October 8, 2013
The following mini-interview is a follow-up to this article: 5 Transformational Forces That Should Be Driving The Social Sector (But Aren’t). The web is full of insightful statements. It’s more difficult to find the discussions that follow them as they most often take place offline and in our heads. We...
July 5, 2013
Dvorit Mausner, of Hope Consulting references her extensive work in development fundraising to dissect its components and propose a different method for the gritty task of managing prospect information via individual and shared databases. …
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."
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. …
April 17, 2013
Greetings from the Global Philanthropy Forum Conference, “The Future We Make.” We’ve been here learning and representing Markets for Good among “established and emerging philanthropists and investors who seek to advance individual opportunity and to improve the quality of life through strategic giving and investing.” Could “strategic giving” be achieved...
March 21, 2013
In this continuation of our series on Technology, Scott Smith offers a “user’s guide” of sorts in this technologist’s view of what we need to build a robust infrastructure. He also challenges the sector to revisit specific perspectives on data practice to be sure that we establish durable pillars for...
March 19, 2013
Digital Impact is an initiative of the Digital Civil Society Lab to help social sector practitioners use digital resources safely, ethically, and effectively toward mission.Digital Impact is made possible with the ongoing support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the progressive financial firm Liquidnet, and Knight Foundation. Our Work A core...
February 19, 2013
We find ourselves in the flurry of activity that is to be expected of the dawn of any movement. On this ground, there is an equalizing factor as the social sector, business, and government are all staring into an opportunity that demands immediate ramping of high-quality data practice. In that...
January 24, 2013
In this post, Perla Ni gives an overview of beneficiary feedback from the community perspective, noting that feedback tools for grantmakers, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations must demonstrate on-the-ground results and lead to improvements in programming and in quality of life for beneficiaries. So, where are we today with community...
December 12, 2012
Markets For Good is driven by the “doing” of data, in other words, understanding what is happening now and and, further, creating a space for conversations that lead to action. The big question is not easy: how the social sector can strengthen the infrastructure that defines the demand, supply, and...
