Collective Impact Committee

Year in Review: 2025-26

Thank you for an impactful year! In total we reached over 300 community members from across SEAS and external collaborations through our dialogue events: six community conversations, three community connections one co-learning event and five skill-building workshops.

Discover, Practice and Lead Through Dialogue

Dialogue is a communication method that encourages active listening, collaborative problem-solving and working across differences. Curated by the CIC, these resources will help you build the knowledge, skills, and confidence to discover, practice and lead dialogue at SEAS and beyond. We believe these skills are essential for preparing sustainability leaders to collaborate across perspectives, navigate complex challenges, and create meaningful impact.

Discover

Start your dialogue journey by exploring these foundational articles, videos, guides and tools to strengthen communication, collaboration, and conflict navigation skills

• What is Dialogue?

• What is Intergroup Dialogue?

• Dialogue vs Debate vs Discussion

Engage

Put dialogue into practice by exploring these actionable resources, trying new approaches, and participating in dialogue opportunities at SEAS and across campus.

• Building Community in Dialogue

• Understanding Dialogue Agreements

• SEAS CIE Event Guides

Lead

Prepare to lead by exploring these resources to build the skills and confidence to facilitate conversations and foster dialogue in your team, classroom, workplace, or community.

• Facilitator Personal Assessment Chart

• Facilitation Skills & Approaches: The Basics

• Facilitation Skills & Approaches: Power & Positionality

Share

Know a great resource? We welcome recommendations for articles, videos, guides, tools, webinars and workshops that strengthen dialogue and constructive engagement across the SEAS community.

• Resource Sharing Form

Meet the Collective Impact Committee (CIC)

Each year, the CIC brings together students, faculty, and staff from across SEAS to help shape the future of dialogue and community engagement. The members listed below represent our 2025-26 committee, whose ideas, experiences and leadership helped guide our work throughout the academic year.

As our community evolves, we continue to welcome new voices and perspectives. If you're interested in strengthening dialogue, building community, and helping shape CIE's work, we invite you to join us.

As a committee member, you'll have opportunities to:

• Help identify emerging community needs and opportunities.
• Provide feedback on CIE programs, resources, and initiatives.
• Contribute to Community Conversations, workshops and other dialogue-centered programming.
• Collaborate with students, faculty, and staff from across SEAS.
• Develop your own communication, facilitation, and leadership skills.

The committee meets bi-weekly on Zoom, and all SEAS students, faculty, and staff are welcome to participate. Members contribute in different ways based on their interests, experience, and availability.