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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…

Strategic Learning & Evaluation
What Complexity and Emergent Strategy Mean for Evaluation
December 5, 2014
Srikanth "Srik" Gopal Joelle Cook
In 2009, the Norlien Foundation established the Alberta Family Wellness Initiative (AFWI), to invest in improving the health and wellness of children and famil…
Working the Attractors
November 17, 2014
Celeste Faaiuaso
Imagine a boat navigating a vast sea. How would that boat most efficiently reach its destination? By finding the areas with smooth current and avoiding those a…
Collective Impact
Collective Impact, Privilege, and Empathy
November 13, 2014
Veronica Borgonovi
Collective impact is a promising approach for addressing complex problems – those which are ever-changing, interconnected, and cannot be solved by a single act…
Economic Development
Women, Work and Social Change
November 5, 2014
Diana Esposito
On Friday, October 31, I had the honor of participating in an intimate roundtable discussion about women and the economy with President Obama at the Rhode Isla…
Collective Impact Global Health
Sustaining Rural Water Supply Using the Principles of Collective Impact
November 3, 2014
Samantha King
Imagine for a moment you live in a rural village in sub-Saharan Africa, where access to clean water is a remote possibility. Imagine the sense of promise and o…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation
What Having a Baby Teaches You About Complexity
October 27, 2014
Srikanth "Srik" Gopal
My colleagues at FSG and I have extensively written and spoken about acknowledging the importance of complexity when it comes to social change, whether in coll…
Collective Impact U.S. Health
Finding the right size for impact: Geographic boundaries in collective impact
October 27, 2014
Admas Kanyagia
Dr. Larry Rand, Principal Investigator for the UCSF Preterm Birth Initiative, took the podium in front of a large group of his peers who work on issues of mate…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation
Rethink Who You Call an Expert
October 15, 2014
Katelyn Mack
Have you ever been called an expert? If you are reading this post, chances are you have. It may have been by a colleague, a boss, a client, a professor…or mayb…
Collective Impact
What Keeps Steering Committee Members Coming to Meetings? (hint: F-words!)
October 6, 2014
Abigail Ridgway
What makes collective impact steering committee meetings a priority for leaders who juggle myriad commitments? In my opinion, F-words – but not the ones you’re…
Global Health
Adapting to Global Health Crises: Lessons from the HIV Response in Botswana
October 2, 2014
Alexandra Geertz
Several threads in the news lately connect to how health systems pivot from crisis mode to a sustained response. The countries affected by the Ebola epidemic a…

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