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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…
Heartbreak in HIV Prevention
April 26, 2011My emotions have yo-yo’d up and down in the last year with the results of two landmark HIV prevention clinical trials. This inconsistency makes me worried that…
Taking Off the Training Wheels
April 21, 2011It’s been almost a month since FSG held its collective impact conference with Stanford Social Innovation Review in California. More than 300 attendees arrived …
Dark Skies Ahead?
April 18, 2011A close family friend of mine is on the legislative staff of a member of the U.S. Congress. Having caught up recently on happenings in life (moves, job changes…
What’s Impacting Social Impact?
April 13, 2011“There’s something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear,” - or is it? (For those of you too young to remember these lyrics from a classic rock tune b…
Brussels Sprouts and Collective Impact
April 11, 2011Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year. In my family, Thanksgiving is a big gathering with aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, second cousins a…
Old Enough to Drive and be Prosecuted in Criminal Court
April 7, 2011Efforts to prosecute fewer teenagers in adult court have been making the headlines of late. Last week, the New York Times wrote of recent efforts by states lik…
Lifting the Veil…to See Your Own Face
April 6, 2011Why do companies say they are responsible, but then act differently? Is it lip service, green washing, and double-speak? Or does this happen for a different re…
Deal or No Deal?
March 29, 2011A newly minted – and controversial – agreement has been reached between the UK government and 170 large companies to promote public health. Whether it eventual…
Political Instability and Malaria
March 28, 2011“Achieving Progress and Impact”—this is the theme of the fourth World Malaria Day on 25 April, now under a month away. The theme is meant to encourage the mala…
Being On-the-Ground
March 25, 2011One of my project teams traveled to India recently to conduct research on the burden of and response to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the country. Being …