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Collective Impact Framework
No single organization alone has the ability to solve the world’s most challenging problems. Collective impact occurs when people from different sectors in the community commit to a common agenda for solving a specific social or environmental problem. The Flint & Genesee Literacy Network is establishing a highly structured community collaborative utilizing a “collective impact” framework to achieve substantial improvement on a large scale, complex social problem. The five key conditions that The Literacy Network seeks to develop and strengthen and that distinguish collective impact from other types of collaboration are: a common agenda, shared measurement systems, mutually reinforcing activities, continuous communication, and the presence of a backbone organization.
Common Agenda
Shared Measurement
Mutually Reinforcing Activities
Continuous Communication
Backbone Support
All participants have a shared vision for change including a common understanding of the problem and a joint approach to solving it through agreed upon actions.
Collecting data and measuring results consistently across all participants ensures efforts remain aligned and participants hold each other accountable.
Participant activities must be differentiated while still being coordinated through a mutually reinforcing plan of action.
Consistent and open communication is needed across the many players to build trust, assure mutual objectives, and create common motivation.
Creating and managing collective impact requires a separate organization(s) with staff and a specific set of skills to serve as the backbone for the entire initiative and coordinate participating organizations and agencies.10
10 Hanleybrown, F., Kania, J., Kramer, M. Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work. FSG
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