There is an opportunity to further ensure public policies include evaluative thinking and practice. Should we take advantage of it? We—Courtney Bolinson and John Sherman, independent evaluators, Social Impact TIG chair and steering group member—firmly, say “yes.” The opportunity: The federal Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules to require publicly-traded companies (think about companies in …

SIM TIG Week: Evaluative Thinking and Public Policy: Taking Advantage of Opportunities by Courtney Bolinson and John Sherman Read More »

Hi, we are Ben Fowler and Erin Markel, CEO and Chief Growth Officer respectively at MarketShare Associates (MSA), a global social impact consulting company. There is growing recognition of the private sector’s enormous potential to create (as well as to threaten) social impact.  However, a range of issues have traditionally challenged the ability of those …

SIM TIG Week: Evaluating the Return on Investment of Social Inclusion by Ben Fowler and Erin Markel Read More »

Hi everyone! I’m Laura Budzyna, and I’m an independent consultant focused on impact measurement and management. Last year, Karim Harji , Penny Hawkins, Heather Hachigian and I set out to create a guide that would help social ventures (also referred to as social enterprises) choose the right impact measurement and management (IMM) approach for their …

SIM TIG Week: Ventures at the Helm by Laura Budzyna Read More »

Hi. I’m Daniel Brandão, an evaluator who has recently joined Vox Capital – a Brazilian impact investing asset manager with a strong background on Venture Capital to early-stage startups – as Impact Director. My current challenge is to bring my evaluation expertise based on grant transactions to investments oriented to delivering positive impact alongside a …

SIM TIG Week: Engaging Founders and Teams with Impact Management and Measurement (IMM) by Daniel Brandão Read More »

Hi! I am Kirsten Andersen, an economic sociologist who has been studying the impact investing market for the past five years. My lens on impact investing comes from my interest in understanding when and how financial and social values are incorporated. Charitable foundations are particularly interesting impact investors, because– unlike institutional investors– they have always …

SIM TIG Week: Making Sense of Social Value in Foundation Impact Investments: The Importance of Accessible Impact Measurement Frameworks by Kirsten Andersen Read More »

Hi! I’m Catherine Dun Rappaport, Senior Vice President, Learning and Impact Management at BlueHub Capital. BlueHub is a national, nonprofit Community Development Finance Institution (CDFI) focused on investing in economically and racially marginalized communities. Prior to BlueHub, I worked in an analogous measurement and applied learning function at the United Way. I also was a …

SIM TIG Week: Impact Measurement and Management (IMM) Must be Intentional, Humble, and Right-Sized by Catherine Dun Rappaport Read More »

Hi, my name is Ewa Sobczyska and I am an international development specialist. I have worked on sustainability, monitoring and evaluation for over 17 years. I recently started exploring the topic of impact investing, thinking about how we can cross the divide between the public and private sector investment. What role do we as evaluators …

SIM TIG Week: Why Should Evaluators Care About Impact Washing in Private Sector Investments? by Ewa Sobczyska Read More »