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- Foundation Strategy
Embracing an Ecosystem Approach for Philanthropy
Funders are shifting from being at the center of social change efforts to working in close partnership with the…
- Corporate/CSR
Flying through Interference
We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…
If You Want to Understand the Value of Backbone Organizations – Read On!
July 23, 2012Earlier this year, FSG began working with the Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) and six backbone organizations in the region that recently received multi-yea…
Early Learning Assessment Game Changer
July 17, 2012Assessments of kindergarten readiness are fraught with opinions about what should be assessed, how old children should be when assessed, and what the assessmen…
United the Collective Impact Way
July 17, 2012United Ways have been playing an important role in communities, serving as volunteer-led, nonprofit organizations, working for over 125 year in issues such as …
Social Impact at FSG: Do More Than Consult
July 16, 2012I have always been excited about the principles we outlined in our 2011 book “Do More than Give.” So much so that I often wonder how these principles apply to …
Shared Value Learning and Staten Island
July 10, 2012One of my favorite parts of working at FSG is having the space to think with and learn from my dedicated, brilliant colleagues. While my recent FSG projects ha…
Responding to Collective Impact’s Unintended Consequences
July 9, 2012Recently, Richard Patton, Executive Director of Vision for Children at Risk (VCR) posted a thoughtful response to collective impact based on his experiences in…
Collaborate Well or Fail
July 2, 2012Every knowledge manager knows that collaboration is the ultimate goal of any knowledge management (KM) system. For many agents of social change, collaboration …
Tactical Tools: Collective Impact Ice Breaker
June 29, 2012I attended the SOAR Putting the Pieces Together Conference last week and participated in an interesting ice breaker during a session focused on collective impa…
Watch & Share 3 New Collective Impact Videos
June 25, 2012There is no question: collective impact is spreading like wildfire! Since the first Stanford Social Innovation Review article on the concept was published in t…
Saving the Lives of the Under Fives
June 19, 2012If you have ever worried about your own sick child, you can appreciate how frantic, desperate and helpless you would feel if you lived in the handful of countr…