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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…
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 …
Experimenting with Collective Impact for Childhood Obesity: The 5 Conditions
October 7, 2013In today’s 3rd post of our 4-blog series, we explore how the 5 conditions of collective impact—common agenda, shared measurement, mutually reinforcing activiti…
Using Collective Impact in a Public Health Context: Introduction
September 30, 2013In today’s 1st post of our 4-blog series, we introduce seven initiatives that are using elements of collective impact to address childhood obesity and other pu…
The Future of Healthcare in America
September 5, 2013I was recently on a call with a large national US Health funder who asked us the question, “Where is the field of collective impact in healthcare headed?” This…
Collective Impact to Combat Diabetes in Minnesota
November 28, 2012Stratis Health recently published an article highlighting Minnesota's statewide effort to reduce the burden of Diabetes. Follow the link below to read more:Dia…
Sticker Shock at the Mailbox
June 11, 2012“You have GOT to be kidding me!” I muttered, as I juggled my cell phone, grocery bag, purse, and bike helmet to open the medical bill that just arrived in my m…
Signs of System Change
May 21, 2012Society is beginning to recognize that the problems we face- hunger, homelessness, poverty, disease- are systemic in nature. These problems involve a group of …
Restoring Trust in Vaccines: A Complex Task
September 27, 2011The FSG Global Health Impact Area regularly organizes training sessions, in which guest speakers are invited to share their perspectives on some of the most pr…
The potential for mHealth
December 1, 2010A few days ago, I was listening to the energetic CTO of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Todd Park, talk about Text4baby, a text message servi…