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Four Key Phases of Every Collective Impact Initiative by: Liz Weaver

Framing collective impact through four phases is useful. Each phase builds on the one that preceded it but there are common challenges that backbone organizations encounter in this work

Cities Connect - May 2013

A weekly roundup of news and ideas about Poverty Reduction in Canada by: Donna Jean Fors...

A weekly blog for members of Vibrant Communities Canada - Cities Reducing Poverty and others who are involved in moving the needle on poverty in Canada

Why Innovations Fail

A community's expectations are a critical element to the success of our innovations by: Jay Connor

I've come to see that at the very heart of success there are just two interrelated and mutually dependent, elements: the need to change expectations or the "inner attitudes" in James' phrasing and the need to work differently, to innovate.

untying the complexities of social impact bonds by: Anne Makhoul

Before committing to a new way of funding social outcomes, we need to know the details.

Caledon Policy Monitor

Simple and effective by: Anne Makhoul

Research headaches find relief with Caledon's Policy Monitors

by: Lori Kleinsmith

Poverty has taken root in Niagara. Together we can cultivate change.

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The Need to Work Differently by: Jay Connor

It is only in a "safe" place where folks, who have been doing the community's heavy lifting, are respected and see that clarity regarding the shared outcome is a full answer to their prayers for resources and tools aimed at moving the needle on the outcome they have dedicated their lives to.

Does your community have one? by: Peterborough

Does your community have a definition of poverty that helps inform your work? Do you have a definition of person with lived experience?

Collective Impact Resources

Champions of Change Backbone Workshop by: Liz Weaver

Looking for more collective impact resources - check out this great cache of resources that can be found on www.tamarackcommunity.ca.

Blame is Not a Strategy

Lesson from the Recent ASU/GSV Education Innovation Summit by: Jay Connor

I am constantly struck by how destructive blame is to the ability to achieve impact and how terribly hard it is to banish blame from our most basic human interactions.

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