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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…
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…
Fostering Systems Change
November 20, 2015How can foundations be more effective practitioners of systems change in a complex, inter-connected, and fast-changing world? In a new post on Stanford Social…
Marriage Equality and Emergent Strategy
November 12, 2015At FSG we’re often asked for good examples of emergent strategy in action. Last week, the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, along with several partners, release…
System Mapping in Action
November 10, 2015As part of our blog series on system mapping, we’d like to share an example from one of our recent projects that used system mapping techniques to support a br…
What is Catalytic Philanthropy?
November 4, 2015How do you go beyond mere grantmaking to create significant change in a community like Dallas or on an issue like youth substance abuse? The answer is catalyti…
FSG Welcomes Lauren Smith, Director of U.S. Health
October 27, 2015We recently welcomed Lauren Smith as our new director of U.S. Health. Here, Lauren shares her experience and ideas for how to take on the toughest health issue…