Measurement & Evaluation
Feedback Is Not a Fad
Listening to beneficiaries should be part and parcel of any initiative that seeks to help others. Part of a series produced for SSIR with the support of the Hewlett Foundation.
Religion & Culture - Most Popular
Nonprofits
Recipe for Impact
Delivering nutritious school lunch fare on a large scale is the social mission—and the business model—of Revolution Foods.
Collaboration
Collective Impact: The Missing Link
Three ways to create an environment where interdependent stakeholders can perform their individual roles optimally and collaborate with each other effectively.
Philanthropy
Funding for Outcomes
Mario Morino, author of Leap of Reason, discusses funder pitfalls in setting and measuring goals for grantees.
Impact Investing
ReCoding Good: Part 8
From the Field Series: An ongoing report of the Philanthropy, Policy, and Technology Project, which explores the use of private resources for public good.
Measuring Social Impact
Shared Outcomes
How the Rockefeller Foundation is approaching evaluation with developing country partners.
Economic Development
Survey: Can Management Consulting Help Tiny Firms Grow?
Predict the results of two recent development studies, conducted by IPA, one of the world's leading poverty research organizations.
Podcast
Social Innovations
Food Industry and Global Health
Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler discusses how we define the cultural norm for food consumption and what role our government should play in regulating food companies.
Podcast
Social Innovations
Creating Infectious Action
Jennifer Lynn Aaker discusses a repeatable method that we can follow to get people to take action, but perhaps even more important, to influence people to get others to take action as well.
Technology & Design
Personal Democracy Forum Gets Religious
The Personal Democracy Forum revealed that 2011 is a watershed moment for work at the intersection of politics, government, and technology.