Collective Impact is intended to help community leaders effectively engage participants in strategic planning initiatives and achieve desired results. It is a logical extension of, and builds on, earlier efforts that experienced difficulties helping groups implement actions identified in the planning processes. This book examines successful practices that apply Collective Impact principles to a variety of community development issues including reducing poverty, and similar topics. Contributing authors also examine techniques used in working with local groups to facilitate effective changes in their communities.
The discussions focus on settings in which Collective Impact efforts are likely to succeed using a variety of case studies that vary by intent, purpose, and location. Discussions of involvement by community and campus partnerships, regional planning organizations, and other groups can affect the ways in which Collective Impact principles are applied and how well they work. The discussions conclude with transformational changes within Collective Impact, moving from the individual to the system and future directions for Collective Impact approaches. Practitioners and scholars alike will find the discussions of various approaches and outcomes using Collective Impact useful in designing future efforts to bring about community change.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Community Development.
1. Collective impact approaches and community development issues Norman Walzer, Liz Weaver, and Catherine McGuire 2. Community-campus partnerships, collective impact, and poverty reduction Karen Schwartz, Liz Weaver, Natasha Pei, and Annie Kingston Miller 3. The why and how of working with communities through collective impact Jeff Raderstrong and Tynesia Boyea-Robinson 4. Community indicators and collective impact: Facilitating change Danielle M. Wood 5. Collective impact facilitators: How contextual and procedural factors influence collaboration Rebecca J. Gillam, Jacqueline M. Counts, and Teri A. Garstka 6. Re-examining power and privilege in collective impact Kimberly LeChasseur 7. Using collective impact in support of communitywide teen pregnancy prevention initiatives Thomas W. Klaus and Edward Saunders 8. Collective impact capacity building: Finding gold in Southwest Florida Cindy Banyai and Dave Fleming 9. Possible: Transformational change in collective impact Liz Weaver
Norman Walzer is senior research scholar in the Center for Governmental Studies at Northern Illinois University, USA. Liz Weaver directs the Learning Centre at Tamarack Institute, Canada. Catherine McGuire was with the Bush Foundation when this book was compiled.
