Our Clients
Since 2001, Collective Impact has provided capacity building services to help organizations and communities achieve their mission, realize their vision, and thrive!
Types of Organizations and Communities We Serve
We have extensive experience working with non-profit organizations, government agencies, municipalities, counties, states, colleges and universities, faith-based entities, ministries, entrepreneurs, foundations, systems, networks, associations, coalitions, collaborative groups, and cross-sector/multi-disciplinary teams.
We serve clients tackling issues in numerous fields, including early childhood, family support, human services, youth development, public/population health, education, affordable housing/home repair, homelessness, older adults/aging, community economic development, city planning/revitalization, child welfare, poverty elimination, mental/behavioral health, intellectual and developmental disabilities, addiction/substance abuse and recovery, problem gambling, law enforcement/criminal justice, transportation, arts and culture, tourism, recreation and others.
Collective Impact has many years of experience in community-level work. We define the term “community” as a geographic location (neighborhood, town, city, county, region, state, etc.)
and/or a team of individuals and entities assembled around a common purpose (human services councils, small business associations, health collaboratives, community economic development teams, early childhood coalitions, etc.). We also have nearly two decades of experience working in the "intersections" of various and diverse disciplines and industries, helping those we serve make a greater impact collectively. Check out our
Community Design Innovations model!
Locations Where We Provide Our Services
To date, our experience has been in serving clients in urban, rural, and economically distressed communities in California, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia. We are always seeking to expand our services into new areas, take on new challenges, and build new and enduring relationships.
So Why Choose Us?
After nearly two decades of providing capacity building services to a broad range of clients in diverse settings, we have developed a deep understanding of the unique strengths, challenges, and opportunities they face. We have a genuine passion in helping organizations and communities make an greater impact, prosper, and thrive!
What's New
Collective impact is providing a training workshop for the
The Greater Kanawha Valley Foundation (TGKVF) “Building Bridges for Good Measure” conference. The topic for this training workshop is “Building Bridges for Organizational Sustainability and Community Impact.” The workshop will engage participants in interactive learning experiences to increase understanding, capacity, and action around regional/local collaboration. Participants will better understand the importance of collaboration in general and specifically leveraging new partnerships to reach common desired outcomes and gain support from funders. The session will address the “nuts and bolts” of collaboration and community-level work, the importance of working together in a rapidly changing environment, the “collective impact” approach, and engaging in collaborative team work for greater impact and results. It’s just like MAGIC (Making A Great Impact Collectively)!
Success
The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph engaged Collective Impact to assist in conducting a Communications Audit and Effectiveness Study to identify strategic recommendations that promote effective communications with CSJ’s current audiences who live near the Congregation’s centers. The study was designed to assess CSJ’s communications materials, tools, and processes and to determine the general effectiveness, impact and success of the Congregation’s outreach and communication materials and publications. It also explored ways CSJ might better engage others in the mission and work being carried out by the Congregation. The project provided the Congregation of St. Joseph with the necessary information and strategic positioning to develop a comprehensive communications plan and implement that plan over the next several years. Services included planning, practice research, a stakeholder survey, key informant interviews and a series of stakeholder discussions at each of the Congregations six centers in Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia.
Testimonials
"As a large center, we collectively set out to begin our strategic planning process knowing there would be many levels of detail to consider and the need for objective, thoughtful, and creative ideas and assessment processes. Immediately, Bruce Decker listened to our needs and considered what our center was “all about”. He took the time to invest in this effort so that he could respond to participants’ needs along the way. He provided detailed materials that efficiently and effectively helped us focus on what we needed to accomplish at the upcoming sessions. During the sessions, he creatively kept our attention while making all pieces of the session pertinent to our goal. In the end, people loved Bruce and what he was able to accomplish. Repeatedly, I heard that our sessions were not “typical strategic planning” sessions. Positive reviews have come in from our center team AND our partners. Finally, the summaries Bruce provided to us after each session are crucial documents to us as we build new materials and the plan for the next 5 years!!!! We are very grateful to Bruce and Collective Impact!" ~ Lesley Cottrell, Director, West Virginia University Center for Excellence in Disabilities (WVU CED), Morgantown, WV
Resources
Renouned psychiatrist and writer Iain McGilchrist explains how our 'divided brain' has profoundly altered human behavior, culture, and society. Taken from a lecture given by Iain McGilchrist as part of the RSA's free public events program.
Watch it here!
Collective Voice
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