Measuring to Improve vs. Improving Measurement | 2 | May. 7, 2013
From Skoll World Forum 2013: Will new measurement tools such as “big data” be a big distraction or a big opportunity?
Matthew Forti
Matthew Forti is director, One Acre Fund USA, where he coordinates all US functions and oversees performance measurement for One Acre Fund, a nonprofit that assists over 135,000 smallholder farming families in East Africa to double their farm profits and eliminate persistent hunger. Matt is also advisor to the Performance Measurement Capability Area at the Bridgespan Group (@BridgespanGroup), an advisory firm to mission-driven leaders and organizations that supports the design of performance measurement systems for continuous learning and improvement.
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