Mutually reinforcing activities are the program and services that are delivered which contribute to achieving the intended impact of your Collective Impact effort. This Collective Impact condition includes: agreement on key outcomes; identifying opportunities for orchestration and specialization in the programs and services offered; and, considering how complementary programs and activities might sometimes “join up” - strategies to achieve outcomes. By creating a shared understanding of the programs and their design, it becomes possible to consider:
The resources in this section focus on how to align the resources across the engaged partners into an initial theory of change that your partners believe will enable the collective to achieve a common agenda.
Each chapter's primary tools are fundamental resources designed to help grow a more complete understanding of each stage of Collective Impact. Start your journey in this chapter by reviewing each of the primary tools. Once this is complete, you can move on to the secondary and diving deeper resources to help gain a better grasp of specific elements that have been introduced.
In the spirit of respect, reciprocity, and truth we honour and acknowledge that our work occurs across Turtle Island (North America), which has been home since time immemorial to the ancestors of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples.
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