July 2012

Guilford County: Collective Impact in Action

July 30, 2025

In 15 years of working with the media, one thing that’s certain is competition among outlets can be fierce as news teams and editors work diligently to get the right story in front of the right people at the right time. In Guilford County, the presence of two major cities – High Point and Greensboro [...]

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Community Support Essential to Collective Impact Literacy Efforts

July 26, 2025

Third grade reading matters. While this critical benchmark is receiving more attention—rates have been trending upward in the region for the past five years—there’s more that needs to be done. Recognizing that early interventions are a better solving mechanism than retention, the Early Grade Level Reading Campaign is dedicated to increasing early reading success throughout [...]

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The Importance of Literacy Campaigns in Collective Impact Partnerships

July 24, 2025

Very recently, the North Carolina collective impact partnership AchieveGuilford reached out to me, asking if I’d be interested in writing a guest post in their blog about the importance of literacy and the effect that reading has had on my life. We all know that reading has the potential to teach children more about themselves [...]

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