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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.
Learning! Everyone says they want to do it, but…
April 24, 2012“Life is a learning experience, only if you learn.” ~Yogi BerraI love this quote. Somehow, Yogi Berra’s words always seem to have a precious nugget of truth an…
“Programmatic” Evidence of a Paradigm Shift in Evaluation
March 10, 2012GEO’s National Conference kicks off this week and a quick peek at the program makes my heart beat joyously. The theme of the conference is Smarter Grantmaking …
Beyond Thinking Evaluatively
March 6, 2012Imagine if every philanthropic organization had a system that helped its leadership, staff, and board answer pressing questions about its strategy; questions s…
The Intersection of Strategy & Evaluation: Philanthropy’s Sweet Spot
January 9, 2012Though I am an optimist by nature, I have long been concerned about the schisms that exist between strategy and evaluation, in most organizations, and how this…
Purpose-Filled Evaluations
January 3, 2012Happy New Year from FSG’s Strategic Learning and Evaluation blog! As I welcomed 2012, I sat with friends around a table for an annual New Year’s Day brunch. Ea…
Strategic Learning and Milking Cows
November 29, 2011I was recently invited to participate in a session for the 2012 National Conference of the Grantmakers for Effective Philanthropy (GEO). The session is titled …
Clicks to Connection: Social Media & Evaluation
November 7, 2011Last week, FSG joined over 2500 evaluators from across the country and around the world at the American Evaluation Association 2011 Conference in Anaheim, CA. …
Learning & Improving through Shared Measurement
October 31, 2011One of the most difficult elements of creating and managing an effective collective impact initiative is shared measurement - the use of a common set of measur…
Bipartisan Evaluation: Reaching Across the Methodological Aisle
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Reflections for a New Era in Evaluation
October 11, 2011By John S. Bare (Guest Blogger)About John Bare: A former journalist, John holds a Ph.D. in mass communication research from the University of North Carolina an…