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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.
Public-Philanthropic Collaboratives: Finding a Partner in Uncle Sam
September 25, 2011“How can we work in concert with the public sector to grow, sustain and innovate in our communities in a time of shrinking resources?”
Conducting Colorado’s Obesity Prevention Convergence
September 20, 2011By Maren Stewart, President and CEO of LiveWell ColoradoIt is no secret that obesity is a growing health crisis. As recent statistics show, our nation is getti…
Searching for the Right Backbone Structure
September 19, 2011Since FSG’s Mark Kramer and John Kania published their article on Collective Impact in Stanford Social Innovation Review in early 2011, we have received numero…
Shared Measurement for Collective Impact
September 14, 2011What does it take for lots of different organizations measuring their own performance in different ways to move to using a common set of measures to track prog…
Collective Impact: A Compelling Cause & Compact for Growth
September 7, 2011by Diana Aviv, president and CEO, Independent Sector
Inspiration and Impact on Staten Island
August 29, 2011FSG 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…
India’s Quest for Collective Change
August 22, 2011It’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…
The Greenest Green
August 17, 2011Unless 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…
Funders & Backbones: A messy, yet powerful relationship
August 16, 2011Imagine a 6th grade chemistry classroom. The students have been assigned to conduct a laboratory experiment. Teams have a common agenda: to perform the experim…
Announcing The Collective Impact Blog
August 10, 2011Since Mark Kramer and I published Collective Impact in the Stanford Social Innovation Review last winter, we’ve been hearing stories from organizations and inn…