#BensTake: Impact Investing As Accelerant for Social Change 2016
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onOur newest blog series delves into four, unique accelerants that put U.S. cities on the verge of something "very…
Achieving Permanent Housing for Denver’s Chronically Homeless Population
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onOur Blended Catalyst Fund is helping to scale the Pay for Success field.At Living Cities, Pay for Success (PFS) is a…
Want to Achieve Collective Impact? Accept That There Is an “I” in Team
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onIn order to achieve impact at scale, individual actions are an essential part of the mix.Nancy Zimpher, SUNY Chancellor…
#BensTake: Technology as an Accelerant for Change in 2016
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onOur newest blog series delves into four, unique accelerants that put U.S. cities on the verge of something "very…
Why Economic Growth Lags: And Other #GoodReads from Living Cities
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onA weekly round-up of articles and information that you won't want to miss!Start your week off with #GoodReads that…
Collective Impact #ToolBox: Free Collaboration Tools
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onFour tried-and-true, free tools that simplify the administrative work behind managing cross-sector partnerships well. Take advantage of this technology…
Aligning Allies and Contributions: Using Results Based Accountability to Create Collective Impact
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onAlbuquerque Integration Initiative partners value Results Based Accountability as a roadmap to take action, and join together in responsibility,…
#BensTake: Cities as an Accelerant for Change in 2016
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onOur newest blog series delves into four, unique accelerants that put U.S. cities on the verge of something "very…
Lessons on Supporting Cohorts to Get Low-Income Youth into Good Jobs
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onThree lessons on how funders can support cohorts to help low-income youth get on a path to self-sufficiency.A big…
Cities Big and Small Tackle Social Challenges in 2016: #GoodReads from Living Cities
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onA weekly round-up of reading recommendations that you won't want to miss!In this week’s round-up of reading recommendations, we…
#BensTake: The Four Accelerants for Change To Watch in 2016
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onOur newest blog series delves into four, unique accelerants that put U.S. cities on the verge of something "very…
Mayors and Schools in Oakland: Doubling Down on Partnerships
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onAfter our conversation last month with San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee, we crossed the Bay Bridge to visit Oakland…
Lessons from Five Years of Economic Inclusion and Partnership in Baltimore
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onMultiple players from across sectors must come together differently to address the socio-economic challenges and take advantage of opportunities…
Led By Data II: More Insights from the Syracuse i-team
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onThe City of Syracuse’s Innovation Team (i-team) was created in April, 2015 thanks to a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies.…
From Gun Control to Millennial Moms: #GoodReads from Living Cities
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onA weekly round-up of reading recommendations to kick-off 2016!During time between Christmas and New Years, our staff spent a…
#BensTake: Can Local Government Innovation Stick?
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onFrom the work of the City Accelerator's first cohort, Living Cities CEO, Ben Hecht, outlines three trends that he…
The Broad View of Innovation: #GoodReads from the i-teams
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onThis week, we bring you another edition of #GoodReads shared by the Innovation Teams (i-teams), a cohort of in-house…
Why Involve Community in Collective Impact at all?
By Dylan Fitzgerald in Blog onThe recent surge of interest and resources around collective impact principles has highlighted an important concern and challenge for…
