Measurement & Evaluation
Prioritizing Impact Measurement in the Funding of Social Innovation
Impact investors and grant makers can learn from each other.
Tag: Impact Measurement
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The Promise of Impact Science
Imagine if nonprofit leaders, philanthropists, and policy makers no longer had to guess what works but could predict success with scientific certainty. Enter the field of impact science.
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Why the Social Sector Needs an Impact Registry
Wouldn’t it be great if you could simply report your program results and get them externally verified by a trusted third-party registry? It’s not as impossible as it sounds—in fact, we’re close.
Measurement & Evaluation
Plotting Impact Beyond Simple Metrics
For NGOs, impact comes in different forms and to track the cycles of social change work, we must think across the tangibility and the speed of emergence of change.
Measurement & Evaluation
Determining the Greatest Odds for Social Good
How social venture investors can better track the performance of their investments, gauge their viability, and identify projects with the greatest chance of achieving social good.
Measurement & Evaluation
Fair Accounting
The movement to monetize corporate externalities is feasible, timely, and necessary.
Scaling
Getting to Scale: Size Matters. Shape Matters More.
Scale is a verb, not a noun: The trajectory and curve of impact are more important than the numbers.
Impact Investing
This Is Not an Impact Performance Report
Impact investing needs more than just “evidence” of impact; we need continuous “impact performance” data that is dynamic, fluid, and iterated upon.
Social Enterprise
Measuring Social Impact Can Help Foster a Stronger European Social Economy
Social enterprises and nonprofit organizations need to change the way they measure the impact of their work and become learning organizations, able to influence public policy.