Spark Insight Partners develops innovative, research-based solutions to complex societal problems.
From reducing infant mortality to addressing climate change, Collective Impact work seems to be everywhere these days. At Spark, we’ve been excited to get involved with Collective Impact efforts at all levels, from facilitating the planning process to being the backbone to providing evaluation support early in initiatives and in the later years as well. …
Continue reading “Leaving the Abstract Behind: What Collective Impact Really Means”
With a half dozen Collective Impact evaluations in the last year alone, it’s becoming second nature for me to think about the complexity inherent in evaluating Collective Impact. The model’s emphasis on a shared measurement system has been both a benefit to evaluation and a hindrance. Sometimes I find that recognizing the need for shared …
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