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Severn Cullis-Suzuki: A Global Voice for Change

Posted by Mark Holmgren on June 3, 2016

Severn Cullis-Suzuki became a catalyst for change and a thought leader at the age of nine when she founded the Environmental Children's Organization which focused on advancing the learning and understanding of children about environmental issues.

That was the beginning of her life's work as an environmental activist and her devotion to ensuring our children are able to live and thrive in a safe, healthy environment. Her passion and interests have included deepening our understanding about humanity's sacred relationship with water, working with the Million Mothers movement to stop the use of nuclear power in Japan, and being an unrelentin

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Building Collective Impact 3.0

Posted by Liz Weaver on June 3, 2016

The Aspen Institute's Forum for Community Solutions is placing big bets on the future of collective impact as an important framework for community change. Over the past several years, Steve Patrick, the Vice President and Executive Director of the Forum has brought leadership and vision to three critically important impact areas.

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Capitalizing on non-technical factors to improve the success of evaluations

Posted by Alison Homer on June 3, 2016

While non-profit organizations sometimes struggle with technical aspects of evaluation, their strengths often lie in non-technical areas, such as relationship building and communication.

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The Circle of Courage and Sense of Belonging

Posted by Carla Bullinger on June 3, 2016

Sense of Belonging – this was a recurring phrase I heard while listening to the webinar Homecoming, Gifts and Rootedness: Coming home to the wonder of a place based world.

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The Canada Learning Bond is a Powerful Tool for Poverty Reduction

Posted by Joe March on May 19, 2016

The Canada Learning Bond (CLB) is a federal grant of up to $2,000 available to children born 2004 or laterwho are living in families with lower incomes. As a kick start to education savings, the CLB can have a powerful transformative effect on families by motivating success in school, improving high-school completion rates and helping students choose a path to post-secondary education and training.

SmartSAVER works with family facing community agencies across Canada to help them teach thousands of families how they can access free money for their children’s future education.

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How's Your Collaborative Posture?

Posted by Tom Klaus on May 10, 2016

Recently the Collective Impact Forum featured a terrific piece by Sheri Brady and Jennifer Splansky Juster on the Collective Impact Principles of Practice. These eight principles to guide efforts to put Collective Impact into practice are long overdue.

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