April 29 - May 1, 2015 Networks for Learning, Networks for Impact: Leveraging Our Capacity As Conveners

One Question What is one question you want answered today? Please take a minute to think, and write out a sticky note with your key question.

Agenda & Introductions Jenny Callans: How can aligning multiple initiatives help increase impact? Why is this important to United Way? Keisha Kersey: Why does this work interest the federal government? Ayo Atterberry: How do you go about developing a shared measurement framework? David Murphey: What does this mean for the field?

Learning Objectives Via content and exercises, our goal is to equip each attendee to take action upon returning to their “home” United Way: Gauge your UW’s readiness to pursue shared outcomes Identify a strength and a challenge for your UW Brainstorm ideas and insights around shared outcomes and your UW

Social Innovation Fund Intermediary with 2011 cohort 8 Community-Based Partner Organizations serving a Tri-County Area including Detroit Focus is kindergarten readiness (Youth Development Issue Area Group) Jenny Callans, Ph.D., Director, Early Childhood United Way for Southeastern Michigan

Senior Program Officer with the Social Innovation Fund, since Portfolio of 13 SIF Intermediaries Focus on progress reporting, data collection and performance measurement Keisha Kersey, Senior Program Officer Corporation for National and Community Service

Social Innovation Fund Intermediary with 2010 cohort A transformative Network of six nonprofits -College Summit, KIPP DC, LAYC, WWH-MTA, Urban Alliance and Year Up- in the National Capital Region Focus is on improving the education, employment, and healthy behavior outcomes of 20,000 low-income youth, ages 14–24 (Youth Development Issue Area Group) Ayo Atterberry, Director of Outcomes, Assessment and Learning VPP

Directs Indicators program area; manages Child Trends’ DataBank; supports KIDS COUNT; involved in projects integrating data across multiple platforms Has a lead role in developing frameworks to align SIF subgrantees’ data collection around common outcomes and indicators Monitors and develops reports on data submitted under SIF frameworks; provides technical assistance to intermediary organizations and subgrantees regarding measurement, use of data in performance management, and communication of results David Murphey, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist Child Trends

Ask the Speakers

Snapshot : Is your UW ready to align initiatives? Our United Way is already funding multiple initiatives in the same impact area Our UW is already funding multiple initiatives targeted at the same outcome Our UW has built strong community networks among partners Our UW is currently involved in evaluation of initiative effectiveness Our UW has data analysis capacity Our UW has a variety of external relationships that can be leveraged to align outcomes

Pair & Share: Identify strengths & challenges Take two minutes to think and identify one strength and one challenge for your UW, with respect to aligning initiatives. Next, working in pairs, discuss by building on the strength and identifying solutions to the challenge.

3-2-1: 3 ideas, 2 insights, 1 question Individually, take two minutes to write down three ideas you now have, two insights and one question. Share one item with your table. Each table, share an item.

Quick Poll: What are your thoughts now on aligning multiple initiatives, go or no-go? Go: Next steps? No-go: What’s the hurdle? FAQ will be developed and shared Potential for Community of Practice – interest?

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