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See event detailsSeeking Confidence in Your Impact? Broaden Your Definition of Evidence
Beyond Averages: Why the Numbers Matter
As Bill and Melinda Gates point out in a recent op-ed, the past fifty years have brought unprecedented global economic growth: “In our lifetimes,…
See event detailsAligning Impact for Healthy Communities: Q&A with the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
2015 Update: Greening Urban Lots Delivers Additional Health Impact In addition to the findings discussed below regarding greened vacant lots lowering crime and increasing…
See event detailsImpact Myth #5: If I don’t see change, I’ve had no impact
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears it, did it still make an impact? This week in our Five Myths and…
See event detailsImpact Myths: Some Impacts Simply Can’t Be Measured
Impact Myth: Some Impacts Simply Don’t Allow for Measurement Pop quiz: What’s one thing that can’t be measured? Love? Happiness? Measuring love might seem…
See event detailsImpact Myths: The Dangers of Rose-Colored Glasses
In our ongoing series on impact, we address five myths and a question about social impact definition. This week, we discuss our third myth:…
See event detailsImpact Myths: Attribution and Contribution
Whose Impact Is It, Anyway? In our ongoing series on impact, we address five myths and a question about impact definition. This week, we…
See event detailsBeyond Compliance: Measuring to Learn, Improve, and Create Positive Change
At New Philanthropy Capital’s recent annual conference, measurement issues were front and center, with plenty of concern regarding current practices and their usefulness– as…
See event detailsMore Questions On Impact: Beneficiary Perspective, Assessment, Heart & Head, and . . . Tomatoes?
How do I incorporate beneficiaries’ perspective? How do I assess impact in a constantly changing world? How do I integrate head and heart? And…what…
See event detailsA Question About Impact: By Whom, For Whom, and Definitions
Everyone seems to be talking about it. Most say they want it. But who really gets to define impact and for whom? That was…
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