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Purpose of the Engagement Sessions
Increase understanding of Collective Impact
Update you on what the Collective Impact for Toronto Youth Initiative (CITY) has been up to
Understand your organizational motivations, priorities, and ideas for narrowing our common agenda
Prepare your organization to participate in the Collective Impact April Event, including making informed decisions about narrowing our common agenda and approving a governance model
Gather any feedback related to planning for a successful April Event 3
Agenda (approx. 2hrs)
Introductions
Collective Impact: an overview
Collective Impact for Toronto Youth (CITY): What we’ve been up to
The Toronto Context: narrowing the common agenda
Proposed Governance Model
April Event: Making it Count!
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Activity: Participant Introductions
Please share your name and position within the organization
Choose one or two additional questions to answer as part of your introduction: How are you feeling today? What motivates you to do the work that you do? What is something that you have learned from a
young person? What do you value about working collaboratively? What is something you are hoping to get out of this
session? What is something that you are looking forward to?
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Video Introductions FSG Video: What is
Collective Impact FSG is a nonprofit consulting firm specializing in strategy, evaluation, and research.
CITY Video: Collective Impact for Toronto Youth
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What is Collective Impact?Collective Impact is the commitment of a group of important actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a specific social problem.
5 Conditions of Collective Impact Common agenda: all participants have a shared vision for change
Shared measurement systems: agreement on the ways success will be measured and reported
Mutually reinforcing activities: activities that support and are coordinated with the actions of others
Continuous communication: regular meetings and communication to develop trust, collaborative processes, and to share success
Backbone support team: separate organization(s) with paid staff time to plan, manage and support the Collective Impact initiative
9 *Adapted from: Kania, J. & Kramer, M. (2011) “Collective Impact,” Standford Social Review: Winter
What the Research Tells Us?
Large-scale social change comes from cross-sector coordination rather than isolated interventions of individual organizations
Greater progress could be made in alleviating many of our most serious and complex social problems if nonprofits, governments, businesses, and the public were united by a common agenda
Funders see the potential of Collective Impact projects and are often more likely to support Collective Impact than choose to fund a single organization’s initiative
Collective Impact has demonstrated results
10* Adapted from: Kania, J. & Kramer, M. (2011) “Collective Impact,” Standford Social Review: Winter
Examples: Collective Impact in Action
StriveTogether: A collective impact project in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky to improve student outcomes.
During its first five years in Greater Cincinnati, Strive noted positive improvements in 40 of the 53 educational outcomes it measured.
http://www.strivetogether.org
E3 Alliance: E3 Alliance involves and energizes diverse stakeholders to build community will, maintain and build momentum, and drive toward shared commitment for higher student outcomes and a strong economic future in Central Texas.
http://e3alliance.org
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Activity: ReflectionDoes Collective Impact differ from your
understanding of collaboration? If so how?
Take a moment to write down one or two added benefits of Collective Impact.
Share
Questions about Collective Impact?
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History June 22, 2012 - Evergreen Brickworks: Approximately 60 people gathered
to explore the concept of developing a Collective Impact initiative related to improving outcomes for youth in the city of Toronto. The Collective Impact for Toronto Youth Core Team (Core Team) was formed.
Fall – Winter 2012 - The Core Team mapped their assets and proposed collective principles and a broad common agenda
Spring – Summer 2013 - The Core Team researched mapping projects, on-line tools and complimentary initiatives
Fall – Winter 2013 - The Core Team attended collective impact training and applied new knowledge to setting a framework and work plan for next steps.
December 2013 - The Core Team circulated a Request for Proposals to hire interim back bone staff
January 2014 - The Core Team hired interim backbone staff to re-engage stakeholders and drive the process for developing a shared agenda
Winter 2014 - The Interim Backbone staff engage stakeholders to update them on progress to date and gain their input on focusing the common agenda and choosing a governance model
April 28th, 2014 - Key stakeholders are invited to attend a Shared Agenda Setting Event and vote on a governance model and processes for moving forward
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Broad Common Agenda: Theory of Change
Vision / Mission / Goals
Vision: All youth in Toronto experience
maximum health, and are skilled and safe so that they can be equal
participants in our city.
Mission We will accomplish this through
increased access to opportunities, improved cross- sectoral coordination
and the development of shared measurement systems.
Goals: All youth between the
ages of 13-24 the furthest away from opportunities will:
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Health
Initiative Outcomes
•Enhanced access to culturally appropriate mental health treatment•Be supported by positive adult relationship•Be more physically active•Practice healthy habits•Experience less anxiety, depression
Education/
Employment
Community Outcome
Be physically and mentally healthy and emotionally well
Community Outcome
Experience safe and caring learning environments that support social and academic /skills development
Initiative Outcomes
•Improved educational experiences that respond to youth needs•Increased high school graduation rates•More youth find meaningful employment •Access diverse training and apprenticeship opp.
Civic Engagem
ent
Safety
Community Outcome
Have their voice heard and positively impact their community
Initiative Outcomes
•More youth play a leadership role in informing decisions that affect them•More youth are active in addressing social issues in their communities
Community Outcome
Have safe places in the community where they are welcomed and supported
Justice System
Community Outcome
Be respected by the youth justice system
Initiative Outcomes
•Improved safe transportation options•Increased safe outdoor spaces for arts, sports and recreation•More youth feel safe in their communities
Initiative Outcomes
•Improved relationships between community and police (police accountability)•Better reintegration into community•Increased diversion•Individualized sentencing•Knowing rights•Not committing crimes•Youth have greater access to programs
The Broad Common Agenda
Criteria for Narrowing the Broad Common Agenda
Urgency: Is there compelling need for collective impact in this area?
Resources: Are there existing and potential resources dedicated to this need/area?
Momentum: Are there existing projects, initiatives, or change already happening (or planned) for this area?
Furthest Away/Marginalization: Would a collective impact project in this area benefit youth the furthest away from supports and resources?
Scalability: Would it be possible to do a large-scale / cross-sectoral project in this area?
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Where are we? The Four Key Phases of CI
Components for Success
Identify champions and form cross-
sector group
Create infrastructure (backbone and
processes)
Convene community stakeholders
Facilitate community
outreach
Engage community and build public
will
Map the landscape and use data to
make case
Create common agenda (common
goals and strategy)
Hold dialogue about issue, community
context, and available resources
Facilitate community
outreach specific to goal
Analyze baseline data to ID key
issues and gaps
Establish shared metrics (indicators, measurement, and
approach)
Facilitate and refine
Continue engagement and
conduct advocacy
Support implementation
(alignment to goal and strategies)
Collect, track, and report progress
(process to learn and improve)
Determine if there is consensus/urgency
to move forward
Phase IIIOrganize for
Impact
Phase IIInitiate Action
Phase IGenerate Ideas
and Dialogue
Governance and Infrastructure
Strategic Planning
Community Involvement
Evaluation AndImprovement
Phase IVSustain Action
and Impact
* Resource borrowed from Innoweave materials
Questions about CITY’s work to date?
Next Steps…Using the criteria to narrow the broad common agenda
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Activity: Snapshot of Toronto Youth1: Rank each outcome area according to the
5 criteria. Use you own knowledge of each area – the Snapshot Cards are there for additional info, but we do not expect you to read them in detail. It’s OK if you don’t finish or if your answers change down the road – this activity is intended to create dialogue and a deeper understanding of these outcome areas.
2: Identify your organization’s top 2 priority areas and potential metrics you would be interested in addressing Is your decision based on any external
metrics/data that we should be aware of?
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Next Steps for Narrowing the Broad Common Agenda
At the event we will present back what we found and highlight themes and alignment so that the group may choose a focused common agenda.
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Activity: Governance Model As an organization, please take time to review
the Proposed Governance Model and accompanying handouts prior to April
We’ll be looking for input on the model in April so that we can move forward with a Collective Impact infrastructure that outlines membership, responsibilities, decision making..
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MAKING IT COUNT!COLLECTIVE IMPACT FOR TORONTO YOUTH
April 28th at The 519 Church Street Community Centre
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Making it Count Event: Purpose Review data gathered from the stakeholder
engagement sessions
Choose the priority metric or focus that the CITY Clusters will attempt to impact (narrow the "common agenda”)
Provide input on a proposed governance model for CITY moving forward (including decision-making and membership structures)
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Making it Count! Registration
The Making It Count! event will be held on April 28th at 519 Church St. It will be a full-day event.
All attendees can register online at: http://www.studentscommission.ca/city/register2014.php
We hope you will have a senior decision-maker, a frontline worker and a youth representative attend the event. All attendees must individually register.
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Making it Count! Expectations In order to be well informed for meaningful participation
and decision making, we hope that all attendees of the April 28th Making it Count! event will attend a Stakeholder Engagement Session.
Between now and the April 28th, we hope that organizations will review the information we have shared and develop an organizational position on the following topics:
What outcome area are you most interested in working on through a Collective Impact approach?
What focus/specific metric are you interested in moving the needle on? (Narrowing the broad common agenda)
Are you committed to moving forward with this initiative and the proposed governance model?
(we’re on board! / we’ve still got questions… /we can’t be involved at this time )
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Activity: Making it Count! What do you want to see?Discussion
If you attended the Collective Impact Event in 2012 at Brickworks Evergreen, what did you like/dislike?
Do you have any recommendations for the Making it Count! April Event?
What do you hope to see/experience/get out of the event?
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