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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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Strategic Evaluation: Where do we go from here?
August 8, 2011
Efraín Gutiérrez
I was recently talking about my experience as an evaluator with a group of students at the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington in Se…
Happy early birthday 7-billionth person
August 8, 2011
Valerie Bockstette
The 7 billionth person to inhabit our increasingly crowded planet is predicted to be born this October 31st, Halloween in the US. Some historians link Hallowee…
Education & Youth
Summer Buzz Around Teaching
August 4, 2011
Emily Malenfant
School’s out, summer vacations abound, heatwaves have struck, and there must be something in the air (besides endless humidity and the feeling that summer is a…
Education & Youth
Round Two i3 Grants: Let’s Scale & Innovate
August 3, 2011
Amber Johnson Binkley
Hours after the deadline for round two Investing in Innovation (i3) grant applications, it’s a good time to reflect on what’s gone right, so far, with the fede…
Strategic Learning & Evaluation
The Power of the Visual Image
August 1, 2011
Hallie Preskill
I’ve been thinking a lot recently, about how evaluations of social innovations can more effectively communicate the effects and impact of their efforts. In par…
Environment
Integrating Shared Value Beyond the Business
August 1, 2011
Robert Albright
FSG recently hosted a Creating Shared Value (CSV) Summit with 40+ global corporations, senior government officials, and NGO leaders. The summit featured compan…
Collective Impact Global Health
There Is No “I” in “Global Health”
July 27, 2011
Chris Lumry
“There is no ‘I’ in team.” This aphorism decorates the walls of many gyms and locker rooms and describes the mentality of some of the great championship teams …
Making Sense of the Future of News
July 26, 2011
Ellen Martin
There’s been a lot of media attention recently on the future of the news industry. This month, The Economist published a special report, Bulletins from the Fut…
One Firm Feel
July 25, 2011
One of the themes of FSG’s approach to solving difficult problems is getting multiple people working on the issue. Lots of brains are better than one. We emplo…
Collective Impact
Collective Impact in Cartagena Colombia with Clinton
July 20, 2011
Laura S.L. Herman
Martha Montes lives one of the poorest neighborhoods of Cartagena, Colombia. She has a small, two room house with a cement slab floor where 5 people live and i…

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