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Social Impact Measurement

SIM TIG Week: Social + Business Metrics Power Couples by Rebecca Baylor, Heather Esper and Yaquta Fatehi

1 Comment / Social Impact Measurement / March 24, 2018

Hi, we’re Rebecca Baylor, Heather Esper and Yaquta Fatehi from the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan (WDI). Our team specializes in performance measurement. We use data to improve organizations’ effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability and create more value for their stakeholders in low- and middle-income countries. We believe combining social and business metrics …

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SIM TIG Week: Four Uses of Evaluation in Pay for Success Projects by Brian Beachkofski

Leave a Comment / Social Impact Measurement / March 24, 2018

Good morning! I’m Brian Beachkofski, lead for data and evaluation at Third Sector Capital Partners, Inc. We are a 501(c)3 consulting firm that advises governments, community organizations, and funders on how to better spend public funds to move the needle on pressing challenges such as economic mobility and the well-being of our children. Our proven …

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SIM TIG Week: Integrating an evaluator into a non-evaluation team by Courtney Bolinson and Muthoni Wachira

Leave a Comment / Social Impact Measurement / March 24, 2018

Hi! We are Courtney Bolinson and Muthoni Wachira, Impact Evaluation Manager and Investment Director at Engineers Without Borders Canada (EWB). EWB invests in seed-stage social enterprises to help them scale and drive lasting, transformational impact within communities that need it most. EWB recognised the need for an evaluator to measure and interpret the impact of …

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SIM TIG Week: Untangling Cross-Sector Miscommunications: The Impact Management Glossary by Michael Harnar

Leave a Comment / Social Impact Measurement / March 24, 2018

Hi, my name is Michael Harnar and I am an assistant professor in the Western Michigan University Interdisciplinary PhD in Evaluation program, and a founding board member of Social Value US. I want to introduce you to a cool resource and invite you to participate in its development. How many times have you had a …

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SIM TIG Week: Social Impact Measurement: What is this all about? By Jane Reisman and Alyna Wyatt

Leave a Comment / Social Impact Measurement / March 24, 2018

Hi there, we’re Jane Reisman and Alyna Wyatt, Chair and Program Chair of the Social Impact Measurement TIG. The fields of impact investing and other market solutions are rapidly advancing vehicles for addressing social and environmental goals. The Social Impact Measurement TIG is in its early stages of growth and exploration as we as evaluation …

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SIM TIG Week: Powerful Assumptions by Andrea Nelson Trice

1 Comment / Social Impact Measurement / May 6, 2017

I’m Andrea Nelson Trice, President of Trice & Associates, an evaluation and consulting firm. This case came from my research for a book project on the human dimensions of social enterprise success. Tony, a successful entrepreneur, visited several emerging markets and determined that dependency on fire for light is unacceptable in the 21st century. The …

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SIM TIG Week: Using Multi-Dimensional Poverty Outcomes in Measurement by Heather Esper and Yaquta Fatehi

Leave a Comment / Social Impact Measurement / May 6, 2017

This is Heather Esper, senior program manager, and Yaquta Fatehi, senior research associate, from the Performance Measurement Initiative at the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan. Our team specializes in performance measurement to improve organizations’ effectiveness, scalability, and sustainability and to create more value for their stakeholders in emerging economies. Our contribution to …

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SIM TIG Week: The Pay for Success model by Brian Beachkofski and Jeannie Friedman

Leave a Comment / Social Impact Measurement / May 6, 2017

Hello! We are Brian Beachkofski and Jeannie Friedman, Pay for Success (PFS) advisors at Third Sector Capital Partners. We spend most of our time assessing feasibility and designing social sector programs with rigorous evaluations and evidence-based interventions embedded into their contracting structure. PFS is an innovative contracting model (shown in the figure below) that drives …

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SIM TIG Week: The Currency of Social Impact Measurement by Mishkah Jakoet and Amreen Choda

Leave a Comment / Social Impact Measurement / May 6, 2017

Hello, we are Mishkah Jakoet and Amreen Choda from Genesis Analytics. Social Impact Measurement (SIM) is important for the legitimacy, advancement, and management of impact investing. SIM can also help align incentives among stakeholders and improve communication. While innovative finance matured over the past decade, similar advancement in SIM is complicated by  diverse approaches, methods, …

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SIM TIG Week: Will Impact Investing Fulfill Its Development Promise? by Robert Picciotto

Leave a Comment / Social Impact Measurement / May 6, 2017

I’m Robert Picciotto, director general of the Independent Evaluation Group at the World Bank from 1992 to 2002. I oversaw evaluation there and in its sister institution, the International Finance Corporation, which uses equity finance to promote private sector development. Evaluators charged with assessing the growing impact of the private sector in the social sphere …

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