Hi, I’m Corey Newhouse, the Founder and Principal of Public Profit. We help mission driven organizations learn from data, make better decisions, and improve the quality and effectiveness of their work. My go-to reality show is the Great British Baking Show (or Great British Bake Off for those in the UK). For those who aren’t …
Hi, my name is Rhodri Dierst-Davies and I am a senior manager with Deloitte Consulting. As a leader in our Program Evaluation Center of Excellence we help our clients solve their most challenging problems. I have been a fan of Ru Paul’s Drag Race show since it began back in 2009. For those who may …
Hi, I’m Jen van Stelle, Co-Founder & Principal of Actionable Insights, LLC. As program evaluators, my business partner, Melanie Espino, and I help nonprofits and government agencies discover and act on data-driven insights. I was a fan of Survivor, arguably the first successful reality show in the U.S., from about 2003 to 2011. For those …
Reality TV Lessons Week: What Survivor Can Teach Us About Evaluation by Jen van Stelle Read More »
Hi, I’m Betsy Block (B3 Consults). I’m a coach, facilitator and capacity builder for organizations navigating pivotal strategic questions with authenticity and clarity. This week, we are focusing on some important lessons from a somewhat unlikely venue. Can you keep a secret? I confess that I am a little bit of a fan of reality …
Reality TV Lessons Week: Crucial Lessons for Evaluators! by Betsy Block Read More »
Hi, I am Ben Fowler, a Co-Founder of MarketShare Associates, a global social impact consulting company. We focus on measuring the social impacts created by companies, investors, foundations and bilateral and multilateral funders. Social impact measurement (SIM) is a quickly evolving space. Significant effort to date in measuring SIM has been on quantifying and benchmarking …
Hi – I’m Heather Esper of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan. One of the most critical moments in my time with AEA came during a plenary at the 2017 annual conference focused on Dialogue on Race and Class in America. I find myself going back to my notes from this session …
SIM TIG Week: Tips for Examining and Addressing Inequity by Heather Esper Read More »
Hi everyone! I’m Leah, founder & CEO of The Improve Group. Today I’m writing about the messy middle ground that I sometimes get to play in – the space where I’m both the evaluated and the evaluator. Let me start with a little context. The Improve Group is a mission-focused evaluation consultancy. In Minnesota, where …
Hello! I’m Belissa Rojas and I am the founder and CEO of Impacto Consulting, an advisory firm that provides enterprises, investors, governments and international organizations with knowledge, innovative solutions, and evaluation tools to foster sustainability and positive social and environmental impact. I am currently working with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Impact team (UN …
SIM TIG Week: The SDG Impact Standards by Belissa Rojas Read More »
Hi! I am Sasha Zoueva, Senior Evaluation Manager, Johnson & Johnson. As part of our Global Community Impact team, I am responsible for evaluation of hundreds of grants, several impact investments and employee engagement projects, plus our product donations and disaster response initiatives. Evaluation is often intellectually exciting and challenging. In a corporate environment, we …
Hello! We’re Courtney Bolinson (Wisconsin) and Lucy Wakiaga (Nairobi), and we’re excited to kick off the Social Impact Measurement (SIM) TIG blog week. This week you’ll see blogs on topics related to impact investing, social finance, the sustainable development goals, social enterprises and more. Today, we’ll talk about gender lens investing (GLI), share the highlights …
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