While most organizations recognize that Collective Impact is invaluable in it’s ability to bring people together, encourage the sharing of resources and achieve wider results; however this approach fails to properly address the underlying fears and grant expectations that are placed on grantees. We know that in order to achieve a wide spread and real impact it will take collaboration with other partners and organizations, yet the underlying problem of how to remain competitive to win funding and show results has not yet been addressed.
Are these issues you have faced while trying to achieve Collective Impact? Below is an excerpt of the article Bill Barberg, President of InsightFormation, wrote for the Grant Managers Network blog.