Collective Impact

Business Aligning for Students: The Promise of Collective Impact – click here.

Collective Impact Forum – this is a very active online community of practitioners from all over the country, with a great deal of resources and tools – click here.

The Dawn of System Leadership:  This is John Kania’s most recent article and talks about the leadership characteristics that are important in collective impact.

Understanding the Value of Backbone Organizations:  This article describes the function and role of the backbone organization.  It might help answer questions about when/how/who should and should not play the backbone role.

Guide to Evaluating Impact – three part guide on evaluation of collective impact efforts, all of which are attached.  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.