September 30, 2011
Getting to Collective Impact: Lessons Learned from the Strive Partnership
Collective Impact: This report examines the Strive collective impact initiative arguing that large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, yet the social sector remains focused on the isolated intervention of individual organizations. If successful, the spread of a collective impact approach could enable us to solve today’s most serious social problems with the resources we already have at our disposal.
Strive Partnership: Greater Cincinnati leaders at all levels of the education, nonprofit, community, civic, and philanthropic sectors are working together as part of The Strive Partnership to tackle some of our most pressing challenges, and to take advantage of some of our biggest opportunities. To learn more, visit the Strive website at www.strivetogether.org.
Geoff Zimmerman, Director of Continuous Improvement for the Strive Partnership gives an overview and evolution of Strive's work in Cincinnati and it's emergence as a framework that communities accross the country are working to adopt.
Shared Data Systems to Support Youth Success
Geoff Zimmerman works with local and state leaders to explore the power and pitfalls in implementing a cross-sector approach to data colleciton and use. Participants discuss statewide efforts currently underway and plan together to identify a common set of outcomes and indicators to measure youth success.
Collective Impact: Putting it into Practice
Site Leadership Teams will discuss what Collective Impact means in their partnership work; articulate where they are in relation to the five conditions defining Collective Impact; and move forward in their planning efforts. Teams will also work to discuss the implications of demographic shifts in their work and develop action plans for the immediate future.
Five Conditions for Collective Impact
Team Session Summary: Includes a guide for the Three Elements of a Shared Agenda
A New Day is Dawning in Our Communities: Utah's Demographic Transformation
Utah is in the midst of an economic, demographic and cultural transformation. Our state is attracting new populations, especially young adults from other nations, who bring new ideas, traditions and possibilities that energize and enrich our communities. These shifts create ongoing opportunities and challenges for educators as they adapt to the linguistic and cultural diversity of this next ‘minority-majority” generation.
Related Publications:
Pamela Perlich (2011) “Census 2010--A First Look at Utah Results,” Utah Economic and Business Review, Volume 71, Number 2. Online.
Pamela Perlich (2008) “Utah’s Demographic Transformation: A View Into the Future,” Utah Economic and Business Review, Volume 68, number 3. Online.
Recommended Resources
United Way Promise Neighborhoods A Promise Neighborhood is a community of opportunity, centered around strong schools, that allows children to learn, grow, and succeed. Promise Neighborhoods wrap children in high-quality, coordinated health, social, community, and educational support from the cradle to college to career.
Ten Principles of Authentic Community Engagement
Family and Community Engagement (FACE) Handbook funded by the Department of Education, shares best practices for practitioners and policymakers at the local, state, and national level around family and community engagement
Assessing Afterschool Resources and Needs
Keys to Collaboration Success: An article from Fieldstone Alliance identifies four keys that are essential to a well-functioning collaboration.
Integrating Expanded Learning Opportunities with School Reform Inititatives: A policy brief from Learning Point Associates highlighting the need for expanded learning programs to be given more attention as a care element in school-based reform strategies.
National Leauge of Cities and Towns Afterschool Tools and Resources
