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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…
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- Corporate/CSR
Flying through Interference
We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…
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…
What Are We Doing Again?
June 24, 2014Scope Definition in Collective ImpactIf you’ve heard about collective impact, there’s a good chance you also know how collective impact efforts are defined by …
Lessons in Grassroots Collective Impact
June 16, 2014Let me ask you a question – how often in your collective impact work have you met the community where it is? When was the last time you opened a steering commi…
What is Evaluation, Really?
June 16, 2014Over the years, people have approached us with wonderings about what really counts as evaluation.
Untapped Upside: FSG to Release Shared Value in Banking Research
June 10, 2014Planet Money, a show dedicated to economics on National Public Radio (in the U.S.) is often informative and entertaining – but rarely is it shocking.
How to Move from Vision to Implementation in Collective Impact
June 5, 2014Forming a steering committee and creating a common agenda is hard work. I know this from personal experience of having supported multiple initiatives in their…