Collective Impact Creating Large Scale Change Transforming Philanthropy

Collective Impact: Creating Large Scale Change Transforming Philanthropy Forum Cartagena, Colombia May, 2011

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Collective Impact FSG. ORG Isolated Impact Collective Impact When individual organizations demonstrate a successful intervention and then encourage others to replicate When organizations have the vision, leadership and resources to engage the relevant stakeholders in a structured process to address a specific social problem 3 © 2010 FSG

Collective Impact FSG. ORG There Are Five Conditions for Collective Success Common Agenda Mutually reinforcing activities Shared measurement Continuous communication Backbone organizations 4 © 2010 FSG

Collective Impact FSG. ORG The Collective Impact Approach to Solving Complex Social Issues Is Occurring Across Many Sectors Education Healthcare Environment Economic Development 5 © 2010 FSG

Collective Impact FSG. ORG Mindset Shifts • Adaptive vs. Technical Solutions • Silver Buckshot vs. Silver Bullets • Credibility vs. Credit 6 © 2010 FSG

Collective Impact FSG. ORG Why Now? Why Colombia? • An era of scarce resources • Sector lines are blurring • The web is making information sharing free and ubiquitous • Recognition of tremendous inequalities 7 © 2010 FSG

Collective Impact FSG. ORG What Does it Mean for Funders? • Be bold • Be patient • Be willing to fund the un-sexy • Be leaders 8 © 2010 FSG

Collective Impact FSG. ORG ‘There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order to things. ’ — Niccolo Machiavelli 9 © 2010 FSG