In this webinar recording, John Kania, Managing Partner of FSG, and Liz Weaver, Vice President, Tamarack – An Institute for Community Engagement, have a llively discussion about the role of Backbone infrastructure in Collective Impact.  John and his team at FSG and the Collective Impact Forum have been watching backbones emerge, form and build toward impact over the past 5 years and have been tracking the role and impact of investing in Backbones and the different governance structures being adopted.

Questions from backbone leaders are addressed starting at the 39:43 mark.

Here are some related resources that were mentioned on the call or that may be of interest:

• The Dawn of System Leadership by Peter Senge, Hal Hamilton and John Kania
• Understanding the Value of the Backbone Organization SSIR blog series
• Essential Mindset Shifts for Collective Impact by John Kania, Fay Hanleybrown and Jennifer Splansky Juster
• Collective Insights on Collective Impact special SSIR supplement by various authors
• The Philanthropist's special edition on Collective Impact series of articles by various authors
• The Collective Impact Forum website for CI resources, events and news
• PDF copy of the webinar slides from March 20th
• Webinar Storify see what webinar learners tweeted during the original online event