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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…
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- Corporate/CSR
Flying through Interference
We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…
Creating Shared Value for Smallholder Farmers
January 21, 2016This foreword appears in Root Capital's issue brief: Investing in Resilience: A Shared Value Approach to Agricultural Extension
Measuring What Matters
January 13, 2016In a new article on Stanford Social Innovation Review, FSG’s Valerie Bockstette and the Walton Family Foundation's Marc J. Holley and Cheri A. Recchia share ke…
Burning Questions from the “Getting Started with Collective Impact” Webinar Series
January 12, 2016The Collective Impact Forum and FSG recently co-hosted a 3-part webinar series, “Getting Started with Collective Impact.” This series prompted some engaging di…
What Is the Difference Between Research and Evaluation?
January 8, 2016What images come to mind when you hear the word evaluation? A teacher grading an exam? A dashboard or scorecard with outcomes highlighted in green, yellow, or …
Our 15 Favorite Resources of 2015
December 23, 2015We know our readers are always on the lookout for practical advice and resources on social change. Below, we’ve rounded up 15 of our favorite resources that we…
A New Day at the Access to Medicine Foundation: A Discussion with New Executive Director Jayasree K. Iyer
December 21, 2015Two billion people lack access to medicine. The Access to Medicine Foundation a 10-year-old organization, that seeks to raise the ambition and performance of t…
Educate Yourself on the Every Student Succeeds Act
December 18, 2015Curious about the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a.k.a. the new education law in the U.S.? Congress passed and President Obama signed the new law last week…
Learning to Love the Process and Other Lessons from System Mapping
December 7, 2015In the last 2 blog posts in this series, my colleagues provided an overview of system mapping and a specific example of the mapping process in action. Over the…
One Size Doesn’t Fit All—Redesigning Employee Engagement
December 3, 2015Employee engagement is a topic that keeps many corporate managers up at night. Engaged employees are more productive and are more likely to stay longer with th…
What is a Theory of Change? Really.
November 24, 2015Recently thousands of evaluators came together in Chicago to celebrate the growing field, share exemplary practices, and to push our collective thinking on ho…