1. GREAT RIVERS CONFERENCE FEBRUARY 19, 2015 MARK STEWART, PRESIDENT UNITED WAY OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY CHRISTINE MACNAUGHTON COMMUNITY IMPACT MANAGER LENAWEE UNITED WAY Building Blocks: Financial Stability Initiatives

2. What is Collective Impact? The commitment of a group of important actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a specific social problem.

3. The Five Conditions of Collective Impact Common Agenda Shared Measurement Mutually Reinforcing Activities Continuous Communication Backbone Support

4. Common Agenda All participants have a shared vision for change including a common understanding of the problem and a joint approach to solving it through agreed upon actions.

5. Shared Measurement Collecting data and measuring results consistently across all participants ensures efforts remain aligned and participants hold each other accountable

6. Mutually Reinforcing Activities Participant activities must be differentiated while still being coordinated through a mutually reinforcing plan of action.

9. Continuous Communication Consistent and open communication is needed across the many players to build trust, assure mutual objectives, and create common motivation.

10. Backbone Support Creating and managing collective impact requires a separate organization(s) with staff and a specific set of skills to serve as the backbone for the entire initiative and coordinate participating organizations and agencies.

11. Key Components Building upon existing efforts and discouraging duplication Supporting and leveraging each others’ efforts Distributing activities to take advantage of existing skills, passion & expertise Using data as the foundation for a learning system focused on the continuous improvement of the practice of the participating organizations Using data as the foundation to determine which innovations should be scaled and which should be stopped

12. The Collaboration Continuum CompeteCo-existCommunicateCooperateCoordinateCollaborateIntegrate Competition for clients, resources, partners, public attention No systematic connection between agencies Inter-agency information sharing (e.g. networking) As needed, often informal interaction, on discrete activities or projects Organizations systematically adjust and align work with each other for greater outcomes Longer term interaction based on shared mission, goals, shared decision- makers and resources Fully integrated programs, planning, funding

13. Keys to Collective Impact Relationships between people is the KEY to collective impact. Without relationships, it will fail. We must invest time to build trust. Collective impact IS our work – it’s not something extra! Focus needs to be on building a better community – not just stronger programs.

14. Overview of Financial Literacy Coalition of Bartholomew County

15. Overview of Lenawee Financial Stability Coalition

16. Interactive Exercise How does your community’s financial stability work fit into a Collective Impact Model?

17. United Way Funded Programs Bartholomew County Lenawee County

18. Questions/Answers Christine MacNaughton, Community Impact Manager, Lenawee United Way christine@lenaweeunitedway.org (517) 263-4696 Mark Stewart, President, United Way of Bartholomew County mstewart@uwbarthco.org (812) 375-2201