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Measurement Wisdom for Nonprofits from Bill Gates

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

“Yet while measurement is critical to making progress in global health, it’s very hard to do well. Like Marion Conway, I was struck by this photo of him pointing to data handwritten on the walls = tracking immunization records from a rural health clinic in Ethiopia. ” 2. Use Measurement To Improve Results.

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Clouds of international development information

Forum One

Owen is based in Ethiopia; his wife works for an NGO that builds clinics. For me the highlight of the event (though there were many highlights) was a talk given by Owen Barder of AidInfo. He spoke of his vision for a "cloud of aid information".