Special Access to an Article
The first 50 individuals will get access to this article.
Resources to Nourish Your Backbone Organization
Like the human spine, a backbone organization is arguably one of the most important parts of a living, breathing Collective Impact movement.The backbone organization serves five very similar purposes.
Getting to the product through process
Moving from messy to results oriented.
Examples of Collective Impact in Action
"I’d like to stress that this is not a rigid model—Collective Impact looks different in different contexts." - Fay Hanleybrown
Lessons from the SCOPE Initiative
Like childhood obesity, most social problems do not exist in silos. Social issues are created, and solved, by a number of interconnected systems.
Resources from the Stanford Social Innovation Review
Communities and organizations around the world are adopting a different mindset to achieve large-scale systemic change through collective impact. But the question remains, how do we do this work well?
Resources for Evaluating Community Impact
Although you can see at the end of a snowstorm everything that has been accomplished, how do you pull out those individual snowflakes, those unique players that made all the difference?
Changing the system requires systems thinking and collective impact although too often we mention the latter without the former. That needs change, too.
Ensuring Sustainable Social Impact
What do you do when you realize the monumental project you have undertaken will have to be finished without you? This was the question Antoni Gaudi faced when the architect realized his great work, the Sagrada Familia, would not be finished in his lifetime. His solution is one that is still available to us...
Thoughts from a "Personal Retreat" at the Collective Impact Summit
I have a confession to make. I attend Tamarack's Collective Impact Summits for very selfish reasons. I have come to experience and appreciate the annual event as a personal retreat.
The Collective Impact Summit washed away my doubts, lifted my pessimism, and left me feeling more inspired than ever to dedicate myself to this work.
A must event of 2015
Summit worth every penny!
Rural Health Hubs Framework & the Collective Impact Opportunity
This workshop, hosted by the AOHC, introduced Collective Impact and explored it as an approach to support creating Rural Health Hubs in Ontario.
In every community there are partners that could support our collective impact and collaborative efforts. Volunteer Centres are one of the those partners. Discover more about the role Volunteer Centres could have in your communities.
