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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…
Challenging Three Long-Held Assumptions About Evaluation
July 26, 2013The evaluation field, like most established disciplines, operates on a series of assumptions that govern practices, tools, and modes of behavior. However, in r…
Collaboration to Transform Indicators into “Markers That Matter”
July 24, 2013I had the recent pleasure of working on FSG’s recently released report Markers that Matter: Success Indicators for Early Learning and Education.
Choose Your Indicators Wisely – A Case for Use
July 16, 2013This blog post is the fourth in a series focusing on a study of early learning success markers (indicators), ages 0-8, supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation…
Why Is The U.S. Healthcare System Still Broken & How Do We Start Fixing It?
July 11, 2013Spoiler alert: the U.S. healthcare system is horribly broken. Okay, maybe that doesn’t actually come as much of a shock to anyone who has read a newspaper hea…
Love is the Cure
July 9, 2013Earlier this year, we had the privilege of working with the Elton John AIDS Foundation to help refresh its grant making strategy. The new strategy builds on tw…
Defining Parent Leadership and Kindergarten Readiness
July 8, 2013This blog post is the third in a series focusing on a study of early learning success markers (indicators), ages 0-8, supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.…
Coalition Fatigue and Collective Impact
July 1, 2013Bangladesh’s garment industry has been in the news – and the hot seat – lately in light of the Rana Plaza tragedy. Over 1000 lives were lost in the worst indus…
Ideas and Insights from the 2013 Global Shared Value Leadership Summit
June 28, 2013The Shared Value Initiative, guided by FSG and 17 funders, hosted the Global Shared Value Leadership Summit in Cambridge, MA. Over 200 corporate, civil society…