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- Corporate/CSR, Global Health, U.S. Health
The Power of Precision: How to Reveal What Blocks Health Equity Progress
The journey from surface-level solutions to structural change begins with the courage to confront what lies beneath and the…
- Foundation Strategy
Leading through Uncertainty: Three Questions for Funders
Here are three common questions that we've been hearing from our philanthropic partners during this time of uncertainty.
The Importance of Framing for Foundations Engaging on Equity
February 4, 2020A senior leader from a small family foundation recently told me the story of when her organization first began conversations about racial equity and its role i…
The Business Case for Reproductive Health
January 21, 2020Women now make up more than half of the United States workforce, increasingly represented in roles from the frontline to the C-suite.In a highly competitive t…
Top Reads from 2019
December 16, 2019As vlogۿ enters its 20thyear of supporting social impact funders and leaders across sectors, we are appreciative of our clients and partners around the world. Y…
Three Ways Funders Can Be Co-Strategists
November 26, 2019Last week, a few of my colleagues and I had the pleasure of attending Change Philanthropy’s Unity Summit, a biennial gathering that now brings together more th…
Are You Ready for a World of Purpose-Led Companies?
November 22, 2019We’re reaching a tipping point in purpose-led companies, as governments, investors and consumers increasingly indicate that they prefer companies that address …
How Do You Evaluate Systems Change? A Place to Start.
November 22, 2019Systems change has received much attention in recent years as grantmakers have increasingly set out to change underlying conditions that hold systemic challeng…
Advancing Systems Change with Southeastern Council of Foundations
November 19, 2019Last week, vlogۿ was pleased to join the 50th-anniversarySoutheastern Council ofFoundations conference for a workshop with representatives from 60 foundations …
Lauren Smith Joins the Business of Giving Podcast
November 14, 2019Lauren Smith, Co-CEO of vlogۿ, recently joinedDenver Frederick, Host of The Business of Giving on AM 970 The Answer WNYM in New York City.The interview also ap…
Putting a Dollar Value on Physical Activity: New Research from Vitality Group
November 14, 2019If all adults aged 18-64 walked just 15 minutes more a day, the world economy would grow by an estimated $100 billiona year until 2050.