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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…

Corporate/CSR
One Size Doesn’t Fit All—Redesigning Employee Engagement
December 3, 2015
Chile Hidalgo Nidhi Hegde
Employee 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…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation
What is a Theory of Change? Really.
November 24, 2015
Katelyn Mack
Recently 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, 2015
FSG
How 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, 2015
Matt Wilka
At 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…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation Systems Thinking
System Mapping in Action
November 10, 2015
Lauren M. Smith
As 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, 2015
FSG
How 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…
U.S. Health
FSG Welcomes Lauren Smith, Director of U.S. Health
October 27, 2015
FSG Lauren A. Smith, MD, MPH
We 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…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation
Increasing Our Ability to Evaluate Complexity
October 22, 2015
Milton Friesen
Evaluation can be a powerful force for change within organizations. As a result of how we assess our efforts, we pay attention to different areas and invest di…
Education & Youth
One Teacher’s Reflections on Personalized Learning with Khan Academy
October 19, 2015
David Phillips
In 2005, Ken Price was hired by the Marsing School District in rural southwest Idaho to develop and manage a new after-school program for more than 200 at-risk…
What’s Holding Back Social Enterprise and Multinational Partnerships?
October 13, 2015
Kyle Peterson
I was excited to read Yasmina Zaidman’s recent blog about the rise of corporate-social enterprise partnerships and even more intrigued to read Acumen’s report,…

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