February 2011 Blog Posts (5)

Each week, we at PhilanTopic compile a list of noteworthy posts from and about the nonprofit sector. Here are a few posts from last week's roundup about impact and effectiveness for your reading pleasure. Have a post you'd like to add to the list? Let us know in the comments section below.

After doing some…

Last month, we announced the Collective Impact webinar held by Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) and FSG Social Impact Advisors. The webinar focused on the "Collective Impact" article by John Kania and Mark Kramer recently published (pdf link) by SSIR, which we had previously…

Keystone Accountability's 2011 Network Performance Survey is open for registration. It is one of a series of benchmark surveys that enable groups of like organizations to hear from their beneficiaries in a way that allows them to compare their feedback with that of other organizations. The network survey is designed for transnational networks and repeats the first successful run of this survey…

FSG Social Impact Consultants have posted a clip from last Firday's White House Council for Community Solutions inaugural meeting. In the video, John Kania, Managing Director at FSG, leads a discussion on Collective Impact based on the article he and Mark Kramer authored regarding that topic.

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On December 14, 2010, President Obama signed an executive order establishing the White House Council for Community Solutions to engage a diverse group of prominent cross-sector leaders to:

• Identify examples of successful community change
• Honor and highlight individuals changing communities
• Provide resources to help engage citizens in their own communities
• Learn the key attributes of effective cross-sector solutions and highlight institutions working…