Montréal is the second largest city in Canada. Throughout its 375-year history,
Montréal has experienced several transformations. Multiple waves of immigration have contributed to making Montréal one of the most diverse Canadian cities and a model of bilingualism and tolerance.
The movie Hidden Figures tells the story of three African-American women who made a significant difference to the US space industry. Their untold, until recently, story has many lessons for those engaged in community change. How many times do we join a collaborative table thinking that our share efforts will transform the community only to get disappointed that we were not included or that our skills and expertise were not leveraged? It took a crisis to bring forward the Hidden Figures but collaborative tables can uncover hidden assets early on with the Personal Asset Inventory Tool.
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I recently spoke with a very experienced, very frustrated community organizer. She had just come back from a meeting with a funder who repeatedly admonished her to provide measurable evidence that her project is making a difference.
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What if we had all the time in the world? Would we use this time to build trust or would we fill the time with all the things that we do now, and still be no further ahead?
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In preparation for Liz Weaver’s visit to St. John’s this month I geeked out all day Saturday by watching her video on the Tamarack site and creating this visual (you can click on it to see it larger)
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Collective impact efforts are complex and challenging because there are so many moving parts. This presents a communications challenge. There are some emerging examples of collective impact efforts that have successfully synthesized their work to a Plan on a Page.
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