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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…
Healthy Communities, Healthy Companies: Engaging the Private Sector in Collective Impact
March 23, 2015In the three short years since FSG’s John Kania and Mark Kramer published Collective Impact in Stanford Social Innovation Review, we’ve been floored at the con…
Davos Roundtable on Shared Value and Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships
February 10, 2015As we approach September 2015 when world leaders will adopt the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to guide the post-2015 Development Agenda, questions of ho…
Reflections on the Tamarack Institute Collective Impact Summit: Lifting up Community Voice
February 5, 2015John Brown is 19 years old and from the 75215 zip code in South Dallas, Texas. He’s been in and out of the system 3 times since he turned 14 – both juvenile de…
Clear Goals, Flexible Structure: Obesity Prevention in Dallas
January 14, 2015Collective impact offers a structured approach with specific processes to achieve effective collaboration. But how can these structures be flexible to respond …
At the Speed of Trust–Part 2
December 15, 2014In my last blog I discussed the power of trust in collective impact, speaking from my personal experience in South Dallas to facilitate a community revitalizat…
Why Collective Impact is More Than a Buzzword—In Two Minutes
December 12, 2014There is no denying that collective impact has become a social sector buzzword. It’s often used as a blanket term for community efforts and grassroots movement…
At the Speed of Trust–Part 1
December 9, 2014We hear a lot about the five conditions of collective impact; however, the more I’m exposed to collective impact work the more I realize it’s as much about the…
Collective Impact, Privilege, and Empathy
November 13, 2014Collective impact is a promising approach for addressing complex problems – those which are ever-changing, interconnected, and cannot be solved by a single act…
Sustaining Rural Water Supply Using the Principles of Collective Impact
November 3, 2014Imagine for a moment you live in a rural village in sub-Saharan Africa, where access to clean water is a remote possibility. Imagine the sense of promise and o…
Finding the right size for impact: Geographic boundaries in collective impact
October 27, 2014Dr. Larry Rand, Principal Investigator for the UCSF Preterm Birth Initiative, took the podium in front of a large group of his peers who work on issues of mate…