Cultivating Common Ground for a Healthy Environment

By Ashley Boren

How engaging businesses and building a network of diverse stakeholders has drastically reduced the presence of invasive plants in California nurseries, while planting new seeds for others to sow.

The Role of Business in Collective Impact

By Allen Grossman & Ann Lombard 2

A new report highlights how the business community’s support and expertise can greatly enhance the odds of success for collective impact efforts in education.

A Network Approach to a “No Kill” Nation

By Rich Avanzino 4

Using a strategy that starts and ends with community-based collaboration, the animal welfare organization Maddie’s Fund and its partners are achieving the ambitious goal of a no-kill nation.

Building Many Stories into Collective Impact

By Sheri Brady 8

For long-lasting, effective change, collaborative efforts must fully engage diverse community voices.

Nonprofit-Corporate Partnerships: A New Framework

By Tynesia Boyea-Robinson 7

Why nonprofits need to engage the private sector, and three steps to achieving more effective collaboration.

Decades of Deadlock: Using Network Principles to Break Through

By Marty Kooistra 1

When not being able to figure out who “won” means everyone did.

Bringing Soul to the Work of Collective Impact

By Michael McAfee 12

Leaders must be steadfast in their efforts to achieve results that advance equity—just and fair inclusion into a society in which all can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential.

Building New Networks for Efficient, Affordable Housing

By Eric Heitz & Barbara Wagner 2

Three lessons on accelerating targeted social change through network building.

The Equity Imperative in Collective Impact

By John Kania & Mark Kramer 16

The five conditions of collective impact, implemented without attention to equity, are not enough to create lasting change.

Don’t Forget the Government

By Duncan Maru 3

Why we need strong public-private partnerships in health care and beyond.