COLLECTIVE IMPACT
A collective impact approach calls for a community-wide effort to bring together different sectors to solve large, complex and systemic problems.
Successful collective impact initiatives focus on conditions that help produce true alignment and lead to powerful results: a common agenda, shared data and measurements, a continuous improvement framework, structured and open communication and backbone support.
DEAN staff engage as the initiative’s core support to help participating organizations shift from acting alone to acting in concert. By bringing stakeholders together, focusing on specific problems, sharing data and measurement, and identifying areas of overlap, DEAN helps organizations align their efforts around a common goal: to prepare Denver students for the jobs Colorado’s economy demands and help students access a successful future.