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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…

Collective Impact
Upcoming Collective Impact Events
March 24, 2016
FSG
Looking for opportunities to deepen your collective impact practice this year? Below we’ve rounded up the Collective Impact Forum’s 2016 collective impact even…
Collective Impact Economic Development
Resource Alert: The Distressed Communities Index
March 18, 2016
FSG
One challenge we often hear from social change practitioners, especially those working on collective impact issues, is around the lack of data available to sho…
Corporate/CSR
How Big Business Created the Politics of Anger
March 8, 2016
Mark Kramer FSG
In a new blog on Harvard Business Review, “How Big Business Created the Politics of Anger,” FSG’s Mark Kramer examines how corporations contributed to the ang…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation
The Case for Developmental Evaluation
March 1, 2016
Marcie Parkhurst Hallie Preskill Jewlya Lynn Marah Moore
In a recent blog post discussing the importance of good evidence in supporting systems change work, evaluation expert Lisbeth Schorr wrote, “To get better resu…
Community Engagement Matters (and Upcoming Event and Webcast)
February 22, 2016
FSG Paul Schmitz
In a new article on Stanford Social Innovation Review, Paul Schmitz of the Collective Impact Forum and Melody Barnes of the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions…
Equity Systems Thinking
The FSG Story and What Does FSG Stand For Anyway?
February 22, 2016
FSG
We are often asked how FSG started, what FSG stands for, and how the organization has changed over the years. This post gives an overview of FSG’s history.
U.S. Health
FSG’s Lauren A. Smith Authors New Study on Infant Safe Sleep Advice and Breastfeeding Practices
February 11, 2016
FSG Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH
Following advice to sleep in the same room with their infants—but not in the same bed—does not appear to discourage new mothers from breastfeeding, as some exp…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation
The Benefits of Aligning Strategy, Evaluations, and Operations
February 9, 2016
Katelyn Mack
I was excited to see Michael Q. Patton, Nathaniel Foote, and Jamie Radner’s recent article, “A Foundation's Theory of Philanthropy: What It Is, What It Provide…
Global Health U.S. Health
Making Progress on Disparities in Cancer Care
February 3, 2016
Chris Carlson
Today is World Cancer Day, a global day of reflection and advocacy led by the Union for International Cancer Control, and this year in particular there is a lo…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation
Redefining Rigor: Describing Quality Evaluation in Complex, Adaptive Settings
February 1, 2016
Hallie Preskill Jewlya Lynn
Traditionally, evaluation has focused on understanding whether a program is making progress against pre-determined indicators. In this context, the quality of …

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