Social Capital Markets: What Are the Most Important Signs of Progress?
What are the most important signs of progress in social capital markets in the last 10 years?
Measurement & Evaluation - Most Popular
New ways to measure and evaluate the impact an organization’s work has on society (more)
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Survival of the Deviant
The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World’s Toughest Problems by Richard Pascale, Jerry Sternin, & Monique Sternin
The Value of Free
People are more likely to use products that they pay for, but when it comes to malaria-preventing bed nets in Africa, the opposite holds true.
Wisdom of a Smaller Crowd
Philanthropedia cofounder Deyan Vitanov wants to make it easier for donors to see the impact of the organizations they fund.
Measuring Social Value
Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.
Can Stakeholder Reviews by Beneficiaries Bring New Perspectives to Philanthropy?
The philanthropic community might access the “constituent’s voice” through user reviews of nonprofit organizations written by clients, volunteers, and other stakeholders.
REDF Leverages First Social Innovation Fund Grant
A look at what’s promising and fresh about the Social Innovation Fund.
Getting Results: Outputs, Outcomes and Impact
Nonprofits that want to actually make a difference need to track their activities in some way.
Minding the Gap
How do you inspire people, from your CEO to rural farmers to consumers, to change their ways to do good (or at least better) for society?