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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…
Collective Impact Webinar: Continuing the Discussion
March 27, 2012Last week, FSG and the Stanford Social Innovation Review co-hosted a webinar further exploring the issues and concepts presented in the article Channeling Chan…
Competing by Saving Lives: What’s Next?
March 26, 2012Two weeks ago in New York FSG launched its new research on creating shared value in global health, Competing by Saving Lives, in New York. The event brought to…
Spring Editions
March 21, 2012A year ago today, we piloted the DoGoodBetterBlog and soon after launched Do More Than Give: The Six Practices of Donors of Who Change the World. The concepts …
Functional Shared Value
March 19, 2012I was playing a board game with my 6 year old niece last week and she told me she wants to grow up to be a ballerina. Or maybe a job working with animals. She …
The Power of a Name
March 19, 2012What’s in a Name?In the case of “collective impact,” apparently a lot.Last year, FSG coined the term “collective impact” in an eponymous Stanford Social Innova…
Michigan: Collective Impact for College Access
March 15, 2012Last week, my colleague Ellen Martin and I had the opportunity to join the Council of Michigan Foundations Community Foundations Retreat to discuss collective …
The 20/80 Rule
March 13, 2012Aren’t you tired of hearing these point blank statements demonizing one company and praising another for their social responsibility or lack thereof? Go to any…
“Programmatic” Evidence of a Paradigm Shift in Evaluation
March 10, 2012GEO’s National Conference kicks off this week and a quick peek at the program makes my heart beat joyously. The theme of the conference is Smarter Grantmaking …
A Coming Out Party for Community Colleges
March 8, 2012Community colleges, long overlooked in U.S. higher education, have finally found the spotlight.
Roundtables as Backbone Organizations: An Example from Germany
March 7, 2012We recently came across the work of the Bürgerstiftung Stuttgart, the Community Foundation of Stuttgart, Germany, which is leveraging the idea of structured ro…