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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.
Deeper Learning in Collective Impact: Two Practical Tools
March 3, 2014On the surface, collective impact is a relatively simple concept. After all, there are only five conditions of collective impact (and not 100), right? Yet, the…
3 Ways the Public Sector Can Think Beyond the Randomized Control Trial
February 28, 2014A few months ago, I wrote a blog post titled, “Overcoming the Seductive Logic of Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs)”. In it, I suggested that while the logic …
If You Remember One Thing From The Getting to Collective Impact Panel Discussion…
February 21, 2014Well now I’ve fooled you. The one thing I’m referring to really represents the several great, insightful, and action-ready points made in the Getting to Collec…
Champions for Change 2014
February 19, 2014The Collective Impact Forum, an initiative of FSG and the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions, and the Tamarack Institute, recently hosted our first …
Shaping Global Partnerships for a Post-2015 World
February 18, 2014We have made significant progress against the MDG (Millennium Development Goals) targets, but as the 2015 deadline is fast approaching, large gaps remain to be…
What Is the Social Value of Pharmaceuticals?
February 13, 2014What’s shared value’s place in big Pharma? Earlier this week I had the opportunity to discuss this question in a live online chat with Guardian Sustainable Bus…
Insights from the Next Generation Evaluation Conference: Experts Weigh In
February 11, 2014This past November, FSG partnered with Stanford Social Innovation Review to put on the Next Generation Evaluation Conference. Nearly 400 social sector leaders …
Data on Global Cancer Rates, Visualized
February 11, 2014The announcement that CVS will no longer sell tobacco products in its U.S. stores is welcome news to many public health practitioners and advocates. Lung cance…
Collective Impact in Health – Webinar Questions Answered Part Three
February 3, 2014In a recent FSG webinar discussion on collective impact in health Christy Reeves, director of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation, Dr. Victo…
Return on Investment: New York State Juvenile Justice Reform
January 27, 2014In 2011, transformational change was needed in order to dramatically reform the New York State juvenile justice system. A large state with a hopelessly complic…