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This edited volume sets forth conceptual foundations for using Collective Impact as well as shares basic approaches that have succeeded in projects under diverse circumstances.
Sommario
Chapter 1. Changing Roles and Practices of Collective Impact Applications Chapter 2. Conceptual Foundations for CI Uses Chapter 3. Network Agreements: Co-Designing Principles that Influence Network Culture Chapter 4. Intangibles: What it Takes for a Backbone Organization to Succeed Chapter 5. Using Dynamic Systems Modeling to Advance Common Agendas Chapter 6. Collective Impact: 3.0 Chapter 7. Using Collective Impact to Move Poverty Reduction Chapter 8. Using Aspects of CI and Other Models to Drive Statewide Obesity Prevention Chapter 9. When Cultural Differences Make a Difference: The Case of Community Change in an Arab Community in Israel Chapter 10. Progress, Challenges, and Next Steps in CI: Collective Impact as Disruptive Illumination
Info autore
Norman Walzer, PhD, is Senior Research Scholar in the Center for Governmental Studies at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. He co-edited a previous research volume on Collective Impact and community development issues. He also has actively researched local economic development issues including community supported enterprises as well as the impact of governmental structure on local public finance.
Liz Weaver, BA, MM, is Vice President and Director of Operations with Tamarack Institute. Liz provides strategic direction to the organization and leads many of its key learning activities including Collective Impact capacity building services for the Ontario Trillium Foundation. She is a nonprofit organizational professional with experience in leading cross-sector, place-based collaborations on poverty at local and national levels.
Riassunto
This edited volume sets forth conceptual foundations for using Collective Impact as well as shares basic approaches that have succeeded in projects under diverse circumstances.
Testo aggiuntivo
"From conceptual to applied models, Using Collective Impact to Bring Community Change presents cutting-edge research on a topic that resonates deeply with scholars and practitioners of community development. Innovative ways that groups interact to effect long-term changes in communities is of paramount importance— and so very needed now when change is the only constant. This volume provides both innovative and impactful ways about the difference a collective can have in community change discussions." -Rhonda G. Phillips, Dean of the Purdue Honors College and Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, USA
