Measurement & Evaluation

Evaluating Community Change

By John Kania, Shiloh Turner, Romy Justilien, & David Phillips

A collective impact effort in Greater Cincinnati offers a useful framework for evaluating community change.

Nonprofit Management

Turning Empathy into Action

By Kate Hanisian & Shiloh Turner 4

How the nature of design thinking complements and strengthens collective impact frameworks.

Measuring Social Impact

Measuring Backbone Contributions to Collective Impact

By Shiloh Turner, Katherine Errecart, & Anjali Bhatt

Part two in a series on how backbone organizations shape the work of collective impact without formal authority.

Collaboration

Exerting Influence Without Formal Authority

By Shiloh Turner, Katherine Errecart, & Anjali Bhatt

Part one of a two-part series on how backbone organizations shape the work of collective impact without formal authority.

Nonprofit Management

Understanding the Value of Backbone Organizations in Collective Impact: Part 4

By Shiloh Turner, Kathy Merchant, John Kania & Ellen Martin 8

Nonprofit Management

Understanding the Value of Backbone Organizations in Collective Impact: Part 3

By Shiloh Turner, Kathy Merchant, John Kania & Ellen Martin 1

An in-depth review of what it takes to be a backbone organization, and how to evaluate and support its work.

Nonprofit Management

Understanding the Value of Backbone Organizations in Collective Impact: Part 2

By Shiloh Turner, Kathy Merchant, John Kania & Ellen Martin

An in-depth review of what it takes to be a backbone organization, and how to evaluate and support its work.

Nonprofits & NGOs

Understanding the Value of Backbone Organizations in Collective Impact: Part 1

By Shiloh Turner, Kathy Merchant, John Kania & Ellen Martin 3

An in-depth review of what it takes to be a backbone organization, and how to evaluate and support its work.