Whether you’re working on a local collective impact initiative or a national public-private partnership; whether you’re a practitioner or a researcher; whether you’re looking for basics or a detailed look at a particular topic, our Resource Library can help you find the information and tools you need for your cross-sector thinking and practice. The Library — which includes resources from research organizations, advisory groups, training organizations, academic centers and journals, and other sources — spans issue areas, sectors, and partnership types.
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There are a number of academic courses, programs, and certificates offered in the United States in which cross-sector collaboration is a major theme. We hope this list will be useful for educators who are interested in how this topic is being taught at universities across the country…
In this paper, Living Cities offers “a strategic framework for cross-sector partnerships including describing and defining the traits that make up a strong foundation, factors that influence success, and behaviors of high-impact efforts. In addition to the theory, the paper steeps these ideas in four…
This landmark SSIR article introduced the concept of collective impact and its five conditions of collective success. “Collaboration is nothing new. The social sector is filled with examples of partnerships, networks, and other types of joint efforts. But collective impact initiatives are distinctly different. Unlike…
✴︎ Available only with purchase from publisher “Theoretical and empirical work on collaboration has proliferated in the last decade. The authors’ 2006 article on designing and implementing cross-sector collaborations was a part of, and helped stimulate, this growth. This article reviews the authors’ and others’…
“This report focuses specifically on a cross-sector collaborative effort to significantly reduce traffic congestion in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota. The organizers of the program concluded that a collaborative, multi-modal approach was crucial to making real headway on a longstanding, costly, nearly intractable…
“Welcome to Husch Blackwell’s inaugural Public-Private Partnership Trends Report. During the past year, our team reviewed the agreements for every public-private partnership (P3) project in the United States that reached a financial close between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2017. Our findings and insights…
“This report is designed to provide an overview of the attributes and benefits of university-led Grand Challenges, with a summary of best practices and strategies for universities currently engaged or considering starting their own programs. The report also makes the case for a new Community…
“This Smart Bundle was published by Getting Smart in partnership with the Grable Foundation. The content is part of a series on reinventing learning that features the Remake Learning network in Pittsburgh. Remake Learning is a loose network comprised of 250 organizations, which includes schools,…
“This special supplement, sponsored by the Presidio Institute, takes a close look at cross sector leaders: how they are different from other types of leaders, the role that they play in advancing social change, and why they are so important today.”
This report from the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government details “how the private sector should be deployed to help deliver and maintain the Nation’s crucial water infrastructure in a timelier and more cost-effective manner….
“Governments, international organizations, and non-state actors all recognize that cybersecurity capacity building (CCB) is crucial to mitigating the negative crossborder externalities of increasing connectivity and maximizing the benefits of ICT-led development. While early adopters have lent support and resources to CCB, the present supply falls…
“When speaking of businesses and cybercrime, it is no longer a matter of whether a company will suffer a cyberattack but when that attack will occur and where in the attack lifecycle it is detected and contained. Unlike other types of crime, cybercrime is borderless,…
“The Water and Wastewater Systems Sector, commonly known as the Water and Wastewater Sector, has engaged in a considerable effort to expand mutual aid and assistance, develop critical Water and Wastewater Sector security standards, enhance local, state and federal partnerships, address cybersecurity concerns, provide research…
“In late 2014, a working group formed to focus on partnerships to tackle persistent rural poverty, including the four authors of this paper. Together, the members of the working group represent the hardest-hit rural areas of the country. The goal of the Persistent Poverty Working…
“It is an era of unprecedented interest in broadband as a platform of economic and community development. Advanced communications networks are increasingly recognized as a growing engine for economic activity, democratic participation, healthcare, and education. Local governments, in particular, increasingly embrace opportunities to develop next-generation…