Report: Responses to the Data Integration Challenge
Jennifer Bagnell Stuart and Dahna Goldstein

Data and workflow integration are increasingly urgent to civil society organizations. This new report offers insights about and innovative responses to the integration challenge. We're very pleased that it has been featured in the new Journal of Information Technology in Social Change. [Reprinted with permission from The Gilbert Center]

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Effective Philanthropy: InnoNet Interviews the Authors of Women & Philanthropy Publication
Johanna Gladfelter

Innovation Network has been working to evaluate Women & Philanthropy's programming efforts related to the book Effective Philanthropy: Organizational Success through Deep Diversity and Gender Equity, co-written by Mary Ellen Capek and Molly Mead. Effective Philanthropy offers an inspirational message for nonprofit effectiveness.

 

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It's Academic! InnoNet Helps Public School Advocacy Organization Improve Evaluation Capacity
Shital Shah

The 21st Century School Fund, an advocacy organization working to improve urban public school facilities, has commissioned Innovation Network to help them better understand the effectiveness and impact of their policy initiatives.

 

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Innovation Network Welcomes New Directors
Sharon Grevious

Innovation Network recently expanded its Board of Directors to include Dan Baum, former InnoNet Executive Director, and Julia Coffman, a senior consultant with Harvard Family Research Project.

 

>> Read more about Dan and Julia here (pdf)

Measuring Social Change: Lessons from the Field
Veena Pankaj

Measuring social change has often been described as balancing act between the needs of the funder and the needs of the grantee organization. Each partner may have unique strategies and different reasons for assessing a program's impact. But the ultimate end remains constant: to make a positive difference in the world.

Humanitarian Aid Coalition Taps InnoNet for New Resource
Simone Parrish

Two international organizations, Inter- Face Development and InTuition, have partnered to create the All In Diary, a tool for field- based humanitarian workers that aims to improve the quality of emergency relief operations. Slated for a July 2007 launch, this new resource includes Innovation Network's tip sheet on survey development in its Monitoring and Evaluation section.

 

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Community Faces: Patty Ochoa, Pacoima Beautiful
Simone Parrish

Find out how five volunteer moms working on a beautification project became a community force for environmental justice and health, and how they are using the tools at the Point K Learning Center.

The Gates Foundation has made a $105 million grant to the University of Washington to support a new center for evaluation of global health initiatives. This is great news for the evaluation community.