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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…
Why Education Reformers Need Empathy
November 21, 2011Imagine that I came to your office because I had heard that your organization is struggling to produce results (a diagnosis you agree with), and that I’m here …
Help Wanted: Dynamic Backbone Leader
November 16, 2011Over the past few months, I’ve been working with two separate collective impact efforts to think through a critical question: what human capital is needed to l…
The Other Kind of Impact Investing
November 15, 2011Interest in impact investing has taken off in the last year, reaching a whole new level. Among all this good news, however, are we losing sight of the full ran…
How Can We Treat More Than 0.5% of MDR-TB?
November 14, 2011As I prepared to go to the annual tuberculosis (TB) Union meeting in October, friends and colleagues mentioned that they had heard the good news about TB, that…
Finding an Answer Where You Least Expect It
November 11, 2011Paul Grogan is a catalytic philanthropist who’s not afraid to do the right thing, even when it may look like the wrong thing for a community-based foundation t…
The Riddle of Shared Ownership
November 8, 2011I recently had the rare opportunity to spend the better part of two days reflecting on my work. I spent those days with a group of visitors from Germany who ca…
Steering India Towards Inclusive Growth
November 7, 2011Incredible !ndia – so goes the catchphrase of one of the most successful Indian tourism campaigns. Having had the opportunity to work in India and travel aroun…
Bill Gates on G20-Style Global Development
November 7, 2011“More aid to developing countries” is probably not a bumper sticker you’ll see leading into next year’s elections. Bill Gates, who is not up for election, also…
Clicks to Connection: Social Media & Evaluation
November 7, 2011Last week, FSG joined over 2500 evaluators from across the country and around the world at the American Evaluation Association 2011 Conference in Anaheim, CA. …
Who Said Corporate Philanthropy Should Get the Axe?
October 31, 2011In a recent conversation with a leading company, I was asked whether companies, by creating shared value, no longer needed to engage in corporate philanthropy.…