1. Collective Impact: Starting with the end in mind
Presented by United Way and OSU Extension
10/26/2018

2. Collective Impact. There is so much misunderstanding and misuse of the term. What does “Collective Impact” mean to you? Why is your organization interested in this work? *Flip chart*
A premise of the collective impact approach is that not all problems are created equal – some are simple, some are more complicated, and some are truly complex.  Each type requires a somewhat different approach to solving them. Taking a collective impact approach requires moving away from the traditional, more isolated ways that service organizations attempt to solve problems. Traditional, isolated approaches to making an impact on outcomes often look like this:
Funders select individual grantees
Organizations seeking to implement change work separately and often compete against each for funding
Evaluation is structured to isolate a particular organization’s impact to show progress
Corporate and public sectors are not heavily involved in the process
Like other approaches to collaborative action, the collective impact approach engages multiple players in working together to solve complex social problems:
Funders and implementers understand that social problems – and their solutions – arise from the interaction of many organizations within a larger system
Organizations actively coordinate their actions and share lessons learned
Progress depends on working toward the same goal and measuring the same things
Large-scale change depends on increasing cross-sector alignment and learning among many organizations
Corporate and public sectors are essential partners

3. Collective Impact is a framework to tackle deeply entrenched and complex social problems. It is an innovative and structured approach to making collaboration work across sectors to achieve significant and lasting social change.
Organizations have been implementing collective impact for a long time. These successful collective impact initiatives often assure five conditions that are associated with their relative success:
Common Agenda
All participants share a vision for change that includes a common understanding of the problem and a joint approach to solving the problem through agreed-upon actions.
Shared Measurement
All participating organizations agree on the ways success will be measured and reported, with a short list of common indicators identified and used for learning and improvement.
Mutually Reinforcing Activities
A diverse set of stakeholders, typically across sectors, coordinate a set of differentiated activities through a mutually reinforcing plan of action.
Continuous Communication
All players engage in frequent and structured open communication to build trust, assure mutual objectives, and create common motivation.
Backbone Support
An independent, funded staff dedicated to the initiative provides ongoing support by guiding the initiative’s vision and strategy, supporting aligned activities, establishing shared measurement practices, building public will, advancing policy, and mobilizing resources.

4. Our focus today

5. Organizations move in the direction of the questions they ask
To remain relevant we need to work together as a network to effectively measure and consistently communicate our shared value (i.e. Bold Play 1)
Organizations move in the direction of the questions they ask.
What are the questions you are asking?
What is your organization’s end?

6. RBA Framework Start with ends and work backward towards means
Get from talk to action quickly
Follow a simple, common sense process
Build collaboration and consensus
Use data and transparency to ensure accountability
RBA Definitions

7. Result Indicator Program Performance Measure
A condition of well-being for children, adults, families or communities
Children born healthy, clean environment, prosperous economy
Result
A measure which helps quantify
Rate of low-birth weight, percent ready for K, crime rate
Indicator
Program, agency, strategy, collaborative
Foundation, nonprofit, grantee, department
Program
Performance Measure
Measure of how well a program, agency or service system is performing
RBA Definitions

8. Performance measure evaluation

9. Result Healthy Food Access Pop. Accountability
All residents have sufficient and reliable access to healthy food in Marion
Result
The question I am asking is:
Is the prevelance of food insecurity among Marion residents greater or less than the national average?
Do adults use different coping strategies than youth to manage their food insecurity?
What factors president food security status among Marion residents?
The result I want to see is: All residents have reliable and consistent access to healthy food in Marion, Ohio
Pop. Accountability
Performance Accountability

10. Result Healthy Food Access Indicator % of food insecurity
All residents have sufficient and reliable access to healthy food in Marion
Result
Population Accountabilty – recommend 1-2
Pop. Accountability
Performance Accountability

11. Result Healthy Food Access Healthy Food Access collab Program
% of food insecurity
Indicator
All residents have sufficient and reliable access to healthy food in Marion
Result
Pop. Accountability
Performance Accountability

12. Result Healthy Food Access Produce Perks Perforamance Measure
# of SNAP incentives provided during Aug farmer’s market
% of SNAP recipients comsuming fruit and vegetables
Perforamance Measure
Healthy Food Access collaborative
Program
% of food insecurity
Indicator
All residents have sufficient and reliable access to healthy food in Marion
Result
Pop. Accountability
Performance Accountability

13. What are your questions ?
Amber Wertman, United Way
Whitney Gherman, OSU Extension

14. Next Steps: What works to turn the curve?
Week 2: Developing Strategies (10/26)
What is the story behind the curve?
Week 3: Community Input (11/2)
How strongly has our programs impacted progress as measured by the baseline?
Week 4: Evaluation (11/9)
How can we make collective impact in Marion County?
Week 5: Collective Impact (11/16)
This project is funded in part through a Connect and Collaborate Grant, a program supporting innovative and scholarly engagement programs that leverage academic excellence of The Ohio State University in mutually beneficial ways with external partners.