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Collaboration for Collective Impact

What we know, what we don’t know,

and what we can do about it!

Anne Heinze SilvisExtension Specialist

University of Illinois Extension

Defining Collaboration

Defining Collaboration

Networks

Cooperation

PartnershipCoalition

Collaboration

Why collaboration?

Why collaboration?

Because it works! Not only does it work,

it is the only way that works.

What we know about building collaborations . . . .

Think about assets rather than deficits;

Approach differences with an open mind;

Eliminate inefficiencies.

What we know about building collaborations . . . .

One more resource . . . . time.

Collaboration:What it is/What it is not

Collaboration:What it is/What it is not

Collaborationrequires new roles and

speaks to current conditions.

Community ConditionsOld community conditions New community conditions

Focus on problem solving Focus on developmentReactive solutions Prevention of problemsServices packaged and prescriptive Services tailored to community

Experts provide answers Residents/citizens provide answersOrganizations compete Organizations collaborateActivity driven solutions Vision driven solutionsServices fragmented Organization around conditionsLimited networking Networking real and dynamicPolicy by authority Policy via democracyDecisions are controlled Decisions are shared

Illinois Rural Life Poll

Importance of Issues Across Geography(where rural and urban agree!)Jobs, Healthcare, Education

Rural respondents are less optimistic about . . . .

Current life situation Transit resourcesOptimism for the future School fundingInternet Access Youth leavingLocal government Skilled jobs

Building toward collaboration

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Key Principles for Collaborative Solutions:

1. encourage true collaboration as the form of exchange.

Key Principles for Collaborative Solutions:

2. engage the full diversity of the community, especially those most

directly affected.

Key Principles for Collaborative Solutions:

3. practice democracy and promote active

citizenship and empowerment.

Key Principles for Collaborative Solutions:

4. employ an ecological approach that builds on

community strengths.

Key Principles for Collaborative Solutions:

5. take action by addressing issues of social change and power

on the basis of a common vision.

Key Principles for Collaborative Solutions:

6. engage spirituality as your compass for social change.

No problem can be solvedfrom the same consciousness

that created it. We must learn to

see the world anew.

Albert Einstein