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10 Reads for Your 2021 List

We made a list of notable books (and a few articles) from 2020 that will inform and inspire you and your organization this year.

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Notes From The Field: Mexico And Social Sector Data

As we explore this theme of Evaluation, perhaps what you read next will be familiar to you no matter where…

Markets For Good | Interviews

Continuing highlights from last week’s Global Philanthropy Forum, two more to consider in the context of how the social sector…

Markets For Good Interviews @ The Global Philanthropy Forum

At the Global Philanthropy Forum we listened closely for the themes are guiding our content on the information infrastructure for…

Revisiting The Frame For Evaluation

We can nearly wear the tread off of a word during cycles of popularity or necessary use. “Impact”  fits this…

Evaluation: Putting On Our Big Boy Glasses

Greetings from the Global Philanthropy Forum Conference, “The Future We Make.” We’ve been here learning and representing Markets for Good…

“Markets for What?”: Refining Our Questions Before Defining The Data

In this edition of “Notes From The Field,” David Henderson speaks on how better data can actually lead to greater…

Forum: “Investing In What Works: The Importance of Evidence-Based Policymaking”

Curator’s Note: News item provided by The Hamilton Project “On April 17th, The Hamilton Project at Brookings and Results for America,…

News: President’s FY2014 Budget Proposes Improving Reporting Requirements For Nonprofits

In February, we visited the topic, Nonprofit Data And The Arc Of History, a perspective on “how the US currently…

Markets For Good | Strategic Story

  Enjoy our strategic story on SlideShare here. This concept of upgrading the information infrastructure of the social sector is…

What Nonprofits Can Learn from Consumer Reports and the Potato Chip

“This is not just a need for donors. Leaders of nonprofits and NGOs, media, policy makers, and most importantly, beneficiaries of services need critical data and information that could increase results for everyone.”