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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…
Our Latest Research: Ahead of the Curve
December 11, 2013Over the last 70 years, International NGOs have become key development actors in global relief and development. The question for the next 20 years is whether t…
Beth Kanter’s Notes from Next Generation Evaluation
December 11, 2013This week, Beth Kanter shared her notes from the Next Generation Evaluation conference from her perspective as an author, blogger, and trainer for the nonprofi…
Four Things I Learned at the Next Generation Evaluation Conference
December 9, 2013The recent Next Generation Evaluation conference took nearly 400 participants on a journey to consider how evaluation needs to continue to evolve in an environ…
Sources and Measures of Influence in Collective Impact
December 3, 2013In a new series on Stanford Social Innovation Review’s blog, FSG’s Katherine Errecart and Anjali Bhatt, and Shiloh Turner, the Greater Cincinnati Foundation’s …
What’s Up Next for the Collective Impact Forum?
December 2, 2013Two weeks ago, we announced The Collective Impact Forum: our new partnership with the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions to share, curate and create the knowl…
Join us for Champions for Change: Leading a Backbone Organization for Collective Impact
November 25, 2013After two successful events for backbone leaders in the last year, we are excited to announce the 2014 edition of Champions for Change: Leading a Backbone Orga…
Join the Conversation on Next Generation Evaluation
November 19, 2013Last week, FSG and Stanford Social Innovation Review hosted Next Generation Evaluation: Embracing Complexity, Connectivity, and Change at Stanford University. …
Announcing the Collective Impact Forum
November 18, 2013From the moment the original article on collective impact was published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review in 2011, we at FSG have been excited and humbl…
Cross Sector Collaboration on Shared Value Measurement for Health Solutions
October 29, 2013In the summer of 2013, FSG and the Shared Value Initiative convened a group of representatives from pharmaceutical, medical device, food/nutrition, technology,…
Lessons Learned for Applying Collective Impact for Childhood Obesity Efforts (and Public Health Efforts More Broadly)
October 9, 2013In our final post in this blog series, looking across these seven initiatives reveals several key lessons learned for collective impact in a childhood obesity …