success of a collective impact initiative hinges on Co-chairs bringing…
- April 6, 2017
Study on Social Change Outcomes Learned from Collective Impact Initiatives
Since the publication of Collective Impact in the winter 2011 edition of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, this approach…
- March 29, 2017
To Validate or Elevate? Measuring Community Impact in an Actionable Way
Last November, Matt Forti and Kim Siegal penned an article titled Actionable Measurement: Getting from “Prove” to “Improve” in…
- March 26, 2017
New Toolkit for Community Engagement
Almost every collective impact effort I have visited has struggled with community engagement at some level. During the past…
Lessons Learned from Rural Collective Impact Efforts in Montana
This virtual coffee discussion explores how rural communities can leverage existing strengths to realize big change, with special guest…
