A look at how to examine the effectiveness of community advocacy and representation.

Defining credible evidence has polarized into two camps that must be brought together to tackle social problems effectively.

The public debate around climate change is no longer about science—it’s about values, culture, and ideology.

A discussion of the ways in which growing numbers of communities are aligning resources and pulling together to create significant change on a community problem.

Root Capital and Acumen Fund propose a system for program evaluation that is akin to GPS.

Basic principles and practices can inform efforts to monitor performance, track progress, and assess the impact of foundation strategies, initiatives, and grants.

How the Ford Foundation is engaging its global staff in building a shared culture of results.

How the Omidyar Network uses a venture capital model to measure and evaluate effectiveness.

How the Rockefeller Foundation is approaching evaluation with developing country partners.

How The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation approaches high-risk philanthropic ventures.

The inconvenient truth about data, technology, and social impact.

Who should measure what? Mind the gap.

Why not?

From Skoll World Forum 2013: Will new measurement tools such as “big data” be a big distraction or a big opportunity?

A two-part series on using systems mapping to predict a city’s capacity for adopting change.

A two-part series on using systems mapping to predict a city’s capacity for adopting change.

Five successes to celebrate, and five areas where we need to see more progress.

Practical advice to help organizations implement results-focused performance management—part two of a two-part series.

Why organizations need to build capacities to manage performance, and how they can develop a “theory of change” to do so—part one of a two-part series.

How clearly defining measures, and keeping them simple and meaningful, has helped World Vision increase access to clean water.

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.

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.