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Date: September 3rd 2021
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In order to solve complex problems we need to see and leverage the entire system. However, the language of systems change can sometimes be abstract, making it hard to get started. Fortunately, collective impact provides us with a familiar and accessibl...
Tags: Complexity, Equity, Embrace the Messiness, Work at Multiple Scales, Medium
Date: September 2nd 2021
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This is a list of characteristics of white supremacy culture that show up in our organizations. Culture is powerful precisely because it is so present and at the same time so very difficult to name or identify. The characteristics listed below are dama...
Tags: Equity, Embrace the Messiness, Prioritize Equity and Power Sharing, Medium, Article, Handout / Tool
Date: September 2nd 2021
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Selena Mills & Sara Roque, Illustrations by Chief Lady Bird
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The GTA has been home to Indigenous peoples for millennia. Here, Sara Roque and Selena Mills share their reflections on this land. This resource is a powerful and compelling example of meaningful land acknowledgements.
Tags: Empathy, Equity, Let Values Lead, Prioritize Equity and Power Sharing, Medium, Video
Date: September 2nd 2021
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Cathy Mann and The Fundraising Lab
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Philanthropy can be challenging to navigate, especially if it's your first time entering the realm! It Doesn't Hurt to Ask is a podcast dedicated to helping dispel concerns and myths, as well as have a serious yet fun discussion with leading ex...
Tags: Facilitation, Organizational Culture, Build on Everyone's Strengths, Learn Together, Heavy, Podcast
Date: September 2nd 2021
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While each community should be intentional about designing evaluation that works best in their local context, the Sample Evaluation Logic Model, designed by Openly for the original Connected Communities Works (CCW) project in East Scarborough (ESW), of...
Tags: Complexity, Network Weaving, Embrace the Messiness, Make Community Building Visual, Medium, Handout / Tool, Fostering Grassroots Leadership, Workforce Development
Date: February 28th 2019
Author: Centre for Connected Communities Staff
Description: Trust is about relationships. The process of building strong, open, and trusting relationships should be an outcome of a connected community initiative, as an important foundation to achieving other deliverables and outputs. A community backbone organiza...
Tags: Emergence, Make Community Building Visual, Embrace the Messiness, Light, Article
Date: February 28th 2019
Author: Anne Gloger, Ewa Cerda Llanos, James Iveniuk and Ewa Modlinska
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The Connected Community Approach was created using insights from a variety of theories and practices including Asset Based Community development, Collective Impact, Systems and Complexity theories. This article describes the ways in which CCA takes the...
Tags: Complexity, Collaboration, Learn Together, Heavy, Article
Date: February 20th 2019
Author:
Centre for Connected Communities
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This document demonstrates how a community backbone organization adds value to place based interventions and initiatives by strengthening social fabric.
"In the Connected Community Approach (CCA), a community backbone organization (aka a...
Tags: Resilience, Complexity, Make Community Building Visual, Build Creative Infrastructure, Medium, Article, Report
Date: August 8th 2020
Author:
Centre for Connected Communities
Description:
This visual of the 10 keys can be a useful tool to use when designing complex community processes - the 10 keys are listed in a way that can be useful for workshop handouts or a visual aid or prompt.
Tags: Network Weaving, Complexity, Learn Together, Light, Handout / Tool, Image
Date: February 6th 2019
Author: Ontario Nonprofit Network
Description: Some of the best community building originates with an informal network of people. Eventually, questions of governance will be raised. As an informal group, it is difficult to raise funds and hire staff, yet creating an incorporated entity, policies and f...
Tags: Build Creative Infrastructure, Heavy, Report
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