Collective Impact: How Can a University Contribute? Northwest Regional Meeting Wisconsin Campus Compact October 23, 2015 Vanessa Laird Executive Director, Center for Integrative Leadership Graduate Faculty, Humphrey School of Public Affairs Affiliate Faculty, University of Minnesota Law School

Integrative Leadership Terms: – Integrative: bringing together across divisions – Leadership: found within, between and among individuals – Grand Challenges: complex, socially important issues that can only be addressed with the participation of diverse individuals or organizations Field of Practice: – Work across boundaries to address a complex and significant issue that cannot be effectively addressed by an individual person or entity

Our Center Established 2006 by Carlson School of Management and Humphrey School of Public Affairs with UMN and private sector support Current “anchor” UMN partners also include School of Public Health and College of Education and Human Development How can a Land-Grant University contribute to larger efforts to address multifaceted, significant and solvable societal challenges? – Building capacity for collaborative action Curriculum development, teaching and research Cross-cultural programming – Contributing to broader collaborative efforts on specific issues Faculty expertise, student resources, credible convening, agenda- setting

Complementary Minnesota Traditions History of collaborative engagement – Itasca Project Robust philanthropic traditions Focus on practical, problem-solving approaches for social benefit Desire to connect with the larger world – to integrate broader perspectives into tackling Minnesota’s problems and opportunities and to use our experience and expertise to make a larger contribution (national and international relevance)

Collective Impact 2011 John Kania & Mark Kramer, Stanford Social Innovation Review Framework for “leadership [among][without] leaders” Four elements: – Common agenda – Mutual measurement – Mutually reinforcing activities – Continuous communication – Backbone support Focus on results, sustainability Aspen Institute Forum, impact-forum/

Setting the Agenda for Collective Impact Break it into one or more “How do we?” question(s) – How do we change medical payment structures to incentivize care for chronic conditions? How do we promote healthier eating? V. – How do we lower the incidence of diabetes? – What information do you need to answer this question? – What kinds of leaders and subject matter experts do you need to answer these questions and provide this information? – How can you most efficiently and effectively structure your meetings to ensure progress and follow up? – What form should your work product take (guidelines, best practices, white paper, specific steps or actions

QUESTIONS?