- October 6, 2014
What Keeps Steering Committee Members Coming to Meetings? (Hint: F-words!)
What makes collective impact steering committee meetings a priority for leaders who juggle myriad commitments? In my opinion, F-words…
- October 1, 2014
Building Civic Confidence
In May, 2014 I attended the Catalyzing Large Scale Change: The Funder’s Role in Collective Impact convening that was…
- September 16, 2014
Reflecting on the Role of Grantmakers
Grantmakers are critical partners in collective impact efforts. More than just funders, grantmakers can help catalyze connections and lay…
- September 12, 2014
Corralling Cross Sector Collaborations
“In any given week, you could go to three meetings and hear the same report three times.”“Too many people…
- September 10, 2014
Communities Defining Quality Collective Impact
By Jeff Edmondson and Ben HechtAfter three years of hype, Collective Impact seems to be going through some growing…
- September 4, 2014
Bringing an Equity Lens to Collective Impact
By Junious Williams and Sarah MarxerLike many who have devoted their careers to social justice, we at Urban Strategies…
- September 2, 2014
Essential Mindset Shifts for Collective Impact
By John Kania, Fay Hanleybrown, & Jennifer Splansky JusterPeople often ask whether we would refine the five conditions of…
Collective Insights on Collective Impact
Through the diverse voices of the authors, you can dive deeper into important collective impact topics such as public…
Power Dynamics in Collective Impact
Collective impact initiatives must build the power needed to accomplish their common agenda.
Making Public Policy Collective Impact Friendly
This is part of a compilation of nine new articles about collective impact.
Learning in Action: Evaluating Collective Impact
This is part of a compilation of nine new articles about collective impact.
Defining Quality Collective Impact
To sustain collective impact, we must bring more rigor to the practice by drawing on lessons from a diverse…
Aligning Collective Impact Initiatives
Communities can suffer from too many initiatives, creating overlap, inefficiency, and frustration.
Essential Mindset Shifts for Collective Impact
To be effective, collective impact must consider who is engaged, how they work together, and how progress happens.
The Role of Grantmakers in Collective Impact
Grantmakers can catalyze connections and lay the groundwork for collective impact initiatives to take shape.
Achieving Collective Impact for Opportunity Youth
This is part of a compilation of nine new articles about collective impact.
- August 21, 2014
Which Form of Collaboration is Best for You?
Increasingly, grantmakers and nonprofits understand that collaboration is critical for social change. One form of collaboration, collective impact is…
Roundtable on Community Engagement and Collective Impact
Collective impact efforts are often discussed in terms of organizations or sectors, such as business, nonprofit, government, and philanthropy.
- August 13, 2014
Presenting: Collective Insights on Collective Impact, Nine New Articles on Collective Impact
by Fay Hanleybrown, FSG, Steve Patrick, Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions, Sheri Brady, Aspen Institute Forum for Community…
- August 12, 2014
A Mayor’s View: The Effect of Collective Impact Initiatives on City Hall
By Ronda JacksonThis interview was originally posted to Living Cities' The Catalyst on July 29, 2014.In our journey to…
