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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…
Conducting Colorado’s Obesity Prevention Convergence
September 20, 2011By Maren Stewart, President and CEO of LiveWell ColoradoIt is no secret that obesity is a growing health crisis. As recent statistics show, our nation is getti…
Searching for the Right Backbone Structure
September 19, 2011Since FSG’s Mark Kramer and John Kania published their article on Collective Impact in Stanford Social Innovation Review in early 2011, we have received numero…
Shared Measurement for Collective Impact
September 14, 2011What does it take for lots of different organizations measuring their own performance in different ways to move to using a common set of measures to track prog…
Collective Impact: A Compelling Cause & Compact for Growth
September 7, 2011by Diana Aviv, president and CEO, Independent Sector
Inspiration and Impact on Staten Island
August 29, 2011FSG has been working with a group of stakeholders on Staten Island to design a collective impact approach to fight youth alcohol and prescription drug abuse. A…
India’s Quest for Collective Change
August 22, 2011It’s certainly been an exciting time in India! I’m working with fantastic FSGers and local clients, engaging in inspiring conversations about how India can mai…
The Greenest Green
August 17, 2011Unless you’re an aficionado of blues music, your first summer vacation impulse might not be to head down to the Mississippi Delta in August. But, if you happen…
Funders & Backbones: A messy, yet powerful relationship
August 16, 2011Imagine a 6th grade chemistry classroom. The students have been assigned to conduct a laboratory experiment. Teams have a common agenda: to perform the experim…
Announcing The Collective Impact Blog
August 10, 2011Since Mark Kramer and I published Collective Impact in the Stanford Social Innovation Review last winter, we’ve been hearing stories from organizations and inn…
There Is No “I” in “Global Health”
July 27, 2011“There is no ‘I’ in team.” This aphorism decorates the walls of many gyms and locker rooms and describes the mentality of some of the great championship teams …