Collective Impact, Metaphorically Speaking
May 28, 2012FSGers have been traveling the world talking about collective impact with various audiences. When we speak about the fact that isolated impact – while well int…
Making Shared Measurement Work
May 23, 2012I have been excited to hear about many of the collective impact initiatives going on across the country and around the world as a way to address complex social…
Signs of System Change
May 21, 2012Society is beginning to recognize that the problems we face- hunger, homelessness, poverty, disease- are systemic in nature. These problems involve a group of …
What are in YOUR baskets?
May 20, 2012“That’s my third basket,” I said to a friend, smiling, as I sat through a presentation at Seattle City Year's “Ripples of Hope” fundraiser last week. Then I ra…