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- 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…


- Corporate/CSR, Equity
By Staying Committed to Social Impact in Times of Uncertainty, Companies Can See Long-Term Benefit
Companies that divest in social impact may be sacrificing long-term growth opportunities for short-term gains.
Announcing the DoGoodBetter Blog
March 21, 2011This is the first post of the DoGoodBetter blog (which also lives on www.domorethangivebook.com).
DoGoodBetter
March 21, 2011This is the first post of the DoGoodBetter blog (which currently lives on www.domorethangivebook.com).
Handsome Is as Handsome Does
March 16, 2011Last week, Corporate Responsibility magazine released its list of the top 100 best corporate citizens. The companies on the list issued dozens of press release…
Funding & Accountability On A Collision Course
March 11, 2011State by state the dominoes are falling. In Florida, Governor Rick Scott is proposing a $1.75 billion cut in the education budget. In Texas, bills proposing an…
Notes from the Field: Diabetes in Mexico
March 7, 2011My colleague Adeeb Mahmud and I just returned from a week in Mexico, conducting research for a client on the diabetes crisis in the country and the landscape o…
Inching Ahead and Falling Behind
March 4, 2011We’ve been out talking with companies about the Creating Shared Value article – engaging in wide-ranging conversations with experienced corporate foundation an…
Unrest in Our Schools
March 2, 2011As protests rage and political powers are overthrown in the Middle East, we are seeing a similar battle ensuing at home. In Madison, New York City and Philadel…
Collective Impact and Place
February 25, 2011Kania and Kramer’s latest piece in the Stanford Social Innovation Review is a great addition to understanding what works in the field of philanthropy. For the …
The Challenge of Changing Perceptions of Vaccines
February 22, 2011After years as an itinerant engineer bachelor my friend, whom we will call him Max, got married last year. He settled down into a little house in the San Franc…
Learning Organizations and Systems Change
February 22, 2011Ever since the publication of Peter Senge’s book, The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, organizations in every sector have t…