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Place-based working : More than the sum of its parts through building fields of practice

Exploring how field building could be a solution to straddling the need for community centred place-based work and influencing systems change.

Collective Impact for Stanford Social Innovation Review

Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, yet the social sector remains focused on the isolated intervention of individual organizations.

Collective Impact 3.0 by Tamarack Institute

As part of Tamarack Institute's Community Change Series 2016, Mark Cabaj and Liz Weaver put forward fresh thinking around five ways to build the next iteration of the Collective Impact Framework.

Five people help each other to stand on each others shoulders in a triangle to hold a balanced weighing scale

Centering Equity in Collective Impact for Stanford Social Innovation Review

Article for the Standford Social Innovation Review by J. Kania, J. Williams, P. Schmitz, S. Brady, M Kramer & J Splansky Juster reports on using the collective impact approach and how it has taught them equity is key.

Framework : Theory of Place and Systems Change

Our Theory of Place is a developing framework that explores the complexity, nuances and stages of place-based work.

Framework : Funder Role Continuum

Our Funder Role Continuum is a developing framework that encourages funders to consider what they want the role and influence of their funding to be.

Field Building for Population-Level Change by The Bridgespan Group

The Bridgespan Group report on how funders and practitioners can increase the odds of success and collaborate to accelerate social impact. Written by L. Farnham, E. Nothmann, Z. Tamaki, and C. Daniels.

Upside down triangle diagram stating the six conditions of systems change

The Water of Systems Change by FSG

Written by FSG, The Water of Systems Change aims to clarify what it means to shift the conditions to increase the odds for systems change success .

Venn diagram with Community & Systems Impact ath the centre, Principles at one side, Approaches at the other. All linked by skills

Interconnected practice for community and systems impact by Tamarack Institute

Tamarack Institute explored their framework for change, made up of five interconnected practices for community and systems impact. It is a visual they use to demonstrate how they collaborate to achieve true, lasting impact.

The End of Poverty: Eight pathways that are ending poverty in Canada by Tamarack Institute

This guide presents high-impact policies, evidence-based models, and innovative ideas that poverty reduction practitioners across all sectors can act as we work collectively toward the end of poverty in Canada.