Social Impact Blog

This post by Katherine Errecart shares learning and reflection from the recent workshop for backbone organization leaders of mature collective impact initiatives.

Read How to Explain Collective Impact to Your Mom on the Collective Impact blog.

This post by Jeff Cohen discusses a recent New York Times article and Harvard study on how income affects college access and success.

Read Living in a College Information Desert on the Education & Youth Blog

By Jane Wales, FSG Board Member, President and CEO of the Global Philanthropy Forum, and Vice President of Philanthropy and Society at the Aspen Institute

The Chinese will tell you that bamboo is resilient, its root systems self-propagating, and its form reflective of local conditions. Among the hardiest plants, producing the most durable woods, the strength of bamboo comes from its flexibility. Once planted it is difficult to suppress.

By Fay Hanleybrown, FSG Managing Director, and Melissa Scott, FSG Consultant

This post originally appeared on Forbes India.

Despite recent estimates of “slowed” economic growth of 5-6% for 2012-13, India’s growth continues to outpace most developed countries. One of the key questions on many people’s minds is whether India can effectively train its youth to fuel expected future economic expansion.

Today FSG announced the establishment of its new Shared Value Initiative as a Commitment to Action for the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting.