In a 2006 special issue of Public Administration Review, John Bryson, Barbara Crosby, and Melissa Stone released their seminal “The Design and Implementation of Cross-Sector Collaborations” — a work that has had significant influence both on our thinking at The Intersector Project and on scholarship
“We’ve learned a lot since we first wrote in 2011 about collective impact as an approach to large scale social change,” write John Kania and Mark Kramer in this SSIR piece. “The collective impact framework can empower people to make a real difference in communities
“Measuring the effectiveness of partnerships between different sectors proves particularly challenging. Different interested and affected groups will measure the success of the initiative according to different sets of criteria. Partnership elicits qualitative values such as trust, responsiveness and flexibility that are more likely to be ‘measured’
From The Intersector Project’s “Research to Practice” series, this article looks closely at scholarly research and highlights key facts, actionable takeaways, and additional resources practitioners can turn to for related guidance. Although the practice of cross-sector collaboration appears to be increasing as a means to address
“Cross-sector partnerships across the country are working hard to achieve collective impact. Although public policymakers often share the goals of these partnerships, federal, state, and local policies too often impede rather than enhance the conditions necessary to operate collectively. Worse, some public policies explicitly prohibit
“This toolkit is designed to guide jurisdictions and their partners through the core elements of a PFS project in early childhood education: the existing evidence for early childhood interventions, the role of data, the measurement and pricing of outcomes, program funding and financing, implementation, and
“From 2009 to 2015, Reimagining Service brought together a cross sector coalition for a timebound campaign to increase social impact through effective volunteer engagement. In that time, the initiative brought new research and practices to the field that have changed the way organizations engage volunteers.
In this PowerPoint presentation from the National League of Cities’ Congressional Cities Conference, longtime local government leader Cheryl Hilvert walks through several elements of cross-sector collaboration for an audience of local government manager. She discuss the concepts of collaboration and collaborative service delivery, introduces a
This article from Governing examines the challenges, limitations, and risks to government partners considering public-private partnerships in transportation infrastructure development. "There’s a long list of P3s that turned out to be very bad for governments, cases in which public leaders failed to ask the right
“The Partnering Toolbook builds on the experience of those who have been at the forefront of innovative partnerships and offers a concise overview of the essential elements that make for effective partnering. Now in its 4th edition