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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…
Rethink Who You Call an Expert
October 15, 2014Have 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…
What Keeps Steering Committee Members Coming to Meetings? (hint: F-words!)
October 6, 2014What 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…
Adapting to Global Health Crises: Lessons from the HIV Response in Botswana
October 2, 2014Several 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…
Untapped Potential
September 9, 2014The conclusion of World Water Week, which wrapped up on September 5 in Stockholm, seems an appropriate time to reflect on the ways in which this seemingly ubiq…
It Takes a Community
August 6, 2014by Katie Willse, Chief Program Officer, National Summer Learning AssociationAcross the nation, community leaders have increasingly recognized the promise of su…
The Pride Foundation’s Journey–From Advocacy to a New Level of Co-Creation
August 6, 2014Pride Foundation is the largest LGBTQ community foundation in North America and a Northwest leader in the pursuit of equality for the LGBTQ community.
The Key to Helping Chile (and Other Nations) Prosper
August 4, 2014Linking private sector investment to social prosperity is not a new idea. Business leaders and politicians alike have touted the benefits of private investment…
What Are Strategies?
July 21, 2014Both the consulting and the social sectors use an awful lot of jargon. We (the authors of this blog included) often assume that everyone in a room has the same…
Developing New Muscles: Communities Foundation of Texas’ Journey in System Fitness
July 6, 2014Three years after making the decision to invest in Dallas’ working poor, guest bloggers Sarah Cotton Nelson and Wende Burton of Communities Foundation of Texas…