Actionable Measurement at the Gates Foundation
A conversation with Jodi Nelson, head of measurement and evaluation.
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RCTs: Not All That Glitters Is Gold
A look at the limitations of randomized control trials.
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The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success
The Responsible Business envisions a business structure that considers stakeholders as "full partners" and incorporates responsibility at all levels.
The Responsible Entrepreneur
Four archetypes of entrepreneurship and how they contribute to a better world.
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Enhancing Educational Data Systems
In this Stanford University podcast, president Matthew Schnittman discusses the organization’s model for service delivery, and where it’s headed.
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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 Bias of ‘Professionalism’ Standards
Professionalism has become coded language for white favoritism in workplace practices that more often than not leave behind people of color. This is the fourth of 10 articles in a special series about diversity, equity, and inclusion.