Collective Impact Forum

Big News! The last day to register for the Full Series Pass for Essentials for Collective Impact is next Friday, September 13, 2024. https://lnkd.in/g8AX7Whc The 2024 Essentials series focuses on building practical knowledge and skills to support collective impact efforts. If you are interested in joining the whole series of online workshops and receiving a discount, we invite you to register for the Full Series Pass by September 13, 2024. ***What’s special about the Full Series Pass? The Full Series Pass provides access to all four online workshops, including presentation materials and recordings, at a discounted rate, saving $100 off the full price of all four workshops. The 2024 Essentials series focuses on four key topics that support collaborative efforts: 💡 - Navigating the Dangers to Collective Impact 📅 - Tuesday, September 17. 1pm – 4pm ET Session Lead: Paul Schmitz (Collective Impact Forum; Leading Inside Out) 💡 - Fostering a Data Culture: Overcoming Challenges and Driving Impact 📅 - Tuesday, October 1. 1pm – 4pm ET Session Lead: Nanette Antwi-Donkor, former Senior Program Manager, Opportunity Youth Forum, Aspen Forum For Community Solutions (AFCS) 💡 - Community Engagement in Collective Impact 📅 - Tuesday, October 15. 1pm – 4pm ET Session Leads: Dominique Samari (P3 Development Group; Collective Impact Forum) and Paul Schmitz (Leading Inside Out; Collective Impact Forum) 💡 - Tools for Collaborative Engagement and Planning 📅 - Thursday, October 24. 1pm – 4pm ET Session Leads - Jennifer Splansky Juster (Collective Impact Forum) and Cindy Santos (Aspen Forum For Community Solutions (AFCS) To join all four sessions at this special discounted rate, please register by Friday, September 13. https://lnkd.in/g8AX7Whc

🎙 PODCAST RECOMMENDATION: The latest Collective Impact Forum podcast episode really struck a chord. Working in #socialimpact can feel heavy at times, especially during the return from summer vacations and the change of seasons. In this episode, Trista Harris of FutureGood shares how applying #futurism can benefit the development of an organization or collaborative's social impact #strategy. Here are two things very practical things I am taking away: - We need to STOP 🛑 loving the problem. ("Foundations are the chief problem levers in the field.") Instead, set your strategy by imagining what it looks like if the system is fixed. - Set up #googlealerts for "Future of X" (insert topic/issue area) to inform your learning and point of view of the fixed system and what's coming. I just set up 4 alerts! Thanks for another informative and practical episode, CIF team! Tracy Timmons-Gray Jennifer Splansky Juster Courtney Williams Robertson #collectiveimpact

👋 September is around the corner! Say hello to the FSG team at the following conferences: Sep 4-6: ProsperityNOW Summit | Washington DC | FSG CEO John Harper will be moderating a session on strategies for intergenerational wealth-building and Director Erin Sullivan will be in attendance. Sep 8-10: Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals Annual Conference | San Diego, CA | Stop by FSG’s booth or one of our two sessions on 9/9, “Corporate Philanthropy as a Think Tank” and “Leading with Purpose at Every Stage of Your Career.” Bobbi Silten, Chief of People & Culture and Managing Director; Lakshmi Iyer, Managing Director; Lolita Castrique-Meier, Director; and Nikhil Bumb, Managing Director will be in attendance. Sep 10-12: The Kresge Foundation's Our Urban Future: The Next Era of Making Change in America's Cities | Detroit, MI | FSG CEO John Harper will be speaking at a session on engaging philanthropy in civic problem solving on Sep 11 from 9:15-10:15AM ET. Sep 24-26: SHIFT Toward an Equitable Future (National Fund for Workforce Solutions) | Memphis, TN | Scotland E. Nash EdD, ACC, Director, Talent Rewire and Talia Alongi, Associate Director of Research & Transformation, Talent Rewire will be in attendance. Sep 25-27: StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network Convening | Salt Lake City, UT | Jennifer Splansky Juster, Executive Director, Collective Impact Forum will be in attendance. 

"The future doesn’t happen to us. We create it with the decisions that we make today. What the future needs and deserves is for each of us to be smart about what’s coming next and to build that future muscle." – Trista Harris When building a collaborative strategy or working through your implementation plans, it might feel like what you need most is a crystal ball (or a mystically accurate Magic 8 ball) to reveal which activities will work, which won’t, and where you can pivot so you and your partners can keep making progress. Moving ahead while surfing through ambiguity and questions like, “what will happen if…” can make the process of working together even more uncertain and stressful. The practice of futurism can be helpful when working through questions about where your collaborative work can go, and how your work may be affected by shifts in political, financial, environmental, and other conditions. In this new podcast episode, we explore how futurism can be used by collaboratives. We talk with Trista Harris, President of FutureGood, an organization that supports funders and nonprofits by tapping into future thinking. We discuss how these practices can support scenario-planning, risk mitigation, and imaging what an “ideal future” might be. In the discussion, we also explore the future trends that collectives may need to consider, including the impact of artificial intelligence (AI), disaster planning, and imagining a bright future when facing daunting challenges. Ways to listen: You can listen on our site or on your preferred podcast streamer, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify. A full transcript is also available on our site: https://lnkd.in/gcsKNHxm

A successful collective impact initiative thrives on dynamic, shared leadership across steering committees, workgroup co-chairs, partners, and staff. In this new report from Collective Impact Forum, our CEO Heather Vaikona joins other leaders to share insights they’ve gained while navigating these varied relationships.    Shoutout to the report’s authors, our long-time collaborators, Dominique Samari and Paul Schmitz. Read the report: https://lnkd.in/g3Ztm-De

📽️ Wednesday Webinar Feature: The Collective Impact Forum Action Summit 2024 Session on Advancing Equity in Times of Polarization and Division featuring the The Aspen Institute Aspen Forum For Community Solutions (AFCS) Without proactively removing the structures and systems that have contributed to inequity, place-based collaboratives can not make a meaningful impact on the lives of those most excluded and underestimated in communities. However, given the increasing anti-DEI political and cultural headwinds unfolding in the US and several other countries, communities are facing increased challenges pursuing their equity work. To explore this topic, we share a video and podcast recording from the Day 3 opening panel discussion at the 2024 Collective Impact Action Summit. The panel discusses the challenges collaboratives are facing in their work to advance equity and how collaboratives can navigate through this adversity to continue making progress towards their collective goals. This session was originally held on May 2, 2024. Please find full video, audio, and a transcript further down this page. Featuring: Jennifer Splansky Juster, Executive Director, Collective Impact Forum Monique Miles, Managing Director, Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions Paul Schmitz, Senior Advisor, Collective Impact Forum; CEO, Leading Inside Out Junious Williams, Senior Advisor, Collective Impact Forum; Principal, Junious Williams Consulting, Inc. Link to more details: https://lnkd.in/gHq7g59r https://lnkd.in/gyrF7-fc

***Register now for our 2024 Essentials for Collective Impact online workshop series! https://lnkd.in/g8AX7Whc The Essentials series focuses on skills and knowledge in four key areas that support collective impact and place-based collaboration: collaborative planning, community engagement, building and strengthening a data culture within your initiative, and avoiding common challenges that stymie the work of collectives. What’s special about Essentials? Essentials 2024 runs from September through October 2024. You can choose to register for all four workshops with a full series pass, or for the individual workshops that interest you most. Each topic session includes a half-day workshop, plus the workshop recording and related resources. What's extra special about the Full Series Pass? It provides access to all four online workshops, including presentation materials and recordings, at a discounted rate, saving $100 off the full price of all four sessions. All the learning, plus extra savings! The 2024 Essentials series focuses on four key topics that support collaborative efforts: 💡 - Navigating the Dangers to Collective Impact 📅 - Tuesday, September 17. 1pm – 4pm ET Session Lead: Paul Schmitz (Collective Impact Forum; Leading Inside Out) 💡 - Fostering a Data Culture: Overcoming Challenges and Driving Impact 📅 - Tuesday, October 1. 1pm – 4pm ET Session Lead: Nanette Antwi-Donkor, former Senior Program Manager, Opportunity Youth Forum, Aspen Forum For Community Solutions (AFCS) 💡 - Community Engagement in Collective Impact 📅 - Tuesday, October 15. 1pm – 4pm ET Session Leads: Dominique Samari (P3 Development Group; Collective Impact Forum) and Paul Schmitz (Leading Inside Out; Collective Impact Forum) 💡 - Tools for Collaborative Engagement and Planning 📅 - Thursday, October 24. 1pm – 4pm ET Session Leads - Jennifer Splansky Juster (Collective Impact Forum) and Cindy Santos (Aspen Forum For Community Solutions (AFCS) Register at: https://lnkd.in/g8AX7Whc

As facilitators of #systemchange and #systeminnovation, we have experienced first hand how identifying, working and challenging mindsets and assumptions can often make or break the journey towards a reimagined system or a successful partnership initiative. Once that work is done, how do you maintain the nature of collectiveness in partnerships while delivering tangible impact becomes the real challenge. We are always on a learning journey and are excited to learn more on this topic by joining FSG's virtual office hour with Dominique Samari and Paul Schmitz on September 24, 2-3 pm ET, to explore how backbones can effectively work toward this goal. See you there! ➡ Download the report here: https://lnkd.in/evqhATdJ ➡ Join the virtual office hour: https://lnkd.in/eMFwn3UE

JOB ALERT 📣 Applications are now open for new Consultants and Senior Consultants to join FSG’s US Consulting team. If you're a creative, analytical thinker with a passion for advancing equity and driving social change, we want to hear from you! 📅 Application Period: Monday, August 26, 2024 – Monday, September 9, 2024 💼 Positions Available: Consultants and Senior Consultants 🌎 Location: Remote | Anywhere in the 48 contiguous United States 💰 Salary: The starting salary for the Consultant role is $100,000, and the starting salary for the Senior Consultant role is $123,858. Ready to make an impact? Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/edxshZKU #Hiring #SocialImpact #CSR #philanthropy 

***New Resource Now Available - Backbone Leadership is Different: The Skills and Mindset Shifts Needed for Collective Impact https://lnkd.in/g3Ztm-De Leading a collective impact initiative is different than leading a traditional organization. Unlike a hierarchical organization, a successful collective impact initiative is a more horizontal network that requires a distributed leadership model among various roles and groups—steering committee members, workgroup co-chairs, implementation partners, and the backbone staff who facilitate, coordinate, and project manage the initiative. Engaging and motivating diverse actors with sometimes competing interests and agendas to change in order to align their work and move measurable results together takes a different kind of leadership. This new report, "Backbone Leadership is Different: The Skills and Mindset Shifts Needed for Collective Impact," authored by Dominique Samari and Paul Schmitz, draws from their observations partnering with and supporting dozens of collaboratives over the past 10 years. They share insights from successful backbone teams, highlighting three critical mindset shifts and six key skill sets. When these mindsets and skills exist across a backbone team, they enhance the team's ability to guide and facilitate collaboration, ultimately helping the collective achieve its shared goals. Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/g3Ztm-De