The Power of Collaboration Models of Collective Impact

1. The Power of CollaborationModels of Collective Impact MBS Symposium #2 24 October 2012

2. Harnessing the multiplier effect … through constructive collaboration, dialogue and exchange • Constructive collaboration, dialogue and exchange has a multiplier effect. • It can help disseminate good ideas and practices and drive innovation as organisations bring together their different perspectives, experiences, networks, knowledge and expertise. In doing that it can act as a mechanism for systemic change. • The Trust Company is keen to help the organisations that it supports to harness that multiplier effect by: • Helping them to clearly articulate their ‘theory of change’ and models of collaboration • Supporting collaboration, dialogue and exchange between organisations within its funding portfolio and • Helping funded organisations to engage with other organisations and stakeholders outside of that group. • The purpose of this session is to: • Explore the models or ‘theories of change’ that are being applied across the group and • Understand the role that collaboration currently plays in those models.

3. Proposed approach • Discuss the different models or ‘theories of change’ that are being used across the group to help improve the delivery of educational outcomes. • In doing that we will look at what is the same and what is different in terms of: • What you are each doing • The ‘change levers’ that you are looking to pull • The outcomes that you are trying to achieve and • The sorts of things that you need to measure to assess how you are going. • Review some basic principles about the different forms that collaboration can take and what makes it work. • Have a discussion about the ways that the group is already involved in (or could harness) collaborative activity to increase its collective impact.

4. Some frameworks for discussion … Research Program Design / Piloting Program Delivery Practice Dissemina-tion Coalition Building & Advocacy* Cross-Sectoral Coordination / Activity Organisations can work at different points on the above spectrum to drive social change * Not limited to political advocacy but includes activity to advocate for action on a cross-sectoral basis

5. Some frameworks for discussion … Research Program Design / Piloting Program Delivery Practice Dissemina-tion Coalition Building & Advocacy* Cross-Sectoral Coordination / Activity Organisations can work at different points on the above spectrum to drive social change Research Some organisations focus on research and dissemination to identify and share good practice Research Dissemina-tion * Not limited to political advocacy but includes activity to advocate for action on a cross-sectoral basis

6. Some frameworks for discussion … Research Program Design / Piloting Program Delivery Dissemina-tion Coalition Building & Advocacy* Cross-Sectoral Coordination / Activity Organisations can work at different points on the above spectrum to drive social change Research Some organisations focus on research and dissemination to identify and share good practice Research Dissemina-tion Some focus on ‘coal face’ activities developing and delivering activities on the ground Program Design / Piloting Program Delivery Practice Dissemina-tion * Not limited to political advocacy but includes activity to advocate for action on a cross-sectoral basis

7. Some frameworks for discussion … Research Program Design / Piloting Program Delivery Practice Dissemina-tion Coalition Building & Advocacy* Cross-Sectoral Coordination / Activity Organisations can work at different points on the above spectrum to drive social change Research Some organisations focus on research and dissemination to identify and share good practice Research Dissemina-tion Some focus on ‘coal face’ activities developing and delivering activities on the ground Program Design / Piloting Program Delivery Practice Dissemina-tion Program Delivery Practice Dissemina-tion Coalition Building & Advocacy* Cross-Sectoral Engagement Some focus on trying to change how service systems operate and interact * Not limited to political advocacy but includes activity to advocate for action on a cross-sectoral basis

8. Some frameworks for discussion … Research Program Design / Piloting Program Delivery Practice Dissemina-tion Coalition Building & Advocacy* Cross-Sectoral Coordination / Activity The ‘change levers’ that organisations use and the outcomes that they seek to deliver vary across the spectrum * Not limited to political advocacy but includes activity to advocate for action on a cross-sectoral basis

9. Some frameworks for discussion … The way that organisations operate - and the extent to which they seek to collaborate with or influence the behaviour of others - can vary Activity Focus Program ‘Partners’ Program

10. Some frameworks for discussion … The way that organisations operate - and the extent to which they seek to collaborate with or influence the behaviour of others - can vary Sectoral Focus Peer or Sector Engagement Activity Focus Program ‘Partners’ Program ‘Partners’ Program Program

11. Some frameworks for discussion … The way that organisations operate - and the extent to which they seek to collaborate with or influence the behaviour of others - can vary Cross-Sectoral Focus Cross-Sector Engagement Sectoral Focus Peer or Sector Engagement Peer or Sector Engagement Activity Focus Program ‘Partners’ Program ‘Partners’ Program ‘Partners’ Program Program Program

12. Some frameworks for discussion … The way that organisations operate - and the extent to which they seek to collaborate with or influence the behaviour of others - can vary Cross-Sectoral Focus Cross-Sector Engagement Sectoral Focus Peer or Sector Engagement Peer or Sector Engagement Activity Focus Program ‘Partners’ Program ‘Partners’ Program ‘Partners’ Program Program Program

13. Some frameworks for discussion … Collaborations can be:

14. Discussion point • Where do each of your organisations ‘sit’ on the spectrum? • What sorts of collaborative activity are you involved in? • What types of outcomes are you trying to achieve? • What questions do you need to be asking to work out if you are achieving those outcomes?