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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…
Unfair Criticism of the Global Fund
January 27, 2011Making the rounds this week is an AP story on mismanagement of funds in some grants from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria.
On This Valentine’s Day: Know Your Origins
January 31, 2011I’ve been following the unfolding political events in Côte d’Ivoire with great interest—a potentially combustible situation in which two men claim to have won …
Move Over, George Clooney
January 31, 2011Young ER Docs on the Frontline of Health Care in TanzaniaA woman suffering from severe burns is carried on a stretcher into the Emergency Medical Department of…
A Sputnik Moment for US Education
February 1, 2011Last week, President Obama highlighted the need to invest more in education and technology to boost American innovation. His State of the Union remarks were fr…
On Attitudes to Business
February 7, 2011An article in last week’s Economist spotlights a recent survey conducted by global public relations firm, Edelman, that looks at differing attitudes to compani…
Middle School Madness
February 8, 2011“If you love bungee jumping, you’re the middle school type.” So starts Peter Meyer’s article,The Middle School Mess, in the winter 2011 edition of Education Ne…
The FSG Experience, the Second Decade
February 8, 2011While we write and speak about “better ways to solve social problems,” we rarely write about ourselves. Stack it up to our love of ideas or a dash of humility …
What’s it Worth to Cure Polio?
February 9, 2011If you’re Bill Gates, the answer came last week when the Gates Foundation released its annual letter. Front and center is the world’s quest to end polio. This …
An Emerging Brain Drain from the US?
February 16, 2011Jay Matthews of the Washington Post recently posted an interesting column titled “The myth of declining U.S. schools: They’ve long been mediocre” based on a Br…
Do You “Do More Than Give?”
February 17, 2011How do you give? Do you write a check or are you an active participant in solving complex social problems? In the forthcoming book Do More Than Give: The Six P…