But... Do Donors Want More Data on Nonprofits?
Greg Ulrich, Director, Advisory Services for Hope Consulting, offers a different perspective on people who donate to nonprofits and supports it with research. As individual donors, each one of us tends to “give from the heart,” but there’s more to it than that.
Markets for Good is an initiative…
Michelle says:
Oops! I meant CEP -- Center for Effective Philanthropy.Michelle says:
Communication is key...grantmakers and grantees need to discuss what's ideal vs. what's realistic, then come to an agreement about what sort of data collection and analysis is most appropriate. A new CECP survey (http://bit.ly/104VDoI) shows the need for better communication in other areas as well.Pull Approach Speeding The Convergence of Impact and Profit » Pull Approach says:
[...] Assuming this real-time, big-data flood, we will predict the impact of a social enterprise based on early indicators, similar to the work developed in online learning to detect promising school performance. The resulting opportunity for big testing of what works for social enterprises will facilitate the scaling and matching of profitable business models to the regions where they have the biggest growth perspective. [...]