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May 21, 2013
“Markets For Good aims to foster a robust conversation about how people in the social sector can better generate, share, and use information to make better decisions and improve lives.”
Yes, we’re headed back to the cornfield. A discussion on tools and methods is one thing. The capacity and capability to use them, as well as the context in which they’re situated, make for an exploration that is closer to real-world implications. The non-starter for many great ideas and theories is their detachment from actual […]
May 15, 2013
115-200 billion tons moving daily. Not tons of data, but water – in and out of the Bay of Fundy (left) alternating up to 50 ft between low and high tide. Just in case we’re tempted to take the concept of “rising tide” lightly, it’s good to revisit the roots of metaphors with which we […]
May 9, 2013
Next up in our series of interview clips over the past few weeks, a couple of real-time perspectives on what’s actually happening in the sector. Let’s be honest: All this talk of “data” can set us adrift: Where do I start? Which part is hype? Is “data”itself getting in the way? I think discussions such […]
[Hat tip to: Aspen Institute Program On Philanthropy And Social Innovation (PSI) and PSI’s Nonprofit Data Project] Today, President Obama issued an Executive Order — Making Open and Machine Readable the New Default for Government Information Our take at Markets For Good? It was big news when the President’s FY 2014 Budget was released with a […]
May 8, 2013
Yes. That’s a corn field… but, you could call it a dugout for our purposes today. Daniel Stid, of Bridgespan Group, takes this Field of Dreams cue to ask a few tough questions to you, and to us at Markets For Good. We’re always excited to dig in to real discussion and debate to sort […]
May 6, 2013
How do you evaluate the effectiveness of advocacy and policy work? How do you go beyond counting number of grants provided or number of beneficiaries reached? What are meaningful measures for social change and movement building? How do you include the voices of people you seek to benefit? These were some of the questions the […]
May 3, 2013
We’ll continue archiving and presenting clips from our interactions with innovators across the social sector. The first is taken from a Markets For Good Interview with Ryan Ansin, founder of EPHAS – Every Person Has A Story – at the Global Philanthropy Forum. Suzanne DiBianca, President of the Salesforce Foundation, follows with a case study glimpse […]
May 1, 2013
We’re closing in on the MAY 7 DEADLINE for the MFG Challenge, a competition to increase the interoperability of social data, featuring $100k grants to be awarded to each winner. The contest is sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Partnership with Liquidnet for Good. Many of you were with us for the […]
April 30, 2013
Dr. Denise Raquel Dunning, Program Director of the Adolescent Girls’ Advocacy & Leadership Initiative (AGALI) at the Public Health Institute, advocates for a new evaluation model to maximize the impact of social sector initiatives. …
