Giving Compass' Take:

• Phil Collis shares insights on the success of large-scale impact that can be achieved only through partnership. 

• Are you engaging with political and community leaders enough? Who could you work with to improve your impact? 

• Learn about strategic partnerships in philanthropy. 

When we think about changing the world, we make a few mistakes over and over again. We think it’s a matter of voting, or giving to charity, or starting a business – but historically, many of the world’s biggest changes have come through collaboration between different groups of people: governments, charities, and businesses. Instead of thinking about how we can make a difference and starting from scratch, we should be finding people who are working on similar ideas in different areas and try to collaborate with them. Instead of insisting on our own solution, we should be listening to people and what they need. When it comes to challenges like polio, it took government action to roll it out in the United States, business to produce the vaccine, and charities to help it spread in the developing world.

Olivia Leland, founder and CEO of Co-Impact, shares three lessons learned from organizations, philanthropists, and social change leaders that move the world forward.

Read the full article about partnering for large-scale impact by Phil Collis at Skoll Foundation.