A fishbowl for developing collective impact models
Rural communities may be the place to watch to learn about collective impact as a collaborative model for addressing wicked social problems without significant additional resources.
Starting a community discussion with a story
Sometimes, our efforts to deal with the effects of a social problem end up reinforcing the idea that it will never be solved - especially when we don't share our experiences with each other.
If you're going to commit, you need to consider these elements.
Before diving into a collective impact endeavor, consider the impact on your personal and organizational leadership. There are lots of potential rewards, but equally there is risk. Effective partners have to be both passionate about the cause and committed to the common agenda.
Resources from the Collective Impact Summit – May 28th, 2014
This post provides links and resources shared at the Collective Impact Summit hosted by the New Hampshire Children's Behavioral Health Collaborative.
Resources for Liz Weaver's Collective Impact workshops through 2014
Click here for resources from Liz Weaver's Collective Impact and Community Change workshops through 2014.
How collective impact efforts can get derailed
It is the Zen of Working Differently: don't focus on the money and the money will come!
May 2014 Special Issue of The Philanthropist looks at Collective Impact in the Canadian Context
The Philanthropist, Canada's pre-eminent online journal for the non-profit sector will feature a special issue by the end of May 2014 focused on Collective Impact from the Canadian perspective.
How efforts to Achieve Community Outcomes Get Derailed
But these are our problems as an entire community. We all own them together, and we can only solve them together.
How efforts to Achieve Community Outcomes Get Derailed
At every community meeting, at every step in the process, we have seen some version of these traps arise and threaten progress.
Exploring Collective Impact in an upcoming issue of The Philanthropist
I’m not sure how important Collective Impact is going to be, but I can tell you one thing: It’s big! I've had the wonderful opportunity to put together a special issue of The Philanthropist focusing on Collective Impact and I am excited about how it is going to contribute to the discussion.
Changing Behaviors Across Your Community
Changing Behavior in your community requires that you think through a no blame - no shame approach to mobilizing community action.
Moving from Counting to Accomplishing
A tsunami of measuring things has hit our community efforts over the past decade. For the most part, this "run it like a business" mantra has done little harm, but it also has not gotten us to the promised land of transformative change.
Resources from Liz Weaver's Collective Impact workshop
PowerPoint slides, hand-outs, and worksheets from Liz Weaver's Collective Impact workshops in Medicine Hat, AB
I went to the Champions for Change gathering to challenge my skepticism about community impact. I am glad I did. I advanced my thinking on a number of things, and I loved the oatmeal for breakfast, a Tamarack tradition.
Resources from the Waterloo Region’s Healthy Communities Partnership Shifting Gears Workshop
Here you will find the presentation and resources shared at the Shifting Gears Workskhop hosted by the Waterloo Region Healthy Communities Partnership
