This checklist can be useful, regardless of the stage of development, to identify the implementation activity that can fill a gap or move the group forward. Accessing this resource requires you to join the Collective Impact Forum, which is free, and which we recommend. The Collective Impact Forum has curated published research and essential resources to help you get started in your exploration of the collective impact approach.

• collective impact implementation
• community development

This guide focuses on understanding community change; who to involve and how to engage them. It explains seven key factors for community change and how to develop a plan. In addition, it provides a checklist for roles and responsibilities for various players at different points of the process and a power point that summarizes the main points in the section.

• collaboration
• community building
• community change
• knowledge gaps
• partnerships
• systems change

This example is a model for evaluating a community program or initiative. It walks through phases of evaluation, types of stakeholders, and steps to developing an evaluation plan.

• communication
• evaluation
• growth
• initiative
• logic model
• planning

Follow this link to find the “Guide to Evaluating Collective Impact” report and a supplement with sample questions, outcomes, and indicators. Accessing this resource requires you to join FSG, which is free, and which we recommend.

• collective impact
• evaluation
• guide
• social change

The Kettering Foundation hosted the Community Democracy Workshop that explored issues relating to community collaboration. Included were: assumptions and beliefs about learning and knowledge building; the various approaches to community engagement; and, the relative value and effectiveness of these approaches to advancing community democracy. These notes from the meeting provide a structure for delving into these issues and can be adapted for working with any organization.

• community collaboration
• community democracy
• community engagement
• knowledge building
• learning

This case study, written by FSG, focuses on the Road Map Project, a collective impact initiative focused on doubling the number of students on track to graduate with a postsecondary degree or credential in the urban South Seattle region by 2020, as well as to close achievement gaps. This case study provides collective impact backbone organizations, funders, and partners with an overview of the initiative and key lessons learned.

• education
• Road Map Project
• student achievement

This dashboard from the Road Map Project might be used when preparing for an evaluation plan.

• community
• data
• education
• Road Map Project
• student achievement

The Continuum of Collaboration is a chart that illustrates the spectrum of informal or time-limited collaboration to longer-term strategic alliances. This can help your alliance to come to an understanding. It can be used in an activity to further the understanding of the different types of organizing and when each is most effective.

• collaboration
• community
• partnerships
• service providers

Published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review and written by Richard C. Harwood, the founder and president of The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, this paper makes the case for including community in cross-sector, high impact efforts from the perspective of Collective Impact. It includes questions for consideration and could be used to spark a goal setting session.

• civic culture
• collective impact
• community
• leaders
• pathways

This manual provides information, tools and examples for collaboratives across developmental stages. Newer groups can benefit from the “how-to” sections and more established collaboratives will benefit from learning through more complex discussions.

• community collaboration
• development
• health and human services
• leadership