Community engagement is a lot like modern art: It means different things to different people, it’s much harder than it looks, and it comes in all shapes and sizes. Fortunately, effective community engagement processes have a great deal in common, and well-executed efforts rival the grace and meaning of any piece by Mark Rothko or Robert Rauchenberg.
Pursuing community engagement in the context of collective impact efforts requires additional considerations, and this article highlights five principles that resonated with my experience as a community engagement facilitator in the context of collective impact efforts=.