The Origins and Practice of Delivery
Creating sound policy is only the beginning; successful leadership requires relentless focus on implementation.
Measurement & Evaluation - Most Popular
New ways to measure and evaluate the impact an organization’s work has on society (more)
What the First Social Impact Bond Won’t Tell Us
Two views on evaluating the pilot SIB in Peterborough, UK.
Ten Years On: Are Donors Different? Were They Ever?
Despite years of claiming the contrary, donors still don’t really care about nonprofit performance or impact.
A New Approach to India’s Water Sanitation Crisis: Part 2
A two-part series on using systems mapping to predict a city’s capacity for adopting change.
A New Approach to India’s Water Sanitation Crisis: Part 1
A two-part series on using systems mapping to predict a city’s capacity for adopting change.
Ten Years of Performance Measurement
Five successes to celebrate, and five areas where we need to see more progress.
Steps to Successful Performance Management
Practical advice to help organizations implement results-focused performance management—part two of a two-part series.
Getting Out from Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Why organizations need to build capacities to manage performance, and how they can develop a “theory of change” to do so—part one of a two-part series.
Measuring Impact: Keep It Clear and Simple
How clearly defining measures, and keeping them simple and meaningful, has helped World Vision increase access to clean water.
Defining Impact Investing: A Call to Action
It is time to clarify precisely what we mean by investing with the intent to create social and environmental impacts, and measuring our progress.