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Networking and Collective Impact

Networking and Collective Impact. Mary Dewalt Ada Community Library Director mdewalt@adalib.org. Who is in the room?. Keys To Effective Networking. Be genuine and authentic, build trust and relationships. Ask open-ended questions in conversations. Become known as a powerful resource.

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Networking and Collective Impact

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  1. Networking and Collective Impact Mary DewaltAda Community Library Directormdewalt@adalib.org

  2. Who is in the room?

  3. Keys To Effective Networking Be genuine and authentic, build trust and relationships. Ask open-ended questions in conversations. Become known as a powerful resource. Have a clear understanding of what you do, why, for whom, and what makes what you do special or different from others doing the same. Be ready and able to articulate what you are seeking and how others may help you. Follow up with those you meet who may benefit from what you do, and vice versa.

  4. Potential Partners in Your Community Rapid Fire 25 partners - 5 minutes

  5. Let’s Discuss… Existing services and partnerships between your library and: • Another library • A school • A community organization

  6. Collective Impact The commitment of a group of actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a specific social problem, using a structured form of collaboration

  7. www.collaborationforimpact.com/collective-impact/

  8. Strivetogether Network

  9. How might collective impact address… ??community issue a think-pair-share activity

  10. RISE (formerly Treasure Valley Education Partnership) RISE is made up of representatives from area school districts, higher ed., business, CBOs such as YMCA and Boys and Girls Club, early childhood institutions, and foundations - all engaged to address vital community problems including: · 58% of children are entering kindergarten ready to read – the lowest performing district is just 29% · Few are reading on level by third grade – this is crucial as before third grade you learn to read, after you read to learn. And studies show if a child isn’t on level by third grade they suffer from then on, and, while high school graduation rates are very high · Just 25 percent of high school graduates will attain a degree within six years of high school graduation.

  11. Meeting Community-wide Goals Depends Upon Increasing Cross-Sector Alignment Remember to Align Your Arrows ⇉ Thank you for your time -- questions?

  12. More information • Collective Impact Framework • “Collective Impact” John Kania & Mark Kramer. Stanford Social Innovation Review, Winter, 2011 • “Channeling Change: making collective impact work” • “Embracing Emergence: how collective impact addresses complexity” • “The Power of Collective Impact” • Strive Together Network • Collective Impact Forum • ALA resources

  13. Strive Together Networks in the Pacific Northwest Idaho Southeastern Idaho Cradle to Career Partnership OMNI Building 275 South Fifth Avenue Suite 250 Pocatello, ID 83201 Treasure Valley Education Partnership 3100 South Vista Avenue Suite 100 Boise, ID 83705 208.336.1070 Washington Eastside Pathways Excelerate Success P.O. Box 913 920 North Washington Street Bellevue, WA 98009 Spokane, WA 99201 425.301.1290 509.828.2242 Graduate! Tacoma The Road Map Project 919 South Ninth Street 1200 12th Avenue South Suite 701 Tacoma, WA 98405 Seattle, WA 98144 253.272.1600 206.838.6610 Oregon All Hands Raised Better Together Central Oregon 2069 NE Hoyt Street 2804 SW Sixth Street Portland, OR 97232 Redmond, OR 97756 503.234.5404 541.693.5679

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