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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
Join the Collective Impact Forum Online Community!
March 25, 2014
Alex Horton
We’re thrilled to announce that the Collective Impact Forum online community is now live! An initiative of FSG and the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solu…
Trending Now: Storytelling and Business
March 20, 2014
Michelle Morgan-Nelsen
Yoshinori Isozaki’s path to shared value was a difficult one. As CEO of Kirin, his goal was to shape the company of the future—one that contributes to society …
Global Development Global Health
USAID and INGOs – Traveling a New Path Together
March 17, 2014
Tony Pipa
The landscape of international development, and the architecture of aid that has traditionally underpinned it, have shifted significantly over the last decade.…
Shared Value
What’s the Value of Shared Value?
March 11, 2014
Meghan Ennes
In the Winter 2014 edition of the California Management Review, Andrew Crane, Guido Palazzo, Laura J. Spence, and Dirk Matten critique the concept of Creating …
Strategic Learning & Evaluation
The Power of “We Don’t Know”
March 11, 2014
Katelyn Mack
Imagine standing before your Board of Directors and putting forward a bold, ambitious new strategy for your organization. All analyses of assets, capacity, and…
Education & Youth
To Davos, CGI, and Beyond – Seeking a New Role for Business in Education
March 4, 2014
Kate Tallant Meier Matt Wilka
A few weeks ago at snowy Davos, we saw the outline of an idea whose time has come. Soon after at Clinton Global Initiative, the outline sharpened a little furt…
Education & Youth Shared Value
The Case for Shared Value in the Education Sector
March 3, 2014
Bill Goodwyn
One of the most critical factors in the success of any partnership is the alignment of goals.Nowhere is this truer than in education. In the classroom, when a …
Collective Impact
Deeper Learning in Collective Impact: Two Practical Tools
March 3, 2014
David Phillips
On the surface, collective impact is a relatively simple concept. After all, there are only five conditions of collective impact (and not 100), right? Yet, the…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation
3 Ways the Public Sector Can Think Beyond the Randomized Control Trial
February 28, 2014
Srikanth "Srik" Gopal
A few months ago, I wrote a blog post titled, “Overcoming the Seductive Logic of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)”. In it, I suggested that while the logic …
Collective Impact
If You Remember One Thing From The Getting to Collective Impact Panel Discussion…
February 21, 2014
Autumn McDonald
Well now I’ve fooled you. The one thing I’m referring to really represents the several great, insightful, and action-ready points made in the Getting to Collec…

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