Date and time: Wednesday 15th June 2022 9.15 - 10.15am AEST (note the time)
Topic: Exploring collective impact initiatives and approaches to evaluate them – Features, opportunities and challenges
Presenter: Liz Weaver, Tamarack Institute
Venue: Online via Zoom Joining by Zoom details will be emailed to Zoom registrants just prior to the seminar start time
Register online by: 3pm on 13th June 2022
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This is a free event organised & hosted by the Victorian Regional Network of the AES. Our seminar series provides an opportunity for you to meet with AES members and others in the evaluation community and to share and learn from the experiences of fellow evaluators.
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Seminar overview
This session will provide an overview and key features of collective impact approaches and the unique challenges associated with evaluating them. These approaches have gained greater sway and influence over the last 10 years, with cross sector, system focussed approach seen as required to solve complex, multi-faceted issues involving intersecting systems, organisations and population groups. In Australia, these initiatives may be positioned as ‘place-based initiatives’ or they may draw together multiple organisations and even service systems around a common social issue (family violence) or common cohort (those suffering from mental illness) Regardless of the galvanising issues, collective impact approaches provide an architecture, resources and tools that can help you set up for success and trouble shoot as you go. They also provide a wealth of knowledge about how to successfully engage, support and embed evaluation approaches into this multi-layered and multi-stakeholder terrain.
Tamarack Institute has been at the vanguard of developing new ways of measuring change, exploring who is responsible for outcomes, and engaging stakeholders involvement and using the results to drive improve and deeper impact.
This session will have something for everyone - policy and program managers leading complex, multi-organisation initiatives, internal and external evaluators and anyone interested in supporting effective collaborative practice and integrative rather than silo-ed thinking.
Links for further Information:
• Collective Impact 3.0 paper
• Stanford Social Innovation Review article – How Field Catalysts accelerate Collective Impact
• Resource – The Innovation Ambition Continuum
• Resources Page – Evaluating Systems Change
About the presenter
Liz Weaver is the Co-CEO of Tamarack Institute and leading the Tamarack Learning Centre and has been a key player in building the collective impact model over many years. The Tamarack Learning Centre advances community change efforts with a focus on collective impact, collaborative leadership, community engagement, community innovation and evaluating community impact. Liz is well-known for her thought leadership on collective impact and is the author of several popular and academic papers on the topic. She is passionate about the power and potential of communities to impact on complex issues. In her role with Tamarack, she provides strategic direction and leads many of its key learning activities and is one of Tamaracks highly regarded trainers.Seminar start times
- SA & NT: 8:45am
- Qld, VIC, NSW, ACT, TAS: 9:15am
- WA: 7:15am
- New Zealand: 11:15pm
For other time zones please go to https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
Please ensure you have access to your email address just prior to the start time to access Zoom details. Please also check your email address is correct on your registration form before submitting.
