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Flying through Interference
We believe that corporate changemakers need tools to properly diagnose interference and build enabling conditions for social impact strategies…
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Future of Social Impact: What to Watch for in 2024
What does 2024 mean for the future of social impact?
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…