March 1, 2016
Hot on the heels of the Knight News Challenge, the Knight Foundation is continuing to prove their dedication to the world of data by announcing the 11 projects that will receive funding through the Knight Prototype Fund. In fact, nine of the projects were also winners of the Knight News...
October 22, 2015
Allows datasets to be used widely and in many ways.
September 28, 2015
Context When you use a dataset created by another organization it will often come with a set of terms and conditions that apply to your use. If you are going to, in turn, create new applications of the data, share ongoing analysis, or invite the public to consider several types...
September 24, 2015
The big idea behind the Markets for Good community is that the effective use of program results data across sectors would improve programs, make it easier to direct money to the most effective programs, and improve the lives of the vast number of people served by nonprofits. This...
March 10, 2015
In part one we discussed the challenges of data collection in Uganda. In today’s follow up piece, we have further hurdles that we need to overcome and some rude awakenings in making sense of the collected and analysed data. This lesson started when we embarked on an effort...
March 4, 2015
I pointed out in my previous post in Markets for Good that we now have the technology to seed an impact sharing economy, not unlike Uber and Lyft, where every service organization, funder, capacity builder, intermediary and researcher can serve as an impact learning “driver”. Our new Impact...
January 14, 2015
We’ve been thinking a lot about nonprofit results data at Idealware. As part of a project for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we’ve conducted more than 30 interviews, a survey, and a huge amount of research to understand both how organizations think about results data—whether that’s outcomes, outputs,...
November 3, 2014
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. BRIDGE is a system that assigns non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other...
October 9, 2014
Last week, in my post ‘Should Controlled Trials Be The Standard for Impact Measurement?’ I examined the effectiveness of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). I presented the case for why the validity of RCTs as the gold standard and Holy Grail of impact measurement is, at the least, up for...
September 9, 2014
Top recurring themes in Berkeley’s research on definitions (word cloud via Wordle ) Here at Markets For Good, we all agree that ‘big data’ is a powerful tool that we need to harness. What we, and seemingly everyone else struggles to agree on, is quite how to define it....
