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- Corporate/CSR, Global Health, U.S. Health
The Power of Precision: How to Reveal What Blocks Health Equity Progress
The journey from surface-level solutions to structural change begins with the courage to confront what lies beneath and the…

- Foundation Strategy
Leading through Uncertainty: Three Questions for Funders
Here are three common questions that we've been hearing from our philanthropic partners during this time of uncertainty.
Connecting People and Places in Cincinnati
April 17, 2012Collective Impact has been taken to a new level in Cincinnati, where the concept has blossomed under the support of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF).
Collective Impact Webinar: Continuing the Discussion
March 27, 2012Last week, FSG and the Stanford Social Innovation Review co-hosted a webinar further exploring the issues and concepts presented in the article Channeling Chan…
The Power of a Name
March 19, 2012What’s in a Name?In the case of “collective impact,” apparently a lot.Last year, FSG coined the term “collective impact” in an eponymous Stanford Social Innova…
Michigan: Collective Impact for College Access
March 15, 2012Last week, my colleague Ellen Martin and I had the opportunity to join the Council of Michigan Foundations Community Foundations Retreat to discuss collective …
Roundtables as Backbone Organizations: An Example from Germany
March 7, 2012We recently came across the work of the Bürgerstiftung Stuttgart, the Community Foundation of Stuttgart, Germany, which is leveraging the idea of structured ro…
The Essential Intangibles of Collective Impact
February 29, 2012In January, my colleagues and I published Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work to help expand the understanding of collective impact and provide gr…
Taking Collective Impact to the Next Level
February 14, 2012FSG released its newest article around the concept of collective impact, Channeling Change: Making Collective Impact Work a few weeks ago, and we have already …
More Shared Measurement Questions Answered – Part 2
February 6, 2012In November 2011, FSG conducted a webinar to discuss Shared Measurement in Collective Impact (CI). During that webinar, FSG received over 150 questions from p…
More Shared Measurement Questions Answered
January 30, 2012In November 2011, FSG conducted a webinar to discuss Shared Measurement in Collective Impact (CI). During that webinar, FSG received over 150 questions from p…
Forging Ahead with Collective Impact in 2012
January 19, 2012Last fall I launched the Collective Impact blog, and as we enter 2012, I can’t help but be inspired and invigorated by all the thinking, writing, doing, and le…