WiCC November 9, 2015 Kathleen Pritchard, Ph.D.

Collective Impact is… A group of actors from different sectors agreeing to work on a common agenda to solve a complex social problem. Based on the premise that no single organization can create large scale lasting social change alone.

Collective Impact is NOT Isolated impact Just a fancy name for collaboration Community impact Not just scaling Appropriate for all problems

5 conditions of success 1.Common agenda 2.Shared measurement 3.Mutually reinforcing activities 4.Continuous communication 5.Backbone organization

4 phases of development 1.Generate ideas—conversation, common ground (6 months) 2.Initiate action—using data, involving funders– (two years) 3.Organize for impact—backbone capacity (a decade) 4.Sustain action for impact—communicate results with stories and data

3 preconditions 1.Influential champion passionate about the issue but willing to let others figure it out CEO level? 2.Adequate financial resources anchor funder minimum of 2-3 years 3.Urgency for change

Milwaukee Examples (with Caution) Washington Park Partners Connections in Sight Milwaukee LIHF Childhood Obesity Prevention Alzheimer’s Association Challenging Behaviors School Community Partnership for Mental Health Milwaukee Succeeds Summer Reading

How can you get involved? Usual tactics for community engagement Funders as a connection point What do you have to offer? Expertise or outside? What phase is the effort in? Be ready for bi-directional learning Not the expert helping out but partner in learning

Resources Stanford Social Innovation Review Winter 2011, collective impact introduced with 5 condition hypothesis Jan. 2012, Hanleybrown, Kania and Kramer, Making Collective Impact Work June 2012, Roundtable on Collective Impact Other sources/Background 2000, Aspen Institute, United Way Community Impact Tamarac Institute, April 2011 conference on Backbone Organizations Social Innovation Generation (SIG) Maytee

Questions??? Thank you! Kathleen Pritchard, Ph.D. IMPACT Planning Council