Over 49 communities are working together through the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network to define quality collective impact. Join this online panel discussion to learn about the proven, rigorous approach these communities are using to build civic infrastructure and hear stories about how cross-sector partnerships on the ground are implementing innovative approaches to support the unique needs of every child.
Related Webinars in this Series:
November 5, 2014 - Too Much Collective, Too Little Impact: Aligning Multiple Initiatives in One Community
January 20, 2015 - It’s About the Community: Why Community Engagement and Process Matter in Collective Impact
Jeff Edmondson is managing director of StriveTogether, a subsidiary of KnowledgeWorks. Edmondson most recently served as executive director of the StrivePartnership in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky, and has also served as the foundation officer for KnowledgeWorks Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, Edmondson served as a program assistant at the 21st Century School Fund where he focused on local and national policy issues related to school facilities. Edmondson also worked as the peaceable schools coordinator at Woodrow Wilson Senior High School, the largest public secondary school in Washington, D.C. Edmondson has a bachelor's of science in biology from the University of Richmond and a master's in public policy from Johns Hopkins University. In addition, he served as a volunteer and supervisor for three years in Peace Corps Gabon, Central Africa.
Dan Ryan has served as the CEO of All Hands Raised since 2008. As the backbone organization for the All Hands Raised Partnership, Dan leads the organization in synchronizing the Multnomah County's collective actions. Ryan received recognition as one of Portland Monthly Magazine's 50 Most Influential Portlanders, and is an alumnus of the American Leadership Forum in Oregon, class of XXVIII. Ryan serves on the leadership advisory boards of Wells Fargo, the Portland Trail Blazers, Portland State University's Graduate School of Education, the Center for Innovative School Facilities, and the SUN Service System Coordinating Council. Prior to All Hands Raised, Ryan worked in the private, public and non-profit sector, including positions at the Oregon Ballet Theatre, Portland State University, Metropolitan Group, Virginia Mason Foundation, and New School University. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oregon and did graduate-level work at New School University's Graduate School of Management & Urban Professional.
Todd Williams is the founding chairman and executive director of The Commit! Partnership and also serves as the Education Policy Advisor to Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings. Williams is the current board chair for Austin College and also chairs the regional advisory board for Teach for America in Dallas/Ft. Worth. He helped establish the Williams Preparatory School, a K-12 free tuition public charter school operated by Uplift Education. Williams is the former chair of the Citizen Budget Review Commission for Dallas ISD and the former vice-chair of the Board of Trustees for Uplift Education, a public charter school management organization. He is also a founding board member and former chairman of the Real Estate Finance and Investment Center at the University of Texas and a former chairman of the Real Estate Council of Dallas. Prior, Williams served as both a partner and as global co-head of Goldman Sachs' real estate private equity investment area. He earned a master's of business administration with distinction from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1989 and graduated with a bachelor's in economics from Austin College in Sherman, Texas in 1982.
The Program Assistant works with program directors and the EAL Co-ordinator assisting with various direct delivery tasks. The Program Assistant provides support and expertise to enhance program delivery
The issue of youth homelessness in the City of Brandon has grown over the past 5 years. Brandon has a vacancy rate of below 1% at present, therefore individuals & families are under financial pressure and have few housing options.
Collective impact efforts are often discussed in terms of organizations or sectors, such as business, nonprofit, government, and philanthropy. What is often left out of the discussion is the community itself, even though it is a critical factor in the long-term success of collective impact initiatives. The community includes the individuals, families, networks, and organizations who will be affected by the initiative and who participate in it, but who are not usually considered to have active leadership roles in creating community solutions. It includes, for example, people directly affected by the problem, as well as social service organizations that may not be initially represented on steering committees or working groups.
This webinar explores why it is important to involve the community actively, how it can be done within a collective impact initiative, and the challenges and pitfalls of engaging the community.
This discussion will further explore the themes discussed in the artiele, Roundtable on Community Engagement and Collective Impact.
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Raymond A. Colmenar is senior program manager for Health Happens in Neighborhoods under The California Endowment's 10-year strategic program Building Healthy Communities, and is also co-leading The California Endowment's "Heath Happens w/ all our Sons & Brothers" efforts, aimed at improving the health of boys and young men of color. Prior to joining The Endowment, Colmenar was an associate director at PolicyLink, a national nonprofit research, communications, capacity building and advocacy organization. He has also served as a senior research associate with The Rockefeller Foundation, executive director for the South of Market Problem Solving Council, and policy analyst for the San Francisco Department of Human Services. Colmenar received his bachelor's in management science from the University of California, San Diego, and his master's in public policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley.
Richard Harwood is the founder and president of The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, a national nonprofit organization that teaches and coaches people and organizations to solve pressing problems and change how communities work together. Harwood recently facilitated Newtown, Connecticut's unanimous decision on the fate of Sandy Hook Elementary, where 26 children and adults were killed in December 2012. A prolific author, Harwood's books and guides include The Work of Hope: How Individuals and Organizations Can Authentically Do Good; Hope Unraveled; Make Hope Real; and Why We're Here: The Powerful Impact of Public Broadcasters When They Turn Outward. He has also written numerous studies and articles and has appeared on national media including MSNBC, NPR, CNN's Inside Politics, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Special Report with Brit Hume, and C-SPAN.
Stacey Stewart, U.S. president, United Way Worldwide, leads 1,200 local and state United Ways in collective impact, strategic partnership development, diversity and inclusion, business model transformation, and policy and advocacy. Before becoming president, Stacey served as executive vice president for Community Impact Leadership and Learning. Prior to joining United Way Worldwide, Stewart held several positions at Fannie Mae, including senior vice president of Community and Charitable Giving and chief diversity officer. She was also president and chief executive officer of the Fannie Mae Foundation. Stewart has a master of business administration degree in finance from the University of Michigan and a bachelor of arts in economics from Georgetown University. She also holds honorary degrees from Trinity University, Morgan State University, Texas Southern University and Alabama A&M University. She serves on multiple national advisory councils and boards, including the U.S. Board of United Way, Alumni Board of Governors for the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, the Board of Directors for the Girl Scouts Nation's Capital and the Board of Trustees for PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust.
Marty Zanghi, MSW, has worked in the child welfare field for over 25 years primarily with youth, public/private agency staff and administrators. He joined the Muskie School of Public Service in 1996, where he is currently the Director of the Youth & Community Engagement Team. Zanghi has provided training and technical assistance to public and private agencies and community based organizations in the areas of organizational and program planning and development. His training and technical assistance has enhanced organizations in the areas of youth leadership development, adventure-based programming, mentoring and community engagement. He founded the nationally recognized Maine Youth Leadership Advisory Team (YLAT) in the 1998. Zanghi presently leads the Maine Youth Transition Collaborative and the Maine, Aspen Institute's Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund, an initiative that was created as a result of the White House Council for Community Solutions. He has directed federal grants for the Administration for Children and Families and was a member of the Administration for Children and Families Youth Demonstration Development project's technical workgroup. He has worked closely with foundations throughout the country to improve the outcomes and resources available for youth in transition. Zanghi has written and presented extensively on preparing youth for successful transition to young adulthood. He is an adjunct faculty member at the University Of New England School of Social Work.
Sheri Brady is the senior associate for strategic partnerships at the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions. Prior to joining the Aspen Institute, Brady served as a senior policy fellow at Voices for America's Children. She was previously the director of policy at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Her prior work also includes serving as director of policy at the National Council of Nonprofits and program director at the Center for Policy Alternatives. Brady received her bachelor's degree in political science from Wheaton College in Norton, MA, and her law degree from the University of California at Berkeley.
The growth of collective impact initiatives around the country gives rise to this dilemma: What happens when several initiatives in one community pursue overlapping missions, members and audiences? How can they reduce competition and redundancy, and increase impact? The Forum for Youth Investment shares lessons from its work with communities to align multiple collective impact efforts, and then turns to a case study: Northern Kentucky, where the Forum for Youth Investment helped several education-focused initiatives align through one backbone organization. Hear about the tools, analysis and "uncomfortable" conversations that enable collective impact efforts to work together.
This webinar will further explore the themes discussed in the article, Aligning Collective Impact Initiatives
Related Webinars:
October 8, 2014 - Communities Defining Quality Collective Impact
January 20, 2015 - It’s About the Community: Why Community Engagement and Process Matter in Collective Impact
Merita Irby is co-founder and chief operating officer at the Forum for Youth Investment, and is a chief architect of both the Forum and its signature initiative, Ready by 21®. Irby previously worked as a classroom teacher in Central America and inner-city schools in the United States. As a senior research associate at Stanford University, she worked on a five-year study of community-based urban youth organizations and co-authored Urban Sanctuaries: Neighborhood Organizations in the Lives and Futures of Inner-City Youth. Irby also directed a multi-site study on school collaboration with youth organizations with Karen Pittman at the Center for Youth Development and Policy Research. In 1995, she joined Pittman in starting the President's Crime Prevention Council, chaired by Vice President Al Gore. They then joined the International Youth Foundation, charged with creating its Learning Department. Irby has also served on the boards and advisory committees for numerous organizations, including the American Camp Association and the Civic Mission of Schools. She earned a master's degree in public policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Polly Lusk Page is the executive director for the Northern Kentucky Education Council. Previously the director for community engagement and education initiatives with the Partnership for Successful Schools, Page also served as the literacy specialist for the Kentucky Department of Education, and taught at both the elementary and post-secondary levels for over thirty years. Page served as chair for the first NKY Dropout Prevention Summit and chaired the Education Business Summit: Champions for Education: Focus Locally, Compete Globally a NKY Community Summit. She was also a member of the state Blue Ribbon Panel on Interventions for Low Performing Schools and Districts, statewide Adolescent Literacy Taskforce, and was appointed by Governor Beshear to serve on the School Curriculum, Assessment and Accountability Council. She serves as a board member for both the NKY Workforce Investment Board (WIB), and the Brighton Center and is a member on several committees. She has been recognized for leadership and outstanding contributions to civic education and engagement in Kentucky by The Congressional Conference on Civic Education, and was the recipient of the 2013 Kenton County Public Library Foundation's Mary Ann Mongan Literacy Award and the 2014 Outstanding Women of Northern Kentucky Helen Carroll Lifetime Leader in Education Award.
Karen Pittman is president and CEO of the Forum for Youth Investment. Pittman started her career at the Urban Institute, conducting numerous studies on social services for children and families. She later moved to the Children's Defense Fund, starting its adolescent pregnancy prevention initiatives and helping create its adolescent policy agenda. In 1990 she became a vice president at the Academy for Educational Development, where she founded and directed the Center for Youth Development and Policy Research and its spin-off, the National Training Institute for Community Youth Work. In 1995 Karen joined the Clinton administration as director of the President's Crime Prevention Council. From there she moved to the executive team of the International Youth Foundation (IYF). In 1998 she and Rick Little, head of IYF, worked with ret. Gen. Colin Powell to create America's Promise. Pittman has written numerous books and articles on youth issues, and has served on numerous boards and panels.
