Why Rural Health Transformation Grantees Need a Unified Data System

Why Rural Health Transformation Grantees Need a Unified Data System Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP)  grants usually involve three factors: Multiple partners (clinics, hospitals, behavioral health, public health, social services) Multiple goals (access, quality, workforce, cost, equity) Multiple reporting requirements (federal, state, internal governance) Without a shared system, data lives in silos, reporting becomes [...]

2026-02-10T21:02:43-05:00By |Categories: Accountability, Clear Impact, Collective Impact, data collection, Featured, Funders, government|0 Comments
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5 Ways to Align Community Partners Towards Community Impact

5 Ways to Align Community Partners Towards Community Impact    Aligning community partners towards driving community impact is a topic almost every community in the world is trying to grapple with.  Every community wants to improve conditions of well-being for its residents.  Every community wants a clean environment, healthy people, children succeeding in school, [...]

2025-11-20T15:19:06-05:00By |Categories: Accountability, Clear Impact, Collective Impact, community health assessments, Community Health Improvement Plans, data collection, equity, Featured, Funders, Leadership Development, philanthropy, RBA Implementation, RBA in Action|0 Comments
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Maximizing the Impact of Community Development Financial Institutions

Breaking Down Data Silos: How CDFIs Can Modernize Impact Reporting and Strengthen Community Outcomes Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are more than lenders — they’re change-makers. From financing small businesses to supporting affordable housing, their work fuels local economies and creates opportunities for communities often left behind. But while their missions are ambitious, their [...]

2025-10-30T15:04:30-04:00By |Categories: Budgeting, Clear Impact, Collective Impact, data collection, equity, Featured, Funders, Industry news, philanthropy|0 Comments
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A Simple 4 Step Approach to Strategic Planning for Social and Public Sector Organizations

By: Christian Ragland February 24th, 2023 Strategic Planning, alternatively referred to as "Vision-Based Community Impact Planning," is a systematic approach to planning for the future, adapting to changes, and making a community impact vision come to life. Strategic planning in the social and public sectors greatly benefits from the use of [...]

2023-03-20T14:21:42-04:00By |Categories: Collective Impact, Compyle, data collection|Tags: , , , |0 Comments
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Improve Communication and Collaboration in Collective Impact Efforts with Clear Impact Suite

By: Christian Ragland and Kayleigh Weaver February 01st, 2023 Organizations engaging in Collective Impact know that effective collaboration and communication are critical to achieving impact within a large network of partners. This is also true when it comes to managing the data that informs performance and impact measurement efforts. One way [...]

2023-02-07T15:12:49-05:00By |Categories: Collective Impact, Compyle, data collection|Tags: , |0 Comments
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How to Maximize the Impact of Your Social Investments – 8 Core Strategies

In the philanthropic funding space, having good intentions does not always mean good results. As hard of a pill as this may be to swallow, it's an important fact that every funder should accept. Sometimes we try to get by on our good intentions, but as my friend and mentor Mark Friedman says in [...]

2026-02-11T15:41:09-05:00By |Categories: Collective Impact, Funders, Performance Management, United Way|0 Comments
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5 Steps to Improving Your Organizational Alignment

By: Adam Luecking July 26th, 2022 Spending more time and energy on achieving alignment is one of the most important things any organization can do to increase efficiency and impact. Alignment ensures that everything you do, individually and as a group, serves your organizational purpose and destiny. More specifically, alignment involves assigning appropriate roles [...]

2022-07-22T13:53:07-04:00By |Categories: Collective Impact, Funders|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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The Importance of Communication in Your Data Network

Data collection is like a relationship; you're setting yourself up for failure if you don't practice good communication. If you missed our recent blog, we've already talked about avoiding data overload through innovative organizational practices and intelligent use of software. Organizing your data can help you improve efficiency and plan for better results in [...]

2022-03-23T13:07:50-04:00By |Categories: Collective Impact|Tags: , , |0 Comments
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Collective Impact: Understanding the Importance of Shared Measurement Systems

Shared Measurement Systems is the second point in Clear Impact’s Collective Impact approach for efficient management. It is important to remember the importance of continuity when using Collective Impact, and to understand that a common agenda should be achieved before considering measurement systems. If you have already consulted with your organization and community to [...]

2022-03-22T16:12:37-04:00By |Categories: Collective Impact, Uncategorized|0 Comments
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How to Achieve a “Collective Impact,” With 5 Easy Steps

Have you ever come across a challenge and thought of your own way to solve it to achieve a positive outcome? Have you ever considered the fact that maybe your fellow neighbors or communities may also share the same similar goals or outcomes? Without even realizing, many of us have similar goals or outcomes we [...]

2021-09-03T15:30:31-04:00By |Categories: Collective Impact|0 Comments
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