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3 Reasons to Love Outcomes Measurement

Tech Soup

" It means investing with purpose to achieve specific, measurable outcomes and impact. In the impact investing model, when we give to a cause, we should see specific and measurable returns in the form of social change. 3 Reasons You're About to Be As Excited About Outcomes Measurement As I Am. How did I get here?

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3 Reasons You’re About to Love Outcomes Measurement

Connection Cafe

It means investing with purpose to achieve specific, measurable outcomes and impact. In the impact investing model, when we give to a cause, we should see specific and measureable return in the form of social change. Who’s excited about simplifying outcomes measurement? What is impact investing? How did I get here?

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The sgENGAGE Podcast Episode 77: Leveraging the Power of People

Connection Cafe

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. The role of technology in facilitating volunteerism, tracking data and measuring impact.

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Having Greater Impact Through Community and Collaboration

Connection Cafe

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all speak the same giving, measurement and outcomes language? And wouldn’t it be even better if we could work together to grow that common language? The reality is, there doesn’t seem to be agreement across the sector on definitions and measurement— we aren’t really speaking the same language.

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Lessons from IGS16: The How-To’s for Applying the SDGs to Grantmaking

Connection Cafe

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. Measuring and Reporting on Outcomes.

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What are the best Twitter measurement tools and how are you using them?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been thinking about how you measure what your organization does on Twitter. Given Sean's and Alistair's knowledge in this area, we engaged in a couple of really useful "micro" chats on Twitter about different measurement tools. Alistair suggested a taxonomy. What can they measure w/Twitter? A disclaimer.

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Report Back from the Do Good Data Conference 2015

NTEN

He attributes Water for People’s success to their relentless focus on (and measurement of) outcomes. The 20-person department pulls the information from scanned PDFs of the filings, enter the information into their database, and classify the information in the Foundation Center taxonomy. Also, Strive Partnership measured the partners!

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