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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…

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Flying through Interference

We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…

Collective Impact Shared Value
Shared Value and Collective Impact–4 Years Later
October 13, 2015
John Kania
In 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…
Global Health
What Are Social Norms and Why Do They Matter for Girls?
October 9, 2015
Perri Kasen
This post was written in honor of the 4th International Day of the Girl, celebrated on October 11, 2015.
Inclusive Markets
How Do You Scale a Social Enterprise?
October 7, 2015
FSG
FSG’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…
Collective Impact
The Equity Imperative in Collective Impact
October 6, 2015
FSG
In 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 …
Foundation Strategy
What to Stop Doing—Immediately
October 5, 2015
FSG
As 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…
Foundation Strategy
Five Tips for Crafting Your Social Change Initiative
October 2, 2015
Hollie Marston
Earlier this month while campaigning in New Hampshire, Hillary Rodham Clinton announced a strategy calling on states and communities to develop plans that woul…
Collective Impact
Is Collective Impact the Right Approach?
September 30, 2015
Admas Kanyagia
No 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…
Corporate/CSR
New Resource: Corporate Societal Engagement Strategy Toolkit
September 28, 2015
Greg Hills Valerie Bockstette
If you’re responsible for corporate societal engagement at your company, if your title is president of your corporate foundation, or VP of CSR, or Director of …
Shared Value
Why Aren’t All Companies Creating Shared Value?
September 25, 2015
Justin Bakule
“If so many so-called win-win opportunities for companies exist, why haven’t more been taken?” poses New York Times contributor Eduardo Porter in a September 8…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation Systems Thinking
An Introduction to System Mapping
September 21, 2015
Joelle Cook
Much has been written recently about the importance of using a system lens, or focusing on system change, to make real progress against some of society’s tough…

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