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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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Flying through Interference

We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…

Collective Impact Education & Youth
Inspiration and Impact on Staten Island
August 29, 2011
Erin White
FSG has been working with a group of stakeholders on Staten Island to design a collective impact approach to fight youth alcohol and prescription drug abuse. A…
Shared Value Through the Looking Glass
August 29, 2011
Carl Frappaolo
The concept of Creating Shared Value has been met with great enthusiasm and support. Witness the success of our Shared Value Summit and coverage in the New Yor…
Teaching Sprinters to Run Marathons
August 23, 2011
Mike Stamp
At FSG, we often hear from firms who buy into the shared value idea and who see its potential, but are wrestling with how to turn that from a well-meaning HQ-l…
Collective Impact
India’s Quest for Collective Change
August 22, 2011
Veronica Borgonovi
It’s certainly been an exciting time in India! I’m working with fantastic FSGers and local clients, engaging in inspiring conversations about how India can mai…
Corporate/CSR Education & Youth
Developing World, Developing Skills
August 17, 2011
India is certainly a fascinating place (as I’m getting to see firsthand, having worked here for the past couple of months). It’s a country of contrasts created…
Collective Impact Environment
The Greenest Green
August 17, 2011
Justin Bakule
Unless you’re an aficionado of blues music, your first summer vacation impulse might not be to head down to the Mississippi Delta in August. But, if you happen…
Collective Impact
Funders & Backbones: A messy, yet powerful relationship
August 16, 2011
Javier Hernandez
Imagine a 6th grade chemistry classroom. The students have been assigned to conduct a laboratory experiment. Teams have a common agenda: to perform the experim…
Corporate/CSR
Can Business Beat Philanthropy at Changing the World?
August 15, 2011
Leslie Crutchfield
The most thought-provoking philanthropy piece I’ve read this summer is the Economist feature, “The Centenarians Square Up”. The article asks which 100-year-old…
Corporate/CSR
Optimism for the Underbanked: What does CSV have to offer?
August 11, 2011
Dane Smith
I am an optimistic man. When considering a challenging situation, I focus on what can be done, rather than what cannot be done.When my optimism is muted, I thi…
Collective Impact
Announcing The Collective Impact Blog
August 10, 2011
John Kania
Since Mark Kramer and I published Collective Impact in the Stanford Social Innovation Review last winter, we’ve been hearing stories from organizations and inn…

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