Working Group Instructions for Developing Shared Metrics
This Working Group guide is for a meeting focused on identifying indicators and/or key data points for shared measurement…
Steering Committee Meeting Agendas
This is a set of six steering committee meeting agendas for the first six months of a collective impact…
Steering Committee Discussion Tool
This tool could be used at a 1st or 2nd steering committee meeting to help members share their personal…
Work Group Reporting Template for Developing Shared Metrics
This Working Group Reporting Template is intended to assist with identifying indicators or key data points for shared measurement,…
Steering Committee Governance Agreement
This sample agreement can be used to help ensure that steering committee members are aware of their role and…
Steering Committee and Working Group Roles
This memo summarizes the key responsibilities of Steering Committee and Working Group members and was developed through FSG's work…
Work Group Meeting Planning and Execution Checklist
This checklist is intended to help backbone organizations with work group meeting planning and execution and was developed through…
Collective Impact Implementation Activity Checklist
While all initiatives play out differently due to local content, this checklist of suggested activities can help support the…
Job Descriptions for Backbone Roles
This document contains sample job descriptions for the roles of Executive Director, Project Coordinator, and Data Consultant to .assist…
Work Group Action Planning Template
This template, created by FSG, can be used by initiative working groups in the first or second meeting to…
Collective Impact for Opportunity Youth Report
This report by FSG outlines how a collective impact approach can improve outcomes for Opportunity Youth (i.e., youth between…
Measuring Backbone Contributions to Collective Impact
In this two-part series on Stanford Social Innovation Review’s blog, FSG’s Katherine Errecart and Anjali Bhatt, and Shiloh Turner,…
Exerting Influence Without Formal Authority
In this two-part series on Stanford Social Innovation Review’s blog, FSG’s Katherine Errecart and Anjali Bhatt, and Shiloh Turner,…
Collective Impact Article
This is the original FSG article describing collective impact, published in the Winter 2011 Stanford Social Innovation Review.
Embracing Emergence: Collective Impact Addresses Complexity
Complex social problems cannot be solved by a single organization or by a simple recipe.
Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work Article
This follow-up to FSG's 2011 Stanford Social Innovation Review article explores new examples of collective impact initiatives and provides…
The Value of Backbone Organizations in Collective Impact
FSG and The Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) partnered to understand and evaluate the role of backbone organizations in collective…
Case Study: Vibrant Communities
This case study, written by FSG, focuses on Vibrant Communities, a multi-layer collective impact initiative focused on unleashing the…
Case Study: Shape Up Somerville
This case study, written by FSG, focuses on Shape Up Somerville, a city-wide collective impact campaign to reduce obesity…
Case Study: The Road Map Project
This case study, written by FSG, focuses on the Road Map Project, a collective impact initiative focused on doubling…
