- August 30, 2016
Presenting a Special Issue of Community Development on Collective Impact
The principles and practices of collective impact apply especially well to issues facing community development practitioners because they help…
- August 29, 2016
Backbone Board Members Have Additional Roles and Responsibilities
Backbone organizations are unusual entities and that means they need unusual boards too. Board members of organizations responsible for…
- August 1, 2016
Lessons Learned from our Conversations with Experienced Backbone Leaders
Over the past two months, we published seven interviews with experienced backbone leaders. Although we approached these interviews with…
- August 1, 2016
Conversations with Experienced Backbone Leaders: Community Health Improvement Partners
This is the last of our blog series Conversations with Experienced Backbone Leaders. We sincerely hope you’ve enjoyed the…
- July 19, 2016
Conversations with Experienced Backbone Leaders: Road Map Project
Hello CI enthusiasts! This is our sixth in a series of interviews with experienced backbone leaders. In this chat,…
- July 19, 2016
Conversations with Experienced Backbone Leaders: LiveWell Colorado
We hope you’re enjoying our conversations with experienced backbone leaders. In this installment, we had the pleasure of sitting…
- July 15, 2016
With Community Engagement How’s Your Collaborative Posture?
This post was originally published on May 10, 2016 on Communities Collaborating.Whether it is collective impact, or another collaboration…
- July 1, 2016
Conversations with Experienced Backbone Leaders: KConnect
Here at the Forum we’ve been having amazing discussions about equity in collective impact. As part of the discussion…
- July 1, 2016
Conversations with Experienced Backbone Leaders: Communities that Care
Our conversation series with experienced backbone leaders continues with a conversation with Kat Allen, co-chair of Communities that Care…
Confronting Power Dynamics and Engaging the Community’s Voice in Collective Impact
Plenary discussion at the 2016 Collective Impact Convening.
- June 24, 2016
Lessons on Using Data for Collective Impact
Using shared measures to track progress toward goals and understand where partnerships are making progress and where improvement is…
Equity as the Soul of Collective Impact
Opening remarks at the 2016 Collective Impact Convening.
Conversation with Eric Liu and Norm Rice
Conversation with Eric Liu – Citizen University & Aspen Institute Citizenship and American Identity Program, Steve Patrick – Aspen…
- June 22, 2016
Conversations with Experienced Backbone Leaders: Project U-Turn
This is the second in our conversation series with experienced backbone leaders. (see this blog post describing the series.)In…
- June 22, 2016
Conversations with Experienced Backbone Leaders: Vermont Farm to Plate
Welcome to the first in a series of conversations with experienced backbone leaders! (see this blog post describing the…
- June 22, 2016
New Blog Series: Conversations with Experienced Backbone Leaders
Summer is upon us, and in the U.S. the weather is hot, and the days long. I spent my…
- May 31, 2016
Is Collective Impact Incompatible with Equity?
In the winter of 2015, two East Coast Millennials joined the FSG team in San Francisco (just in time…
- May 23, 2016
Getting Back to the Purpose of Collective Impact
My Aunt Janice’s biscuits are legendary. They are fluffy, buttery and light. Whenever we visit her in Alabama, we…
- May 18, 2016
How Do Cross-Sector Collaborations for Education Present Data to the Public?
The collective impact model of cross-sector collaboration emphasizes the use of shared measurement systems for identifying problems and needs,…
- May 4, 2016
Advancing the Practice of Collective Impact
We appreciate Tom Wolff’s critique of collective impact and the insights he shares in his recent essay. Wolff’s years…