MFG Archive

[Originally posted on GrandChallenges.org, we thought this is worth another look: a search for solutions that improve the feedback loop to ensure that the voices of small farmers are actually heard and that their feedback is properly incorporated into development programs.] “Smallholder farmers should be full participants in defining, implementing, and evaluating projects intended to […]

We’re glad to share this conversation with Dr. Murat Kantarcioglu of the University of Texas at Dallas Data Security and Privacy Lab (left). We caught up with him for a brief chat during his sabbatical and continuing research at Harvard University’s Data Privacy Lab in the Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS). Often, in the […]

The Markets for Good web campaign was launched last October by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation CEO Jeff Raikes at the Social Capital Markets (SOCAP12) conference in San Francisco. A year on, we’d like to give you a recap of our progress and what we’ve learned so far. We’ll cover the Markets for Good […]

We welcome noted tech journalist and observer Miya Knights to the Markets For Good conversation. We’re glad to have this brief opportunity to turn the journalism tables and interview Miya on the subject of data privacy. Let’s think of the social sector in the context of the broader business environment in which we operate. The […]

In our introductory post for the topic of data privacy we noted the weight and speed of technological change combining for a new kind of pressure on organizations. To that we can add the pressure that is also on (or should be on) the regulatory environment to keep up. Youth Villages CEO, Patrick W. Lawler, […]

Markets For Good is pleased to welcome Mark Arnoldy, Executive Director of Nyaya Health,  a complex operation in that it operates on the front lines of a few themes we’ve covered: beneficiary insights, open data, nonprofit decision-making, and this month’s theme, data privacy, among others. It was Mark’s own experience of getting sick and nearly […]

Information privacy is a challenge for large and small organizations alike. We’re most familiar with it as an external force requiring social-sector businesses to guard constituent privacy or protect business data from external access, just as for any type of business. Complicating that work is the weight and speed of technological and social change, regarding […]

In 60 seconds, tell us: “Who are you, what do you do, and how does data matter in your work?” Through the simple prompt above, we “Speed Dataed” attendees of the Social Capital Markets Conference 2013 (SOCAP13), one year after the launch of Markets for Good at SOCAP12. Why should we talk about data at SOCAP? Markets […]

This post is the last in our series on Nonprofit Decision-Making. And we’re closing out with a critical look at viability…  Every mission has underlying assumptions that either inform or strictly define the business model. It’s time to bring those assumptions to the front and test them to ensure that the way you go about your […]

Evaluating your organization’s programs is not trivial, but it’s necessary—and well within reach. Laura Quinn and Andrew Means bring theory down to shoe leather with a real-time case study that demonstrates not only how to measure nonprofit performance, but also how to incorporate the correct software tools (and use of them) throughout the decision-making process.