@article{Linderman_2019, title={Systemic Collective Impact and Rapid City’s Ongoing Success Story}, volume={6}, url={https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/ijps/article/view/2206}, DOI={10.24926/ijps.v6i2.2206}, abstractNote={<p>Cross-sector and inter-disciplinary coordination for complex social change requires the strategic narratives and insights that can come from systemic collective impact, also known as community-based system dynamics. Systemic collective impact is a community engagement approach that uses system dynamics and collective impact to address problems arising in complex social <em>s</em><em>ystems</em><em>.</em> The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s website describes system dynamics as helping “us understand, design, and manage change. Using data and technology, <em>System Dynamics</em> models the relationships between all the parts of a <em>system</em> and how those relationships influence the behavior of the <em>system</em> over time” (2019). Rapid City, South Dakota, undertook a systemic collective impact approach in 2015. Results from the work have been excellent and are a tribute to the commitment of a cross-disciplinary collaboration of Native American leadership, nonprofits, government, business, faith communities, and citizens who use the social service systems.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies}, author={Linderman, Albert}, year={2019}, month={Aug.}, pages={Article 5} }