Moneyball: Raising Government’s Batting Average
Allocating government funding where evidence shows it can have impact will yield results—but there are potential pitfalls.
Measurement & Evaluation - Most Popular
New ways to measure and evaluate the impact an organization’s work has on society (more)
Metrics 3.0: A New Vision for Shared Metrics
After accountability and standardization, what should the next phase of measurement focus on?
Foundations
The Value of Rigorous Evaluation
Rigorous evaluation can drive continuous learning and improvement.
The Problem With The Impact Genome Project
Would the Impact Genome Project have predicted the impact of Martin Luther King?
Big Data for Social Innovation
Nonprofits lag behind business and science in using big data effectively.
Lost in Translation
It’s time for people in the nonprofit community to reclaim the language of nonprofit evaluation.
Global Issues
Three Ways the Cloud Can Bring Clarity to Nonprofits
How organizations can begin transforming monitoring and evaluation efforts to support the ever-growing demand for measurable impact, using cloud-based tools.
Auditing the Auditors
Simple steps to reduce conflicts of interest can improve both pollution reporting and regulatory compliance.
A New Study of Collective Impact Efforts
With Wallace Foundation backing, Columbia University’s Teachers College sets out to learn from past initiatives, document current ones, and find answers to complex questions.