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- Foundation Strategy
Embracing an Ecosystem Approach for Philanthropy
Funders are shifting from being at the center of social change efforts to working in close partnership with the…
- Corporate/CSR
Flying through Interference
We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…
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…
What’s Impacting Social Impact?
April 13, 2011“There’s something happening here, what it is ain’t exactly clear,” - or is it? (For those of you too young to remember these lyrics from a classic rock tune b…
Brussels Sprouts and Collective Impact
April 11, 2011Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year. In my family, Thanksgiving is a big gathering with aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, second cousins a…
Old Enough to Drive and be Prosecuted in Criminal Court
April 7, 2011Efforts to prosecute fewer teenagers in adult court have been making the headlines of late. Last week, the New York Times wrote of recent efforts by states lik…