#SMoP-ping Up Nonprofit Social Media Angst
Frameworks and tools for building strategy—a report from the Social Media on Purpose conference.
Measuring Social Impact Innovative ways to measure the impact that an organization has on society
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Measuring Impact Through Field Experiments
It is important to remember that while all this studying is great, innovators should place a higher priority on helping people when some program or product is effective.
How to Ask the Right Questions
Who is the target population for a microcredit intervention? Your answer will depend largely on where you sit: Academics and microfinance institutions will be interested in different groups of people.
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.
The Mismeasure of Impact
Data scientists and information economists are beginning to pair with social innovators to understand the dynamics of interventions and to separate what works from what doesn’t.
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Drowning in Data
Funders are calling for more program evaluation, but nonprofits are often collecting dubious data, at great cost to themselves and ultimately to the people they serve.
Ten Nonprofit Funding Models
With an understanding of these 10 funding models, nonprofit leaders can use the for-profit world's valuable practice of engaging in succinct and clear conversations about long-term financial strategy.
Creating High-Impact Nonprofits
Conventional wisdom says that scaling social innovation starts with strengthening internal management capabilities. This study of 12 high-impact nonprofits, however, shows that real social change happens when organizations go outside their own walls and find creative ways to enlist the help of others.
Measuring Social Value
Too many people believe social value is objective, fixed, and stable, when in fact it is subjective, malleable, and variable.
Zeroing in on Impact
In an era of declining resources, nonprofits need to clarify their intended impact.