Measuring Social Impact
Measuring Impact Over Time
It is perhaps no coincidence that the development community’s biggest successes—eradication initiatives like polio and smallpox—are precisely the ones that made monitoring central to their work.
Tag: Organizational Learning
Nonprofit Management
Embracing Emergence: How Collective Impact Addresses Complexity
Collective impact is upending conventional wisdom on how we achieve social progress.
Nonprofit Management
The Strategic Plan is Dead. Long Live Strategy.
In today’s fast-changing world, why freeze your strategic thinking in a five-year plan?
Impact Investing
Why IRIS?
The second in a four-part series on impact investing and the role of metrics.
Foundations
Actionable Measurement at the Gates Foundation
A conversation with Jodi Nelson, head of measurement and evaluation.
Measuring Social Impact
Measuring Advocacy – Yes We Can!
Five measurement strategies that enable rapid course correction and continuous improvement.
Nonprofits & NGOs
Understanding the Value of Backbone Organizations in Collective Impact: Part 1
An in-depth review of what it takes to be a backbone organization, and how to evaluate and support its work.
Foundations
Evaluation Through a Learning Lens
A focus on learning can enhance and strengthen a foundation’s evaluation efforts.
Nonprofit Management
It’s Time To Be Fearless
Five values are at the root of every fearless approach to creating change.