It’s About the Community: Why Community Engagement and Process Matter in Collective Impact
Collective impact efforts are often discussed in terms of organizations or sectors, such as business, nonprofit, government, and philanthropy.
- January 15, 2015
New Tools for Collective Impact Working Groups
Do you need some ideas for facilitating an ice-breaker among community leaders who have not previously met before? Have…
Sample Strategies for Pursuing a Common Agenda
These strategies were developed for a collective impact effort focused on improving health outcomes in a large U.S. city.
Collective Impact Warm-Up Exercises for Meetings
These slides are a compendium of exercises used with both working groups and steering committees.
- December 22, 2014
Collective Impact In Neighborhood Revitalization Part 4: So, What Does It Look Like When It Works?
As we close out this series on community engagement, below are some successful relational organizing examples from initiatives that…
- December 19, 2014
Collective Impact in Neighborhood Revitalization Part 3: Residents as the “Engagers”
Collective impact is critical to neighborhood revitalization. Neighborhoods are complex environments where many systems operate. Systems such as: commerce,…
- December 17, 2014
Achieving Collective Impact Starts with Asking Hard Questions
This essay was first published at Youth Thrive on Oct. 28, 2014.Communities across the country are embracing the collective…
- December 16, 2014
Collective Impact in Neighborhood Revitalization Part 2: The Problem with “Community Outreach”
In many instances community development efforts start by first identifying problems and then posing solutions. After this initial set…
- December 15, 2014
At the Speed of Trust – Part 2
In my last blog, I discussed the power of trust in collective impact, speaking from my personal experience in…
- December 12, 2014
2014’s Top Collective Impact Resources
We’re excited to share with you some of the “top” reads for the year from the Collective Impact Forum--the…
- December 11, 2014
Collective Impact in Neighborhood Revitalization Part 1: Engagement and Building Trust
There are many urban neighborhoods and small rural communities whose “better days” are a distant memory. Revitalizing these locations…
- December 9, 2014
At the Speed of Trust – Part 1
We hear a lot about the five conditions of collective impact (CI); however, the more I’m exposed to CI…
- November 24, 2014
Don’t Talk to Me about “Driving” Social Change
I recently met with the former head of a major pharmaceutical company to talk about improving the lives of…
Tackling Complex Social Problems through Collective Impact
What is collective impact?
How Public Policy Can Support Collective Impact
Drawing on interviews with policymakers, extensive secondary research, and their own experiences in the policy sphere, the authors identified…
- November 6, 2014
Relearning the Two-Step of Conversation and Meeting
An earlier version of this essay was first posted to Philanthropy Northwest.Paul Schmitz’s recent essay makes a strong case…
Too Much Collective, Too Little Impact: Aligning Multiple Initiatives in One Community
The growth of collective impact initiatives around the country gives rise to this dilemma:
- October 28, 2014
Four Insights on How Collective Impact, Community Engagement & Racial Equity Intersect
This essay was originally posted to Living Cities' blog on July 24, 2014.At Living Cities, we spend a lot…
- October 27, 2014
Finding the Right Size for Impact: Geographic Boundaries in Collective Impact
Dr. Larry Rand, Principal Investigator for the UCSF Preterm Birth Initiative, took the podium in front of a large…
- October 23, 2014
The Culture of Collective Impact
“It took a lot of time to build trust. People had distrust for years. You can’t undo that in…