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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…
Increasing Our Ability to Evaluate Complexity
October 22, 2015Evaluation 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…
One Teacher’s Reflections on Personalized Learning with Khan Academy
October 19, 2015In 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, 2015I 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,…
Shared Value and Collective Impact–4 Years Later
October 13, 2015In the past few months, 2 of FSG’s ideas–shared value and collective impact–have gone mainstream with key featured articles in the general business press.In Au…
What Are Social Norms and Why Do They Matter for Girls?
October 9, 2015This post was written in honor of the 4th International Day of the Girl, celebrated on October 11, 2015.
How Do You Scale a Social Enterprise?
October 7, 2015FSG’s inclusive markets team works to develop and scale inclusive business models to create new opportunities and better lives for the global poor. The inclusi…
The Equity Imperative in Collective Impact
October 6, 2015In the first post of a 3-part blog series from Stanford Social Innovation Review, FSG’s John Kania and Mark Kramer discuss the critical dimension missing from …
What to Stop Doing—Immediately
October 5, 2015As we are learning more about our audience through feedback on our recent survey and other channels, we’re hearing that social impact practitioners like you ha…
Five Tips for Crafting Your Social Change Initiative
October 2, 2015Earlier this month while campaigning in New Hampshire, Hillary Rodham Clinton announced a strategy calling on states and communities to develop plans that woul…
Is Collective Impact the Right Approach?
September 30, 2015No one can deny that collective impact as a core concept has caught the nonprofit field by storm. Everywhere you look, communities are coming together to set a…