Tech Soup

MARCH 4, 2016

As a corporate funder turned consultant, I've spent the last decade helping funders make the shift from philanthropy to social, or impact, investing. What Is Impact Investing? Impact investing means more than simply "doing good." 3 Reasons You're About to Be As Excited About Outcomes Measurement As I Am.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Natalye also talks about the role of technology in facilitating and tracking the impact of volunteers, and how Points of Light and Blackbaud are collaborating to advance data, insights and measurement for volunteerism. How volunteers and volunteerism can support the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Connection Cafe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

” Impact investors, social entrepreneurs, foundations, and global NPOs come together with the goal of furthering social, environmental, and economically sustainable solutions. Among this year’s many themes, I want to highlight two: (1) Impact Investing and (2) Measurement & Evaluation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Some are calling it impact investing. The first SoCap conference in 2008 coincided with the launch of this paper, Investing for Social & Environmental Impact: A Design for Catalyzing an Emerging Industry A Monitor Institute Report [link] EnvImpact_ExecSum_000.pdf People are open sourcing their metrics, and building taxonomy.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 17, 2017

Well, that's an awful lot of pages of data and words, and you want some quick-fix guidelines and benchmarks. Let's look at how to get the most valuable and applicable data from the State of Grantseeking reports in the least amount of time. What Data Should I Use? So Now What? Next Steps for Grantseekers. Annual Budget.

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Connection Cafe

JUNE 22, 2016

I had the opportunity to participate on the panel, “Monitoring & Impact Measurement. Our panel discussion highlighted the importance of strong cross-sector partnerships, impact measurement and outcomes reporting in developing a robust grantmaking strategy for the SDGs. The Key to Cross-Sector Partnerships. Key takeaways.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 26, 2016

As a corporate funder turned consultant, I’ve spent the last decade helping funders make the shift from philanthropy to social, or impact investing. What is impact investing? Impact investing means more than simply “doing good.” It means investing with purpose to achieve specific, measurable outcomes and impact.

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Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Here's what I think is really strong about the report: Coordinated, succinct research findings supporting the rise of active arts engagement. If the goal is for organizations to adopt these frameworks as their own, I think we need a lot more supporting material--and maybe fewer different taxonomies.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 21, 2016

As a result, their impact is accelerated exponentially. This aligns with our belief that we need a continued dialogue with foundation leaders to ensure efficient communication for collaboration and impact. The Power of Using Data in the Media. Can we tie these results to a greater impact? The Power of Partnerships.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

What’s more, we’re going to see the paradigm shift directly impact the way we work in the social good space. First, embrace agile development – this buzzword simply means an iterative development process shaped by data-driven feedback. Social good organizations (nonprofits, foundations, education institutions, etc.)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

Basically, connections can describe anything you want to gather data about to make decisions to improve your network or reach your goals. Network maps support "what if conversations.". I've been intrigued by social data exploration and wonder what offline processes might be adapted to doing this with a software tool?

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Candid

AUGUST 3, 2021

Though we will explain in greater detail below what this has meant and how we are addressing it, we first must acknowledge and own the impact. These categories build off of the extensive taxonomy Candid has developed over years—based on data from over 17 million grants—which we have jointly adapted to capture work related to human rights.

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending February 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. If we exclude online giving to international relief organizations, which were substantially impacted by Haiti giving, the online index shows an increase of 2.6% billion in yearly revenue on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

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Candid

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In April, President Biden shared his American Families Plan , which aims to support low and middle-income families and children. billion in grants specifically for “community college education,” according to Candid data. The following analysis looks at support to all of these types of organizations together. .

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