1. Stakeholder Engagement Sessions

2. INTRODUCTIONS

3. Purpose of the Engagement Sessions
Increase understanding of Collective Impact
Update you on what the Collective Impact for Toronto Youth Initiative (CITY) has been up to
Understand your organizational motivations, priorities, and ideas for narrowing our common agenda
Prepare your organization to participate in the Collective Impact April Event, including making informed decisions about narrowing our common agenda and approving a governance model
Gather any feedback related to planning for a successful April Event

4. Agenda (approx. 2hrs) Introductions Collective Impact: an overview
Collective Impact for Toronto Youth (CITY): What we’ve been up to
The Toronto Context: narrowing the common agenda
Proposed Governance Model
April Event: Making it Count!

5. Activity: Participant Introductions
Please share your name and position within the organization
Choose one or two additional questions to answer as part of your introduction:
How are you feeling today?
What motivates you to do the work that you do?
What is something that you have learned from a young person?
What do you value about working collaboratively?
What is something you are hoping to get out of this session?
What is something that you are looking forward to?

6. COLLECTIVE IMPACT: AN OVERVIEW

7. Activity: Reflection
Take a moment to write down one or two key benefits to Collaboration.
Share

8. Video Introductions
FSG Video: What is Collective Impact FSG is a nonprofit consulting firm specializing in strategy, evaluation, and research.
CITY Video: Collective Impact for Toronto Youth

9. What is Collective Impact?
Collective Impact is the commitment of a group of important actors from different sectors to a common agenda for solving a specific social problem.
5 Conditions of Collective Impact
Common agenda: all participants have a shared vision for change
Shared measurement systems: agreement on the ways success will be measured and reported
Mutually reinforcing activities: activities that support and are coordinated with the actions of others
Continuous communication: regular meetings and communication to develop trust, collaborative processes, and to share success
Backbone support team: separate organization(s) with paid staff time to plan, manage and support the Collective Impact initiative
*Adapted from: Kania, J. & Kramer, M. (2011) “Collective Impact,” Standford Social Review: Winter

10. What the Research Tells Us?
Large-scale social change comes from cross-sector coordination rather than isolated interventions of individual organizations
Greater progress could be made in alleviating many of our most serious and complex social problems if nonprofits, governments, businesses, and the public were united by a common agenda
Funders see the potential of Collective Impact projects and are often more likely to support Collective Impact than choose to fund a single organization’s initiative
Collective Impact has demonstrated results
* Adapted from: Kania, J. & Kramer, M. (2011) “Collective Impact,” Standford Social Review: Winter

11. Examples: Collective Impact in Action
StriveTogether: A collective impact project in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky to improve student outcomes.
During its first five years in Greater Cincinnati, Strive noted positive improvements in 40 of the 53 educational outcomes it measured.
E3 Alliance: E3 Alliance involves and energizes diverse stakeholders to build community will, maintain and build momentum, and drive toward shared commitment for higher student outcomes and a strong economic future in Central Texas.

12. Activity: Reflection
Does Collective Impact differ from your understanding of collaboration? If so how?
Take a moment to write down one or two added benefits of Collective Impact.
Share
Questions about Collective Impact?

13. COLLECTIVE IMPACT for TORONTO YOUTH (CITY)
What we’ve been up to

14. History
June 22, Evergreen Brickworks: Approximately 60 people gathered to explore the concept of developing a Collective Impact initiative related to improving outcomes for youth in the city of Toronto. The Collective Impact for Toronto Youth Core Team (Core Team) was formed.
Fall – Winter The Core Team mapped their assets and proposed collective principles and a broad common agenda
Spring – Summer The Core Team researched mapping projects, on-line tools and complimentary initiatives
Fall – Winter The Core Team attended collective impact training and applied new knowledge to setting a framework and work plan for next steps.
December The Core Team circulated a Request for Proposals to hire interim back bone staff
January The Core Team hired interim backbone staff to re-engage stakeholders and drive the process for developing a shared agenda
Winter The Interim Backbone staff engage stakeholders to update them on progress to date and gain their input on focusing the common agenda and choosing a governance model
April 28th, Key stakeholders are invited to attend a Shared Agenda Setting Event and vote on a governance model and processes for moving forward

15. Activity: Video Review
CITY Video: Reflecting on Our Progress

16. Broad Common Agenda: Theory of Change
Vision / Mission / Goals
Vision:
All youth in Toronto experience maximum health, and are skilled and safe so that they can be equal participants in our city.
Goals:
All youth between the ages of the furthest away from opportunities will:
Mission
We will accomplish this through increased access to opportunities, improved cross- sectoral coordination and the development of shared measurement systems.
LOGIC MODEL
We address the five themes through these lenses:
Engagement: Growth of ideas; Connecting ideas and actions already happening; Define competitiveness in the context of collective impact; Sharing of resources; funding models
Equity: Build trust; Reach youth in schools & community centres; Consistency; Strategic plan or alternative developed Urgency & impact defined; Targeted focus
Access: Young people involved, included and doing things by themselves; Youth voice is heard; Honest communication; Engage non-traditional stakeholders; Reducing poverty; Increasing arts opportunities
Nation
supported, skilled and safe 16

17. Education/Employment
The Broad Common Agenda
Justice System
Education/Employment
Civic Engagement
Safety
Health
Community Outcome
Be respected by the youth justice system
Community Outcome
Be physically and mentally healthy and emotionally well
Community Outcome
Experience safe and caring learning environments that support social and academic /skills development
Community Outcome
Have their voice heard and positively impact their community
Community Outcome
Have safe places in the community where they are welcomed and supported
Initiative Outcomes
Improved relationships between community and police (police accountability)
Better reintegration into community
Increased diversion
Individualized sentencing
Knowing rights
Not committing crimes
Youth have greater access to programs
Initiative Outcomes
Enhanced access to culturally appropriate mental health treatment
Be supported by positive adult relationship
Be more physically active
Practice healthy habits
Experience less anxiety, depression
Initiative Outcomes
More youth play a leadership role in informing decisions that affect them
More youth are active in addressing social issues in their communities
Initiative Outcomes
Improved educational experiences that respond to youth needs
Increased high school graduation rates
More youth find meaningful employment
Access diverse training and apprenticeship opp.
Initiative Outcomes
Improved safe transportation options
Increased safe outdoor spaces for arts, sports and recreation
More youth feel safe in their communities

18. Criteria for Narrowing the Broad Common Agenda
Urgency: Is there compelling need for collective impact in this area?
Resources: Are there existing and potential resources dedicated to this need/area?
Momentum: Are there existing projects, initiatives, or change already happening (or planned) for this area?
Furthest Away/Marginalization: Would a collective impact project in this area benefit youth the furthest away from supports and resources?
Scalability: Would it be possible to do a large-scale / cross-sectoral project in this area?

19. Where are we? The Four Key Phases of CI
Governance
and
Infrastructure
Strategic
Planning
Where are we? The Four Key Phases of CI
Community
Involvement
Phase I
Generate Ideas
and Dialogue
Phase II
Initiate Action
Phase III
Organize for Impact
Phase IV
Sustain Action
and Impact 
Components for Success
Convene community stakeholders
Identify champions and form cross-sector group
Evaluation
And
Improvement
Create infrastructure (backbone and processes)
Facilitate and refine
Continue engagement and conduct advocacy
Support implementation (alignment to goal and strategies)
Collect, track, and report progress (process to learn and improve) 
Hold dialogue about issue, community context, and available resources
Map the landscape and use data to make case
Create common agenda (common goals and strategy) 
Facilitate community outreach specific to goal
Facilitate community outreach
Engage community and build public will 
Determine if there is consensus/urgency to move forward
Analyze baseline data to ID key issues and gaps
Establish shared metrics (indicators, measurement, and approach) 
* Resource borrowed from Innoweave materials

20. Questions about CITY’s work to date
Questions about CITY’s work to date? Next Steps…Using the criteria to narrow the broad common agenda

21. What does the data tell us?
THE TORONTO CONTEXT
What does the data tell us?

22. Activity: Snapshot of Toronto Youth
1: Rank each outcome area according to the 5 criteria. Use you own knowledge of each area – the Snapshot Cards are there for additional info, but we do not expect you to read them in detail. It’s OK if you don’t finish or if your answers change down the road – this activity is intended to create dialogue and a deeper understanding of these outcome areas.
2: Identify your organization’s top 2 priority areas and potential metrics you would be interested in addressing
Is your decision based on any external metrics/data that we should be aware of?

23. Next Steps for Narrowing the Broad Common Agenda
At the event we will present back what we found and highlight themes and alignment so that the group may choose a focused common agenda.

24. PROPOSED GOVERNANCE MODEL

25. Proposed Governance Model

26. Activity: Governance Model
As an organization, please take time to review the Proposed Governance Model and accompanying handouts prior to April
We’ll be looking for input on the model in April so that we can move forward with a Collective Impact infrastructure that outlines membership, responsibilities, decision making..

27. April 28th at The 519 Church Street Community Centre
MAKING IT COUNT!
COLLECTIVE IMPACT
FOR TORONTO YOUTH
April 28th at The 519 Church Street Community Centre

28. Making it Count Event: Purpose
Review data gathered from the stakeholder engagement sessions
Choose the priority metric or focus that the CITY Clusters will attempt to impact (narrow the "common agenda”)
Provide input on a proposed governance model for CITY moving forward (including decision-making and membership structures)
Determine organizations’ commitment to being involved with the CITY initiative moving forward

29. Making it Count! Registration
The Making It Count! event will be held on April 28th at Church St. It will be a full-day event.
All attendees can register online at: p
We hope you will have a senior decision-maker, a frontline worker and a youth representative attend the event. All attendees must individually register.

30. Making it Count! Expectations
In order to be well informed for meaningful participation and decision making, we hope that all attendees of the April 28th Making it Count! event will attend a Stakeholder Engagement Session.
Between now and the April 28th, we hope that organizations will review the information we have shared and develop an organizational position on the following topics:
What outcome area are you most interested in working on through a Collective Impact approach?
What focus/specific metric are you interested in moving the needle on? (Narrowing the broad common agenda)
Are you committed to moving forward with this initiative and the proposed governance model? (we’re on board! / we’ve still got questions… /we can’t be involved at this time )

31. Activity: Making it Count! What do you want to see?
Discussion
If you attended the Collective Impact Event in 2012 at Brickworks Evergreen, what did you like/dislike?
Do you have any recommendations for the Making it Count! April Event?
What do you hope to see/experience/get out of the event?

32. THANK YOU!
We know your time is valuable – thanks for spending this time with us!
Hope to see you April 28th at The 519!