Data as a Means, Not an End: A Brief Case Study
How the education nonprofit City Year tackled “measurement drift” by reorienting its measurement activities around one simple premise: Data should support better decision-making.
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Using Data Visualization to Change the Conversation
Data experts consider the compelling ways in which organizations can use data visualization to assess impact, fundraise, and display outcomes.
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Building a Stronger Organization with Data: A Case Study
Experts discuss how Aspire Public Schools used data to build accountability, leadership, and capacity.
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Data Mining for Social Impact
Experts discuss how data mining can help organizations effectively measure impact and optimize their work.
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APIs for Good: A Bestiary of the Networked World
Dylan Hendricks of the Institute for the Future discusses the possibilities and limitations of application programming interfaces (APIs) in an increasingly networked world.
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Hoping to Help: The Promises and Pitfalls of Global Health Volunteering
Drawing on extensive field research and surveys, Lasker suggests several ways to make international health volunteering more effective.
Impact Assessment: Corporate Sustainability 2.0
Unless companies commit to measuring impact, their sustainability initiatives will solve only pockets of social problems or have no real impact at all.
Funding Research for Advocacy
How a commitment to effective messaging research helped reframe the debate around freedom to marry and win greater support.
Three Things Great Data Storytellers Do Differently
The true power of data comes from conveying the “so what” behind the numbers, inspiring people to probe new questions, and using it for rigorous statistical inquiry.
Getting “Moneyball” Right in the Social Sector
The rigorous use of data to guide social funding decisions is essential, but to do it well, we need to broaden the evidence base, focus on principles of practice, and embrace adaptive integration over fidelity.