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The Collective Impact Forum is a nonprofit initiative that is here to help communities collaborate to reach their goals. collectiveimpactforum.org

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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
We are excited to announce the session lineup for the 2026 Collective Impact Action Summit! collectiveimpactforum.swoogo.com/ciactionsumm... Check out over 30 learning sessions that will be featured! Join us online this April 14-16, 2026, and be part of our largest gathering of the year!
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Collective Impact Action Summit - Agenda
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Registration is open for the 2026 Collective Impact Action Summit! Join us online Apr 14–16 for keynotes, 30+ learning sessions, and an inspiring community of collaborative leaders. Early-Bird saves you $125 through Dec 31. 👉 collectiveimpactforum.swoogo.com/ciactionsumm...
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Collective Impact Action Summit
<p>Spanning three days and featuring over 30 online sessions -- including keynotes, tool sessions, case studies, and short talks -- the Collective Impact Action Summit will share lessons learned from ...
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
New on the podcast--In our 100th episode, we talk with Annie Burke (TOGETHER Bay Area) about how the coalition went from near collapse to a thriving network advancing climate resilience and equity in the Bay Area. collectiveimpactforum.org/resource/how...
New Podcast Episode + Transcript. Collective Impact Forum. How Can a Collaborative Radically Restart? Featuring Annie Burke, TOGETHER Bay Area, and Jennifer Splansky Juster, Collective Impact Forum.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Do you have experiences and advice to share with changemakers and collaborators during the next virtual 2026 Collective Impact Action Summit? Share your ideas in our Call for Sessions! Last day to submit ideas is Friday, Oct. 17. collectiveimpactforum.org/blog/2026-ac...
Collective Impact Action Summit. April 14 - 16, 2026. Virtual Convening. Session Submissions Due Oct. 17.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
In @npquarterly.bsky.social, CIF advisor Dominique Samari (Kin Consultant Group) examines how deeply rooted personal and organizational patterns, like conflict avoidance and scarcity mindsets, can quietly undermine even the strongest collaborative strategies. nonprofitquarterly.org/the-patterns...
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The Patterns That Limit Organizations—and What Nonprofit Leaders Can Do About It - Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Our conditioned patterns replicate themselves in our workplace cultures and strategic decision-making approaches—and can significantly limit impact. Organizations should take intentional, concrete ste...
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Shout-out to the launch of KIN Consultant Group—a new kind of consulting firm for organizations ready to move beyond surface-level solutions, and led by CIF advisor Dominique Samari! 🌱 kinconsultantgroup.com Dominique is a true shining star and an amazing partner to work with!
A picture of Dominique Samari standing in front of a wall with text that reads, "Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world. - Harriot Tubman"
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CoCreative Consulting @wearecocreative.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
Thanks to the @ciforum.bsky.social for inviting our team to this important conversation. collectiveimpactforum.org/resource/how... #Collaboration #Emergence #SystemsChange
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How Can Your Collaborative Strategy Be Both Structured and Emergent? - Collective Impact Forum
We learn about the work of CoCreative and how they work with collaboratives to blend structured and emergent strategies to collective work.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
New on the Podcast - We talk with @wearecocreative.bsky.social about what does it look like for a collaborative to balance planned strategies with new and rising needs. collectiveimpactforum.org/resource/how...
Collective Impact Forum. New Podcast Episode. Audio + Transcript. How Can Your Collaborative Strategy Be Both Structured and Emergent? Featuring Melissa Darnell, Heather Equinoss, and Luzette Jaimes from CoCreative.
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Paul Schmitz @paulschmitz1.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Excited to share this work during these challenging times
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Join us on Sept. 8, 2pm-3:30pm ET, for an office hour tutorial on using the Responding to Threats and Challenges Planning Tool. We'll share what to consider when using it to explore how to move forward with your team or partners during uncertain times. fsg.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Collective Impact Forum Virtual Office Hour. How to Use the Responding to Threats and Challenges Planning Tool. September 8, 2025. 2:00pm - 3:30pm ET. Featuring: Jennifer Splansky Juster, Courtney W. Robertson and Paul Schmitz, Collective Impact Forum.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
We are excited to announce our call for session proposals for the next field-wide virtual Collective Impact Action Summit, April 14 – 16, 2026! Visit our site to review the submission guidelines. The submission deadline is Friday, October 17, 2025. collectiveimpactforum.org/blog/2026-ac...
Collective Impact Action Summit. April 14-16, 2026. Virtual Convening. Call for Sessions.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Join us on August 20, 3:30pm - 4:30pm ET for a special live-only webinar geared towards funders and CSR professionals about how to advance your mission during uncertain times. fsg.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
August 20, 2025 | 3:30-4:30pm ET. Remaining Focused and Purpose-Led During Uncertainty: A Conversation with Philanthropy and CSR Leaders. With John Harper, CEO, FSG. Gerry Roll. Founder and Former President, The Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky; Marissa Tirona, President, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, and Wilma Wallace, Former Chief Diversity and Social Impact Officer, REI. Live-Only Webinar Event.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
In the guide Remaining Focused and Purpose-Led During Uncertainty, FSG and the Collective Impact Forum share a framework with four strategic response domains--Protect, Resist, Build, Bridge--for funders to consider in this moment: Access the tool: www.fsg.org/resource/rem...
FSG and the Collective Impact Forum logos at the top. A section with the text Protect Resist Build Bridge with the words "New Tool" on the side. Below that section, reads "Remaining Focused and Purpose-Led During Uncertainty. A Reflection Guide for Funders."
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CoCreative Consulting @wearecocreative.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
🎧 "Building Belonging Through Conversations" podcast from @ciforum.bsky.social - essential listening for fostering genuine connection across different community groups collectiveimpactforum.org/resource/bui... 2/7
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Building Belonging through Conversations - Collective Impact Forum
We talk with Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono about what they’ve learned hosting Belonging Conversations, and what factors have been most helpful in creating empathy across community divides.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
New on the podcast! We talk with Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tāhono about what they’ve learned hosting Belonging Conversations, and what factors have been most helpful in creating empathy across community divides. collectiveimpactforum.org/resource/bui...
Collective Impact Forum New Podcast Episode. Audio + Transcript. Beuilding Belonging through Conversations. Featuring Atarau Hamilton-Fuller and Anjum Rahman, Inclusive Aotearoa Collective Tahono, and Cindy Santos, Aspen Forum for Community Solutions
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CoCreative Consulting @wearecocreative.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
An exciting opportunity to help inform next year's Collective Impact Action Summit!
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Let us know your learning priorities with the Shape the 2026 Summit survey! This short survey should take less than 5 minutes. As a thank you for sharing your thoughts, two respondents will be randomly selected to win a free registration to the 2026 Summit! fsg.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Collective Impact Action Summit. April 14-16, 2026. Virtual Convening. Shape the 2026 Summit Survey
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Registration Now Open! We're excited to announce that registration is open for our 2025 Essentials for Collective Impact online workshop series! The focus is on skills & knowledge in four key areas that support collective impact and place-based collaboration. www.eventbrite.com/e/essentials...
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Essentials for Collective Impact 2025 Workshop Series
This workshop series provides practical guidance, tools, and resources on four key areas of collective impact work.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
***Registration closing Monday, June 2 for our online workshop Community Engagement in Collective Impact that will be on June 5. Come join us! www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-c...
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Workshop: Community Engagement in Collective Impact
This workshop will focus on foundational concepts and practices around community engagement in collective impact and collaborative work.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
New podcast! We talk with E3 Alliance’s founder and former CEO Susan Dawson about her new book and explore the essential skills backbone teams need to effectively influence their collective – especially when they do not hold formal authority. collectiveimpactforum.org/resource/how...
Collective Impact Forum. New Podcast Episode. Audio + Transcript. How to Influence without Authority. Featuring Susan Dawson, E3 Alliance, and Jennifer Splansky Juster, Collective Impact Forum.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Join us for our next free virtual office hour on Thursday, May 29 from 3pm-4pm ET where we will be answering questions and offering guidance on how to navigate change within collaborative work during uncertain or tumultuous times. fsg.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Collective Impact Forum Virtual Office Hour. Navigating Change through Uncertain Times. May 29, 2025, 3pm - 4pm ET. Featuring from the Collective Impact Forum: Jennifer Juster, Courtney W. Robertson, Dominique Samari, and Paul Schmitz.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
***Upcoming virtual workshop*** We invite you to join us on June 5 for Community Engagement in Collective Impact. This session will explore foundational concepts and practices to help you build stronger, more inclusive engagement engagement efforts. Register at: www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-c...
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Workshop: Community Engagement in Collective Impact
This workshop will focus on foundational concepts and practices around community engagement in collective impact and collaborative work.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
For CIF community members, there's a cool learning opportunity starting this week! The Networks Festival is a 6-𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 35+ sessions, all for systems change practitioners, and hosted by colleagues Greaterthan Collective and the Fito Network. Learn more: www.tickettailor.com/events/netwo...
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Buy tickets – Networks Festival 2025
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
During next week’s 2025 Action Summit, we are hosting a special keynote discussion - Navigating the Now - a candid space to share strategies to help navigate the many challenges that collaboratives are currently facing. We hope you can join us! collectiveimpactforum.swoogo.com/ciactionsumm...
2025 Collective Impact Action Summit. May 1. Virtual. Navigating the Now, featuring Jennifer Splansky Juster (Collective Impact Forum), Junious Williams (Junious Williams Consulting Inc.), Paul Schmitz (Leading Inside Out), and Geneva Wiki (Aspen Forum for Community Solutions).
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This is the last week to join prior to next week's virtual 2025 Collective Impact Action Summit, 4/29-5/1. Across 40+ learning sessions, we'll gather with changemakers from around the world to re-imagine what is possible for long-term collaboration. collectiveimpactforum.swoogo.com/ciactionsumm...
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The 2025 Collective Impact Action Summit
<p>Spanning three days and featuring over 30 online sessions -- including keynotes, tool sessions, case studies, and short talks -- the 2025 Collective Impact Action Summit will share lessons learned ...
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
New on the podcast - We explore how communities heavily reliant on a single industry can come together to diversify and build a more resilient economy. collectiveimpactforum.org/resource/how...
Collective Impact Forum. New Podcast Episode. Audio + Transcript. How Collaboration Can Support Communities Through Economic Transitions. Featuring Heidi Binko, Just Transition Fund and Sherene Hess, Indiana County PA Commissioner.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Are you planning to join the 2025 Collective Impact Action Summit next month? Register by this Friday, April 4, to save $100 with early-bird pricing! collectiveimpactforum.swoogo.com/ciactionsumm... Featuring 40+ sessions over three days, we hope you join us for our biggest event of the year!
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The 2025 Collective Impact Action Summit
<p>Spanning three days and featuring over 30 online sessions -- including keynotes, tool sessions, case studies, and short talks -- the 2025 Collective Impact Action Summit will share lessons learned ...
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Join us for our next free virtual office hour on Tuesday, April 8 from 2pm-3pm ET where we will be answering questions and offering guidance on how to navigate change within collaborative work during uncertain or tumultuous times. fsg.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Collective Impact Forum Virtual Office Hour. Navigating Change through Uncertain Times. April 8, 2pm - 3pm ET. Featuring Erika Bernabei and Theo Miller (Equity & Results) and Courtney W. Robertson and Junious Williams (Collective Impact Forum)
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Our podcast has suprassed 100k streams! To celebrate, we are sharing some of our team’s favorite episodes. We hope you check them out, and THANK YOU to all who have listened, recommended, and shared the podcast! We couldn't have reached this without you! collectiveimpactforum.org/blog/celebra...
Celebrating 100,000 Streams. Collective Impact Forum Podcast.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Registration closes this Friday, March 7 for next week's workshop on managing change, complexity, and conflict. If you are working through complex challenges within your collaborative, we hope you can join us on March 11! www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-m...
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Workshop: Managing Change, Complexity, and Conflict
This workshop is designed for participants to learn adaptive leadership and other practices to help solve complex collaborative challenges.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
In a candid podcast conversation that is both sobering and hopeful, Forum senior advisor Junious Williams talks with Erika Bernabei and Theo Miller (Equity & Results) about this current chaotic time for U.S. collective impact initiatives. collectiveimpactforum.org/resource/def...
Collective Impact Forum. New Podcast Episode. Audio + Transcript. Defending and Advancing Democracy and Equity in Collective Impact Work. Featuring Erika Bernabei and Theo Miller (Equity & Results) and Junious Williams (Collective Impact Forum).
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
New on the Podcast: We talk with Melinda Tuan from Fund for Shared Insight about why community listening is so important to achieve effective philanthropy. collectiveimpactforum.org/resource/why...
Collective Impact Forum. New Podcast episode. Audio + Transcript. Why Community Listening is Critical to Achieve Effective Philanthropy. Featuring Jennifer Splansky Juster from the Collective Impact Forum and Melinda Tuan from Fund for Shared Insight.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
New Resource: Responding to Threats and Challenges Planning Tool, designed so that people can better understand their core commitments and act on them during a rapidly changing environment. collectiveimpactforum.org/resource/res...
Responding to Threats and Challenges Tool. (1) Core Values and Principles: How will we navigate and stand for them;  (2) Protect: Who do we need to protect in our network and community?;  (3) Resist: What will we resist in terms of threats or harms to our organization/network and the community we serve; (4) Build: What do we need to prioritize building to demonstrate results and serve greatest needs; and   (5) Bridge: Where can we build bridges and gain support for our values and work. Next to this text is two images of excel spreadsheets--one titled Core Values and Principles, and one Titled Protect.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Registration is now open! If you are working through complex challenges within your collaborative, we encourage you to join us on March 11 for our online workshop Managing Change, Complexity and Conflict. www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-m...
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Workshop: Managing Change, Complexity, and Conflict
This workshop is designed for participants to learn adaptive leadership and other practices to help solve complex collaborative challenges.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Big news! We are excited to announce the session lineup for the 2025 Collective Impact Action Summit! collectiveimpactforum.swoogo.com/ciactionsumm...
Virtual 2025 Collective Impact Action Summit. April 29-May 1, 2025.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
For those seeking facilitation skill-building, this Friday, February 7 is the last day to register for next week's Facilitating Collaborative Meetings online workshop. www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-f...
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Workshop: Facilitating Collaborative Meetings
This workshop is designed for participants who are new to facilitating collaborative meetings and gatherings.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Back by popular demand! We are excited to host our next Facilitating Collaborative Meetings online workshop this February 11-12. www.eventbrite.com/e/workshop-f...
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Workshop: Facilitating Collaborative Meetings
This workshop is designed for participants who are new to facilitating collaborative meetings and gatherings.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
New on the podcast--We explore what are the skills and mindsets necessary to be a backbne leader for a collaborative. collectiveimpactforum.org/resource/why... Featuring Dominique Samari and Paul Schmitz (@paulschmitz1.bsky.social‬)
Collective Impact Forum New Podcast Episode. Audio + Transcript. Why is Backbone Leadership Different? Featuring Dominique Samari and Paul Schmitz of the Collective Impact Forum
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Paul Schmitz @paulschmitz1.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Through conversations with many colleagues despairing the election emerged 10 reflections and recommendations for leading forward, especially to consider how we protect, resist, build, and bridge; maintain our commitments to racial equity and inclusion; and don’t fear advocacy
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
New Resource: As we move into a new administration in the U.S. later this month, CIF Senior Advisor Paul Schmitz (@paulschmitz1.bsky.social) shares ten reflections and recommendations for collective impact networks to consider. collectiveimpactforum.org/blog/reckoni...
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Reckoning with the U.S. Election: 10 Reflections and Recommendations for Collective Impact Networks - Collective Impact Forum
CIF Senior Advisor Paul Schmitz shares ten reflections and recommendations for collective impact networks to consider.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
We are delighted to welcome the 20 place-based collaborative leaders who have been selected to participate in the inaugural 2025 Collective Leadership Advancing Racial Equity program. Read more and help us welcome the 2025 CLARE cohort! collectiveimpactforum.org/blog/the-col...
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The Collective Impact Forum Launches Collective Leadership Advancing Racial Equity: A Program to Support Collaborative Leaders - Collective Impact Forum
We are thrilled to welcome the 20 place-based collaborative leaders who have been selected to participate in the 2025 CLARE program.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
As we close out the year, we want to share our gratitude with you for your continued support and engagement of the Forum’s programs and resources. And as a look back from this year, we're happy to share some of our most popular resources from 2024. collectiveimpactforum.org/blog/gratitu...
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
For those hoping to join next week's Backbone Leadership is Different workshop, registration closes this Friday, December 13! www.eventbrite.com/e/backbone-l...
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Big News! Registration for the virtual 2025 Collective Impact Action Summit is now open! collectiveimpactforum.swoogo.com/ciactionsumm... And we have a special 2024-only discount code. Use code CIAS24OFF before the New Year and get an extra $24 off your registration. We hope you join us!
Virtual Collective Impact Action Summit. April 29-May 1, 2025.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Friday, Dec. 6 is the last day to register for Collective Power to Transform Systems, an online workshop that explores how collective power, fueled by authentic relationships and shared values, can transform systems and create a more just and equitable world. www.eventbrite.com/e/collective...
Collective Power to Transform Systems. Online Workshop. December 10, 2024. Hosted by Collective Impact Forum and Collective Change Lab.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
New on the podcast - We explore the challenges and opportunities for collaboratives engaging, partnering, and building meaningful relationships with companies to advance social change work. collectiveimpactforum.org/resource/par...
Collective Impact Forum. New Podcast Episode. Audio + Transcript. Partnering with Companies to Advance Collective Impact. Featuring Nikhil Bumb, FSG and Courtney W. Robertson, Collective Impact Forum.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
New Virtual Workshop! Join us on December 17 for Backbone Leadership is Different and explore the mindset shifts and skills required to lead a backbone: www.eventbrite.com/e/backbone-l...
Virtual Workshop. Backbone Leadership is Different: The Skills and Mindset Shifts Needed for Collective Impact. December 17, 2024.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
The last day to register for next week's virtual workshop "Introduction to Systems Change" is Monday, November 18. This session will introduce a framework for concretely thinking about the different components and strategies for systems change. Come join! www.eventbrite.com/e/introducti...
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Introduction to Systems Change
This workshop will introduce a framework for concretely thinking about the different components and strategies for systems change.
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Collective Impact Forum @ciforum.bsky.social · 23/02/2024
What does it mean to build a movement? In this new podcast episode, we discuss core aspects of movement building with Adaku Utah (Building Movement Project.) Ihttps://collectiveimpactforum.org/resource/the-ongoing-practice-of-building-movements-and-solidarity/
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