Economic Impact: A New Approach for Proving Outcomes
There’s a more dynamic and tangible third dimension—beyond efficiency and effectiveness—through which nonprofits can define, measure, and communicate their success.
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Why [Buzzword] Won’t Save the World
Marketing success doesn’t equal impact.
Doing Less, Better
The real competitive advantage of social enterprise, compared to traditional charities isn’t revenue generation—it’s the ability to focus on fewer things.
Architecting for Data
Four ways nonprofits can cut through the data hype and start using data on purpose.
Why We Love to Hate Nonprofits
Three common and harmful prejudices against charitable organizations, and how nonprofits can subvert them.
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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.
Collective Impact
Large-scale social change requires broad cross-sector coordination, not the isolated intervention of individual organizations.
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.
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.
The Problem With Fair Trade Coffee
Fair Trade-certified coffee is growing in sales, but strict certification requirements are resulting in uneven economic advantages for coffee growers and lower quality coffee for consumers.