Tools & Resources

In this 60-minute webinar, experienced evaluator Nan  Wehipeihana  (Ngāti  Tukorehe,  NgātI  Porou,  Te  Whānau-ā-Apanui)  and friends present a simple but powerful framework, showing:  The difference between evaluating  for Indigenous communities, evaluating  as  Indigenous…

This resource provides 18 insights for transforming systems.

This resource helps collaborators to identify and agree upon indicators of success using examples, questions to guide use, and additional resources.

Asset Based Community Development is an approach to sustainable community-driven development. Beyond the mobilisation of a particular community, it is concerned with how to link micro-assets to the macro-environment. More information at…

This resource provides an overview of the backbone role in collective impact, including: purpose and function; structure, staffing, and budget; selecting a backbone; leadership; and the backbone’s focus on equity.

This website contains links to a diverse range of tools spanning: community building; conversations and facilitation; Asset Based Community Development (ABCD); and more.

This website provides tools and seminars about developing a shared measurement framework. FSG has a lot of great resources. 

This resource will help collaborative groups to better understand member motivation, and in doing so, develop a shared understanding of the collaborative task.

This resource features Sharon Fraser, CFI Network Member, explaining key concepts and strategies for building the foundations for collaboration, including collective impact, all in less than 35 minutes!

This report is a synthesis of learnings and insights from a workshop facilitated by Mark Cabaj and CFI on changing systems, power and potential. The report is a blend of concepts, frameworks, applications and hints organised into three sections: Defining the system; Leading for systems change; and…

This resource allows collaborators to measure how they are working together via the completion of an online survey, on a one-off or longitudinal basis.

This resource provides a four-step process for articulating and tracking progress through the early stages of a collaborative project, by looking back and looking forward.

This resource contains comprehensive information, questions, tools, and links for developing and delivering community collaborations.

This resource supports those working on community change initiatives to understand complexity and to work adaptively.

This resource provides a governance framework for those seeking to work collaboratively on a complex social or community challenge.

This resource provides a broad, multidisciplinary systematised review of literature on cross sector partnerships for systemic change.