Submitter:

Name:Owen Ambur

Email:Owen.Ambur@verizon.net

Organization:

Name:Markets for Good

Acronym:M4G

Description:
Markets for Good is an effort by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, and the progressive financial firm Liquidnet to improve the system for generating, sharing, and acting upon data and information in the social sector. Our vision is of a social sector powered by information, where interventions are more effective and innovative, where capital flows efficiently to the organizations that are having the greatest impact, and where there is a dynamic culture of continuous learning and development.

Stakeholder(s):

• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation


• William & Flora Hewlett Foundation


• Liquidnet


• Markets for Good Contributors: Markets for Good represents views from many fields. We would welcome your contribution.


• Eric J. Henderson: * Markets For Good Interview: Debbie Adler * On Fundraising, Data, and Live Music! * A Few Questions About "How Companies Learn Your Secrets" * Challenging The Big Data Narrative: "Most data isn't ‘big' ..."


• Lucy Bernholz, Ph.D.: Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society * The Grand Challenge Of Data Interoperability * Lucy Bernholz: Let Our Data Define Us, Part II * Lucy Bernholz: Let Our Data Define Us - Part I


• David Henderson: Idealistics * Talent, Not Technology, Is The Key To Better Evaluation * "Markets for What?": Refining Our Questions Before Defining The Data


• David Bank: Impact IQ * Put Your Data Where Your Mouth Is: Closing the Deal (Part 2) * Put Your Data Where Your Mouth Is: Open Data to Fuel Impact Investing (Part I)


• John Hecklinger: GlobalGiving * Fixing The Feedback Loop * Making Technology A Sustainable Route To Good


• Denise Raquel Dunning: Adolescent Girls' Advocacy & Leadership Initiative * Evaluation IS Intervention * The True "Beneficiary" Is The Organization That Listens


• Brian Walsh: Liquidnet * Markets For Good & Beneficiary Insight: A Discussion At The Core Of The Work * Welcome to the Markets For Good conversation!


• Sunand Menon: New Media Insight * The "What" and The "How" of Big Data * From Raw Data To Informed Decisions: What We Can Learn From The Financial Sector


• Darin McKeever: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation * Nonprofit Data and the Arc of History * A New Reporting Commitment


• Katya Smyth: The Full Frame Initiative *The Bear And The Ladle, Part II * The Bear And The Ladle, Part I


• Rebecca Thomas: The Nonprofit Finance Fund * Faster, Smarter Nonprofit Financial Analysis, Part II * Rebecca Thomas: Faster, Smarter Nonprofit Financial Analysis, Part I


• Yumi Sera: Disability Rights Fund * Notes From The Field: Disability Rights Fund on "Evaluating Advocacy to Assess Grantmaking Goals"


• Nicolas Galarza: NYU Wagner School of Public Service, Urban Planning * Open Disclosure: A Missing Link Between Private Sector And The Poorest


• Sheetal Singh: TechSoup * Global Making Data An Afterthought


• Laura Quinn: Idealware * In Search of Better Data about Nonprofits' Programs


• Daniel Stid: The Bridgespan Group * If We Build It, Will They Come?


• Curtis S. Chin: Community & Family Services International and World Education Services * Notes From The Field: Ambassador Curtis S. Chin on "Transparency, Credibility, and Commitment: Precursors to Progress"


• Michele Jolin: America Achieves * The Rising Tide Of Evidence-based Solutions


• Brenna Marea Powell: Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation * Revisiting The Frame For Evaluation


• Anne Hand: Filantrofilia * Notes From The Field: Mexico And Social Sector Data


• Nikon Rasumov: Pullapproach * Speeding The Convergence of Impact and Profit


• Victoria Vrana: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation * What Nonprofits Can Learn from Consumer Reports and the Potato Chip


• Jerry Nichols: SAP * Big Data For The Consumer Journey


• Nell Edgington: * Addressing the Nonprofit Fundraising Elephant in the Room


• Judy Levine: Salesforce.com * Foundation on Market Dynamics For fundraising


• Craig Arteaga-Johnson: * The Social Sector Needs a Social Infrastructure


• Michelle Greanias: * Funders—Try Completing Your Own Online Applications and Reports


• Bahia Ramos: Knight Foundation * on: Methods & Tools for Community Foundation "Giving Days"


• Dvorit Mausner: * Revisiting the Art & Science of Fundraising


• Ken Berger: Markets For Good * Interview with Ken Berger


• Melinda Tuan: REDF * A Listening Tour, A Call To Action


• Innovation Network: * If You Build It, They Will Evaluate: Upping the Nonprofit Evaluation Game


• Scott Smith: The Center on Communities and Education at Southern Methodist University * Pillars For Managing Social Sector Data


• Dr. Jonathan Koomey: * Creating A More Hopeful Future


• Srik Gopalakrishnan: * Big Data and the Social Sector: Where does it come from? How can we use it?


• Steve Wright: Grameen Foundation * The Customer is King


• Buzz Schmidt: GuideStar and GuideStar International * Divining A Vision for Markets For Good


• Greg Ulrich: Foundation for Sustainable Development * But ... Do Donors Want More Data on Nonprofits?


• Erine Gray: Aunt Bertha * What Is The Real-Time Supply Of Human Services?


• Geoff Zimmerman: The Strive Partnership * Using Community-Level Data to Drive Efforts For Collective Impact


• Cynthia Gibson: Independent Consultant * Data: More Than Numbers (Or The Sum of Its Parts)


• Catalina Escobar: Makaia * How Nonprofits Can Take Advantage Of Technology and Data: A Global View


• Phil Buchanan: CEP * Which Data? And Who Will Pay For It?


• Mari Kuraishi: GlobalGiving * Children's Parties And The Demise Of The Soviet Union


• Jacob Harold: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation * Interview: Jacob Harold


• Beth Kanter: * Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media Beth Kanter: Doing The Math Ourselves


• Nick Deychakiwsky: Charles Stewart Mott Foundation * Examining The Market Approach


• Cinthia Schuman Ottinger: Philanthropy Programs at the Aspen Institute's Program on Philanthropy and Social Innovation * Filling The Nonprofit Information Vacuum


• Nicholas Van Praag: Ground Truth * The Ultimate Accountability In Humanitarian Aid


• Marny Sumrall: YouthTruth * Challenges in Design For Beneficiary Feedback


• Ben Hecht: Living Cities * 3 Reasons Why Open Data Will Change The World: A Real-Time View


• Gisli Olafsson: NetHope * Notes From The Field: The Open Humanitarian Initiative


• David Bonbright: Keystone Accountability * Stimulating Demand For Constituent Feedback


• Daniel Ben Horin: TechSoup * Global Data Points and Data Agents


• Perla Ni: GreatNonprofits * On Community Feedback


• Elizabeth Clay Roy: Opportunity Nation * Notes From The Field: On Opportunity


• Deborah Visser: Success Measures * Incorporating Beneficiary Insights: Community Development Rises To The Challenge


• Elizabeth Boris: Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy * A Researcher's View on Social Sector Data


• Mauricio Lim Miller: Family Independence Initiative * Consumer Feedback And Market Demand