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Measuring Social Impact

 

Innovative ways to measure the impact that an organization has on society

 
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A Decade of Outcome-Oriented Philanthropy

The outgoing president of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation reflects on the importance of strategic philanthropy.
By Paul Brest | Spring 2012

Articles

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  • Why a market for social innovations is needed now more than ever.

    By Andrew Wolk
  • Watch dog organizations don't reach most donors.

    By Jessica Ruvinsky
  • Nuru International identifies proven poverty-reduction programs and aims to take them to scale.

    By Suzie Boss | 1
  • POOR ECONOMICS:
A Radical Rethinking
of the Way to Fight
Global Poverty
Abhijit Banerjee &
Esther Duflo Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit Banerjee & Esther Duflo

    Reviewed By Timothy Ogden
  • THE END OF
FUNDRAISING:
Raise More Money by
Selling Your Impact
Jason Saul The End of Fundraising: Raise More Money by Selling Your Impact by Jason Saul

    Reviewed By David Simpson
  • The National Math and Science Initiative aims to avert the crisis in secondary school education by replicating proven programs.

    By Suzie Boss | 1
  • Organizations that report on charities are increasingly collaborative.

    By Suzie Boss
  • GlobalGiving’s storytelling project turns anecdotes into useful data.

    By Suzie Boss | 12
  • MORE THAN GOOD
INTENTIONS: How a
New Economics Is
Helping to Solve
Global Poverty
Dean Karlan & Jacob Appel More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty by Dean Karlan & Jacob Appel

    Reviewed By Kevin Starr | 2
  • THE POWER OF
POSITIVE
DEVIANCE: How
Unlikely Innovators
Solve the World’s
Toughest Problems
Richard Pascale, Jerry
Sternin, & Monique Sternin The Power of Positive Deviance: How Unlikely Innovators Solve the World’s Toughest Problems by Richard Pascale, Jerry Sternin, & Monique Sternin

    Reviewed By Dean Karlan

Blog Posts

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Podcasts

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  • The CEOs of three nonprofit organizations reflect upon the speed and tact with which they must adapt their strategies and directions in a new century.

    Featuring Peter Goldberg, Cathy Tisdale, and Jim Gibbons
  • Jean Oelwang on what nonprofit management has to learn from the private sector. Jean Oelwang, CEO of Virgin Unite, argues that nonprofit organizations have a lot to learn from the business practices of the private sector if they wish to maximize their impact.

    Featuring Jean Oelwang