Join the Collective Impact Forum this October in Pittsburgh for a three-day workshop designed for backbone teams from collective impact initiatives.
A strong backbone team — staff dedicated to guiding a cross-sector group of stakeholders toward a common goal — is a critical component of collective impact. Champions for Change, the Forum's most popular workshop, provides professional development to backbone leaders; encourages peer learning among backbone teams, and shares new insights on the work of backbones from the field.
Topics to be explored include:
- Clarifying the roles and leadership characteristics of the backbone
- Centering equity in your collective impact work
- Fostering community collaboration and co-ownership in your initiative
- Building collaboration with funders, partners, and stakeholders
- Developing and learning from shared measurement
- Evaluating collective impact
- Sustaining momentum for collective impact initiatives over the long-term
View the in-development 2019 workshop agenda here.
Who Should Attend:
The Champions for Change learning experience is most geared for those who are more at the early/beginning stages of their collective impact work, whether you are are just starting out or are a couple years into your initiative. It can also be a helpful learning experience if you have a team who are new to working in the collective impact space.
Have questions? Contact Tracy Timmons-Gray about workshop content and Christopher Pulido about registration and logistics.