Exemplar
The name of the education-based collective impact organization highlighted in the article
What is Strive?
The condition of collective success that relies on collecting data and measuring results consistently on a short list of indicators at the community level and across all participating organizations not only ensures that all efforts remain aligned
What is a Shared Measurement System?
The approach the article defines “oriented toward finding and funding a solution embodied within a single organization, combined with the hope that the most effective organizations will grow or replicate to extend their impact more widely.”
What is isolated impact?
The location of Strive
Where is Greater Cincinnati and northern Kentucky?
The condition of collective success with requires developing trust among participating stakeholders and regular meetings to maintain alignment
What is Continuous Communication?
The first practice they recommend to funders who want to create large-scale change: "Take _____ for assembling the elements of a solution"
What is responsibility?
The number of Student Success Networks Strive has
What is 15?
The condition of collective success that requires all participants to have a shared vision for change, one that includes a common understanding of the problem and a joint approach to solving it through agreed upon actions.
What is a Common Agenda?
The second practice they recommend to funders who want to create large-scale change: "Create a ______ for change"
What is movement?
The number of organizations Strive has in their "cradle to career" network
What is more than 300?
The condition of collective success that requires a dedicated staff separate from the participating organizations who can plan, manage, and support the initiative through ongoing facilitation, technology and communications support, data collection and reporting, and handling the myriad logistical and administrative details needed for the initiative to function smoothly.
What is a Backbone Support Organization?
The third practice they recommend to funders who want to create large-scale change: "Include solutions from outside the _______ sector"
What is non-profit?
The number of success indicators Strive tracks
What is 53?
The condition of collective success that depends on a diverse group of stakeholders working together, not by requiring that all participants do the same thing, but by encouraging each participant to undertake the specific set of activities at which it excels in a way that supports and is coordinated with the actions of others
What is Mutually Reinforcing Activities?
The fourth practice they recommend to funders who want to create large-scale change: "Use _______ knowledge to influence behavior and improve performance"
What is actionable?