July 1, 2013
Recently, we had the opportunity to check in with Ken Berger, President and CEO of Charity Navigator and frequent media commentator on charitable giving. As we prepare to enter a new theme, “Fundraising: The Data & Tools That Drive Giving,” Ken provides a spot check on the state of charitable...
June 17, 2013
Dr. Jonathan Koomey joins our conversation on big data with a timely frame: that of problem solving. The following post is an excerpt adapted for Markets For Good from the conclusions to Koomey’s 2008 book titled Turning Numbers into Knowledge: Mastering the Art of Problem Solving. While I’m aware that...
June 3, 2013
The Basic Registry of Identified Global Entities (BRIDGE) is a new collaborative project that aims to revolutionize information sharing, in order to better understand the flows of philanthropic dollars and enhance transparency and effectiveness in the global social sector. Recently, Victoria Vrana, senior program officer at the Bill & Melinda...
May 22, 2013
Steve Wright, Vice President, Poverty Tools and Insights at Grameen Foundation joins the discussion we raised yesterday on beneficiary insight. There, we addressed an article published in Alliance Magazine by David Bonbright, expressing the concern that Markets For Good may go wrong, arguing that “beneficiaries are not part of the...
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...
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...
April 10, 2013
In February, we visited the topic, Nonprofit Data And The Arc Of History, a perspective on “how the US currently collects, digitizes, and distributes data about charities through an annual reporting return called the Form 990…” This comment came on the heels of an Aspen Institute forum where a new report...
April 1, 2013
"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."
March 20, 2013
In this edition of “Notes From The Field,” Catalina Escobar, Co-Founder and Executive director of the nonprofit consultancy Makaia, describes the ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) challenges facing nonprofits today and introduces a new web platform for data sharing, Nodo Ká. …
March 5, 2013
How is technology drawing us closer to meeting needs on the groun? We count on it to connect us in ways not previously possible, but the recurring question is, “What are we doing with it?” Daniel Ben Horin surveys this landscape through the dual lenses of data and technology for...
