Using Collective Impact to Bring Community Change

This edited volume sets forth conceptual foundations for using Collective Impact as well as shares basic approaches that have succeeded in projects under diverse circumstances.

Author: Norman Walzer
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 07/04/2018
Pages: 214
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781138682559

About the Author

Norman Walzer, PhD, is Senior Research Scholar in the Center for Governmental Studies at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois. He co-edited a previous research volume on Collective Impact and community development issues. He also has actively researched local economic development issues including community supported enterprises as well as the impact of governmental structure on local public finance.

Liz Weaver, BA, MM, is Vice President and Director of Operations with Tamarack Institute. Liz provides strategic direction to the organization and leads many of its key learning activities including Collective Impact capacity building services for the Ontario Trillium Foundation. She is a nonprofit organizational professional with experience in leading cross-sector, place-based collaborations on poverty at local and national levels.