Headwaters Communities in Action has long been a champion of citizen leadership on projects that engage multiple sectors to work together on projects to enhance community well-being. This approach has demonstrated what is possible when partners across multiple sectors – funders, allies and community partners – agree to a common agenda and work together to achieve it.  

This workshop introduces community partners across Headwaters region to Collective Impact – a unique and disciplined framework for multi-sector collaboration that is demonstrating powerful results on a broad range of tough community issues including: environmental restoration; poverty reduction; and, youth achievement.  

PRESENTATION RESOURCES:

Download resources from the Collective Impact: An Invitation to Think & Act Differently Workshop:  

• Access Sylvia Cheuy’s Presentation: Collective Impact: An Invitation to Think & Act Differently 
• View the Resource at a Glance: Collective Impact
• Read the original article on Collective Impact by John Kania & Mark Kramer, FSG 
• Read Channelling Change: Making Collective Impact Work by John Kania & Mark Kramer

LEARN MORE:

Participants interested in diving deeper into the knowledge and resources of Collective Impact, and multi-sector collaboration in order to bring about lasting change on complex community issues can:

• Explore Tamarack's 3 Online Learning Sites to find a vibrant peer network, and the latest resources and tools to support positive community change:  
  • Tamarack CCI - For Collaborative Leaders who use collective impact approaches to address complex community issues.  www.tamarackcci.ca 
  • Vibrant Communities - Cities Reducing Poverty - For Cities that are developing and implementing comprehensive poverty reduction strategies.  www.vibrantcanada.ca
  • Deepening Community - For individuals who care about community, the vibrancy of neighbourhoods and the unique role of citizens in advancing social change.  www.deepeningcommunity.ca 
• Subscribe to Engage!, Tamarack's award-winning e-magazine to learn about the latest developments in the field.  Learn more here.  
• Join Sylvia at the 2015 Collective Impact Summit – September 28th to Oct 2nd, 2015 in Vancouver, B.C.