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Collective Impact 3.0: A Response

I have a copy of the Collective Impact 3.0 paper by Liz Weaver and Mark Cabaj in my permanent reference file.

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After the Ecstasy, The Laundry

I recently attended an extraordinary conference hosted by the Tamarack Institute. I met wonderful, warm and interesting people, the workshops I gave were well-received, and to top it off, my mother came to see me present and she was very proud of me. Really: I couldn’t imagine a better work week.

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Of Recipes and Principles - A Musing about Collective Impact

If we are in the work of community and systems change, which is where collective impact is best suited as a framework, then we should privilege the idea of principles versus the implementation of recipes. 

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Wit and Wisdom from Collective Impact 3.0

Spending three days learning, thinking and talking about collaboration and Collective Impact can make your brain hurt. Thankfully, when the three days are curated by the wonderful people at the Tamarack Institute you can also spend a lot of time laughing, reflecting and growing in your understanding of how to achieve enduring, positive community change.

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Six Tensions of Collective Impact

Tension is inherent in collaborative efforts. Tension is created when different stakeholders bring different values and expectations to the collaboration process. During the wonderful Collective Impact 3.0 Conference hosted by the Tamarack Institute and Ontario Trillium Foundation in May several tensions surfaced repeatedly throughout the workshops and keynote presentations.

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Collaborating with the Enemy

In his book, Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell, argues that the successful adoption of new ideas – and the beginning of social movements – depends on three things: the quality of the message, the credibility of the messenger, and the timing of the message. 

In Collaborating with the Enemy: Working with People You Don’t Agree With, Like or Trust, author Adam Kahane may have fulfilled all three conditions for the countless people, organizations and networks working together to solve tough and complex challenges.

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