Thanks to Robbie, I have spent the last 3 days meeting folks at Apple, Google, Pinterest, Yahoo!, Badgeville as well as start-ups that include Kurbo and Mango Health. I was met with support and enthusiasm at every step. My goal is to bridge Silicon Valley with the association leadership community in Washington DC and this […]
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Jeff Cobb has distinguished himself as the premier thought-leader on lifelong learning with a specialty helping organizations create and market learning programs that deliver unparalleled value to their customers while at the same time generating valuable revenue. I am a faculty member at his upcoming conference: The Leading Learning Symposium – October 27-28, 2015 –
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Lowering costs will provide you with greater profits on existing revenues. Three ways to do this are (1) replicate processes, (2) increase scale, and (3) increase trust.
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Founded in 1991, Living Cities harnesses the collective power of 22 of the world’s largest foundations and financial institutions to build a new type of urban practice that gets dramatically better results for low-income people, faster. Check out their free e-course, The Why and How of Working with Communities through Collective Impact
Child Obesity 180 is experts and leaders from diverse disciplines coming together, generating urgency, and finding solutions to the childhood obesity epidemic. They were one of the efforts demonstrating powerful success that was studied to develop the Collective Impact method. Check out their great 1½ minute video.
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The concept of collective impact was first articulated in the 2011 Stanford Social Innovation Review article, Collective Impact, written by John Kania. Kania’s publications are a treasure trove of articles on systems leadership and collective impact. See the list on his company website. You will have to scroll down on this page.
Collective Impact is an emerging methodology for bringing together a group of actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a specific problem, using a structured form of collaboration. It has emerged from the social sector for addressing complex problems that require a systems approach. But, it has wide application. The term refers
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LET THEIR BE AN END TO DARKNESS
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Taking on a Grand Challenge brings seven key returns: The mission return – A Grand Challenge is the most powerful way to bring your mission to life. The business return – Grand Challenges thrive on business models and generate growth in profitable revenue. The public sentiment return – Grand Challenges shine a favorable spotlight on
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