In 5 Simple Rules for Evaluating Collective Impact, Mark Cabaj reflects upon the struggle faced by the field of evaluation as it has experimented in developing concepts and methods that are useful for the complex work of community change.

Mark observes that, the ambitious nature of the latest iteration of community change approaches, Collective Impact, amplifies this challenge and then outlines five simple rules that have emerged out of 50 years of trial and error that can assist participants, funders, and evaluators of Collective Impact initiatives to track their progress and make sense of their efforts.

This article was written for and published in a special Collective Impact issue of The Philanthropist that was published in the Fall of 2014.