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Future of Social Impact: What to Watch for in 2024
What does 2024 mean for the future of social impact?
- Collective Impact, Corporate/CSR, Economic Development, Foundation Strategy
Leveraging Historic Federal Investment: Roles for Communities, Companies, and Funders
How three key groups of stakeholders can help realize the potential of federal investment in a new wave of…
New Name for the Same Old Thing?
May 10, 2011“Catalytic philanthropy sounds good” said a guest attending the Do More than Give event at The Newseum in Washington, D.C.,“but isn’t this just a new word for …
Building Internal Buy-in for CSV
May 10, 2011FSG’s webinar on “Creating Shared Value in Action” prompted dozens of insightful questions from attendees last week. The webinar, held in partnership with the …
The Search For Creativity
May 9, 2011More and more businesses are recognizing that creativity is an important competitive advantage.
Getting the 411 in Philanthropy
May 9, 2011Do you need to know anything to be a philanthropist? There is no Bar to pass, no certificate, and limited access to the experience and coaching of others. Yet,…
Companies should create shared value. So what?
May 3, 2011The idea that companies should create shared value has been building a lot of momentum recently, which is very exciting. However, as anyone in business will te…
Rethinking an African Proverb
May 2, 2011I recently came across an African proverb: “If you want to go fast, you go alone. If you want to go far, you go together.” For the last six months, FSG has bee…
Measuring Industries of Purpose
April 26, 2011At FSG, I have spent years thinking about Creating Shared Value (CSV) with my colleagues. We’ve been on a mission and are reaching a most exciting tipping poin…
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…