“Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, yet the social sector remains focused on the isolated intervention of individual organizations.” Stanford Social Innovation Review, 2011
Collective Impact
Collective Impact is a collaboration framework that engages across sectors and groups who share a common interest to address a complex social issue, in a given community. All partners from different sectors work to create a shared view of the issues, strengths, measurement framework, and approach, with one organisation playing the role of a backbone in the partnership.
Key Players
More in-depth explanations of the concepts can be found at:
- Stanford Social Impact Review
- Tamarack Institute
- FSG
- Collective Impact Forum
- Collaboration for Impact in Australia
What to Read
Publications and articles on the topic include:
- Channeling Change
- Understanding the Value of a Backbone Organisation
- The Real Challenge for Collective Impact
- Rethinking Collective Impact
A useful guide to evaluating collective impact projects and a publication on the insights from 22 practitioners has been created by the Collective Impact Forum.
Case Studies
Examples of collective impact in practice can be found at:
- Vibrant Canada
- Go Goldfields
- Education Benalla Project
- Strive Together
- 90 Homes for 90 Lives
- Logan Together (Queensland, Australia)
- Grow 21 (Victoria, Australia)
- Making Burnie 2030 (Tasmania, Australia)