by Erika Hernandez | Aug 27, 2022 | Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact, Surveys, Technology
An impact evaluation details an intervention’s intended and unanticipated effects, excellent, adverse, and direct and indirect effects. An impact evaluation must determine the causal attribution—the reason for the observed changes. An impact evaluation is more...
by Erika Hernandez | Aug 19, 2022 | Market Research, Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact, Surveys, Technology
Numbers are all around us, and their influence on our daily lives is significant. We make excellent decisions based on data in both professional and personal settings. A company may use analytics to determine if it is successful or failing, while a group of friends...
by Grace Kabaghe | Jul 27, 2022 | Humanitarian Agencies, Market Research, Monitoring and Evaluation
Monitoring and evaluation are methods and strategies that assist a project in identifying when plans are failing and when the environment has changed. They provide the management with the data it requires to decide on the project and the adjustments that must be made...
by Lisa Kalenkiewicz | Oct 23, 2014 | Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact
According to UNESCO, “Literacy is universally linked with poverty reduction, economic growth and wealth creation.” If you’re interested in development, poverty reduction, healthcare, and essentially any global social justice issue, you’re sure to agree that improving...
by Lisa Kalenkiewicz | Aug 21, 2014 | Monitoring and Evaluation, Social Impact, Uncategorized
A couple of years ago, I was chatting with a college friend who, like me, is passionate about entrepreneurship, tech, and combating social injustice. “Microfinance is the key,” he said. “You help women, you end poverty.” I think most of us have moved past that...
by Lisa Kalenkiewicz | Aug 14, 2014 | engageSPARK Platform, Monitoring and Evaluation, SMS, Social Impact, Uncategorized
When I tell people about engageSPARK’s cool ability to “personalize” SMS messages – for example, automatically inserting each recipient’s first name at the beginning of each message when sending out 1,000 text messages – they generally respond with, “That’s awesome!...
