We talked with Jake Harris ’19, a principal at the impact investing firm DBL Partners, about the challenges of measuring the ...

Editor’s note: This is part two in a series of articles on, “How to Measure the Success of Your Loyalty Program.” Read part one here. The age-old standard for loyalty measurement is RFV—recency, ...

A decade ago, I worked on impact-measurement guidelines for what was then called the venture philanthropy and social investment field in Europe. At the European Venture Philanthropy Association, we ...

Philanthropy plays a special role in the betterment of society. Its flexibility allows for intervention and experimentation in line with—and often ahead of—government policy and private sector ...

In 2023, the World Communications Forum Association named Jason Mudd as North America’s Best PR Leader for 2022. He is CEO of Axia PR. Measuring the impact of PR work isn’t the standard—to the ...

How can we account more fully for the impact of a faculty member’s research? There are of course the obligatory publications in respected journals with a high impact rating. Official awards from ...

Global impact funds now have over $322 billion in assets under management, PitchBook data shows. Many of them face a similar issue: How do they measure how impactful their investments have been?

Remember when the Camden Coalition’s hotspotting approach was the new kid on the block? It was simple and made intuitive sense—a compelling strategy to reduce healthcare costs and boost quality for ...

In 2004, the term “ESG” was officially coined with the publication of the UN Global Compact Initiative’s Who Cares Wins report. ESG is simply another way of measuring the centuries-old concept of ...

Renu runs one of the millions of mom-and-pop stores, known as kiranas, located all over India. She wanted to expand her business, but as a cash-only operation, couldn’t show banks that she was a ...

AI is powerful, but it is not magic. Just because developers use AI tools does not mean outcomes will improve automatically.

Researchers explore the impact of virtual collaborative care on mental health and quality of life for breast cancer patients, revealing significant improvements.