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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…
FSG as Gardener: Fostering Green Shoots of Philanthropy in Asia
January 22, 2013The Chinese will tell you that bamboo is resilient, its root systems self-propagating, and its form reflective of local conditions. Among the hardiest plants, …
Embracing Emergence: How Collective Impact Addresses Complexity
January 22, 2013Complex social problems cannot be solved by a single organization, predetermined solution, or simple recipe.
Collective Impact Year in Review
January 14, 2013Last year was a busy year for FSG and Collective Impact!
A New Year, A New Metaphor (Or Is It?)
January 14, 2013We know that metaphors matter. They shape the way we think about ideas, concepts and entire disciplines. More often than not, we use metaphors to describe or h…
Good Reads on Women’s and Children’s Health
December 18, 2012According to the 2012 UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) report, while rates of maternal mortality have been nearly cut in half since 1990, rates are still …
The Road Map Project Wins $40M Race to the Top Award
December 12, 2012Amazing news – The Road Map District Consortium has won a $40M Race to the Top award!
Evolving Our Understanding of Backbone Organizations
December 11, 2012Close readers of FSG’s writing on collective impact will notice that our current understanding of the role of backbone organizations is not exactly the same as…
What a Toddler Can Teach You about Community Engagement
December 5, 2012Anyone who has spent time with a toddler can tell you that there’s one question that is more critically important to that tiny person than any other: “Why?”“Pl…
Forbes India Blog: “Fix that Fits”
December 4, 2012In a November post on the Forbes India blog, two of my FSG colleagues ask: What does extending microcredit loans to slum-dwellers and providing access to lapto…
Responding to Backbone as Borg
December 3, 2012I found Vu Le’s take on collective impact through the lens of Star Trek to be highly thoughtful, in addition to being humorous and quite entertaining. I couldn…