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Systemic Impact: Introduction to Designing Effective Strategies. #4 in the Series

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Title: Systemic Impact: Introduction to Designing Effective Strategies. #4 in the Series
Language: English
Authors: Alex Cortez, Christine Wade, Kateland Beals, Bellwether
Source: Bellwether. 2026.
Availability: Bellwether. 650 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20001. Tel: 877-636-0909; Web site: https://bellwether.org/
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 19
Publication Date: 2026
Sponsoring Agency: ECMC Foundation
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Institutional Role, Governance, Systems Approach, School Policy, Organizational Change, Power Structure, Goal Orientation, Barriers, Program Design, Competition, Educational Change
Abstract: In January 2025, Bellwether launched an initiative to explore strong practices in Systemic Impact (how an organization shifts mindsets, relationships, and power to in turn shift policies, practices, and resource flows to create conditions for systems-level adoption of an organization's program model). This is the fourth in a series of publications exploring how nonprofit organizations, including those in the education sector, can effectively design and execute Systemic Impact strategies to achieve their ambitions. This initiative builds on Bellwether's Pragmatic Playbook, published in June 2022, which explores how organizations can employ three strategies--Direct Impact, Widespread Impact, and Systemic Impact--to maximize their overall impact and their ability to effectively compete in the education sector. One of the biggest areas of need organizations frequently cite is access to more guidance and resources on how to build their ability to pursue Systemic Impact, including making the case internally and externally to other stakeholders such as funders. This publication provides guidance for how organizations can develop clarity on the future-state vision they want to achieve, the barriers to achieving it, and an introduction to campaigns.
Abstractor: ERIC
Entry Date: 20260101
Accession Number: ED681632
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:In January 2025, Bellwether launched an initiative to explore strong practices in Systemic Impact (how an organization shifts mindsets, relationships, and power to in turn shift policies, practices, and resource flows to create conditions for systems-level adoption of an organization's program model). This is the fourth in a series of publications exploring how nonprofit organizations, including those in the education sector, can effectively design and execute Systemic Impact strategies to achieve their ambitions. This initiative builds on Bellwether's Pragmatic Playbook, published in June 2022, which explores how organizations can employ three strategies--Direct Impact, Widespread Impact, and Systemic Impact--to maximize their overall impact and their ability to effectively compete in the education sector. One of the biggest areas of need organizations frequently cite is access to more guidance and resources on how to build their ability to pursue Systemic Impact, including making the case internally and externally to other stakeholders such as funders. This publication provides guidance for how organizations can develop clarity on the future-state vision they want to achieve, the barriers to achieving it, and an introduction to campaigns.