12:00pm to 1:00pm Eastern Time

In this webinar, Peter Block will speak to the concept of a neighbourly economy. This would include building ‘Abundant Community’ in neighbourhoods, as a viable alternative to the consumer-driven economic system that currently exists, as we strive to attain positive health outcomes, better distributed wealth, and engage children, seniors and neighbours in creating an educating neighbourhood. To do this, we must address social development and economic development as one and the same issue, rather than in silos. Join us as Peter offers insights on how we can create self-sustaining structures in our local communities - that reveal and mobilize existing gifts - to create more supportive social and economic fabric for prosperity.

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Speaker

Peter Block is an author and citizen of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is a partner in Designed Learning, a training company that offers workshops designed to build the skills outlined in his books. He is the author of Flawless Consulting, Stewardship, The Answer to How Is Yes, Community, and co-author of The Abundant Community, and An Other Kingdom. Peter is part of the Economics of Compassion Initiative of Greater Cincinnati and is a member of his local neighbourhood council. He serves on the boards of Elementz, an urban arts centre, and LivePerson, a provider of online engagement solutions. His work is in the restoration of the common good and creating a world that reclaims our humanity from the onslaught of modernism.

3:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern Time 

What role can collective impact play in helping communities achieve systems change? 

Join us on July 10 from 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET for the next Collective Impact Forum Virtual Coffee, Achieving Systems Change in Collective Impact.

We’ll be talking with FSG’s John Kania, coauthor of the Stanford Social Innovation Review article “Collective Impact” (2011) and the recent article “The Water of Systems Change” (2018), to discuss how one can tackle the concepts and conditions involved with systems change work.

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Can't make the actual virtual coffee time? Registering also means you'll be notified when the recording is uploaded to the Collective Impact Forum resource library. 

Come join the discussion on July 10!

3:00pm - 4:00pm Eastern Time

Cultivating leaders within the backbone and among partners is critical for the success of a collective impact effort. What can we learn from initiatives that have built leadership capacity within their backbone, their partnerships, and other community stakeholders? 

Join us on July 17 from 3pm – 4pm ET for the next Collective Impact Forum Virtual Coffee, Building Leadership Capacity for Collective Impact. 

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We'll be talking with Ellen Kahler, Executive Director at the Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF), about their experience helping strengthen leadership skills across their initiative. VSJF serves as the backbone for Vermont Farm to Plate (F2P), a statewide collective impact initiative to strengthen Vermont’s food system.

Can't make the actual virtual coffee time? Registering also means you'll be notified when the recording is uploaded to the Collective Impact Forum resource library.