Top things to consider when launching a new collective impact effort

<p>Jen, Robert, and Tracy go into the topics of getting ready to launch a collective impact effort, including exploring the question of “How do I know if the collective impact approach is the right approach to take for my collaborative?”<br /><br /><strong>Episode Contents:</strong><br /><br />2:35: Robert and Jen share a few of the conditions that can be helpful to have in place when deciding whether or not to use this approach on a social change issue.<br /><br />7:48: Jen and Robert discuss what it means to bring in a variety of “interventions,” both relating to single programs and also the overarching system the programs are working in.<br /><br />11:56: Jen dives into how and when population size matters when planning collaborative work.<br /><br />14:10: How does collective impact work across issues?<br /><br />15:59: Does geography play a big role when doing collaborative work?<br /><br />19:20: Robert and Jen dive into four “readiness factors,” how they affect a collaborative effort, and what happens when some of these factors are hard to put in place.<br /><br />21:05: Bringing in influential Champions (and how you find them)<br /><br />25:17: Galvanizing urgency (and what happens when your partners don’t feel that same urgency that you do?)<br /><br />28:35: Building resources to get started- does that just mean money or does it mean something else? And do you need the resources to get started or can you start in order to get resources?<br /><br />31:45: Having a history of collaboration- why it can help and what to think about if past collaborations in your community have not worked out well (and what does that mean for future collaborative efforts.)<br /><br /><strong>Footnotes and Resources:</strong><br /><br />Blog: <a href="https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/blogs/1051/collective-impact-right-approach" target="_blank">Is Collective Impact the Right Approach?</a><br /><br />Tool: <a href="https://www.collectiveimpactforum.org/resources/collective-impact-feasibility-framework" target="_blank">Coll