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Author Archives: carolinefiennes
Making charities’ research more findable and useful
Quite possibly, some NGO has discovered a great way to, say, prevent re-offending or improve literacy, but that nobody else knows about it so their genius innovation doesn’t spread. Surely this is unacceptable. Giving Evidence has been exploring whether this … Continue reading
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Giving Evidence’s mission and work
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Assessing Funders’ Performance: Five Easy Tools
This article was first published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review. Measuring impact is so tough that many funders give up, but there are some insightful and actionable tools for funders that aren’t daunting. When I was a charity CEO, … Continue reading
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Easy ways for philanthropic donors to see if they’re doing well
This article was first published by the Social Impact Analysts Association. Some skiers are better than others. Some singers are better than others. The same for teaching, nursing and curling. So it seems reasonable to suppose that some people are … Continue reading
Philanthropy in transition
Caroline Fiennes was one of 11 leaders interviewed by The Guardian for the Philanthropy in Transition series. A new generation of donors wants impact and engagement Out of the dot.com boom came a new breed of donors for whom good … Continue reading
Are we relying on unreliable research?
“Ask an important question and answer it reliably” is a fundamental tenet of clinical research. And you’d hope so: you’d hope that medics don’t waste time on questions that don’t matter or which have been answered already, and you’d hope … Continue reading
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Tagged charity, corporate philanthropy, effectiveness, evaluation, impact, impact assessment, monitoring, philanthropy, research quality
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Assessing impact needs a reliable comparison group
This letter discusses an article in Stanford Social Innovation Review and was first published there. “Dressed to Thrive” [in Stanford Social Innovation Review, Winter, 2013] describes the work of Fitted For Work (FFW) in helping women into work. By way … Continue reading
Why policy change takes more than just funding research
This article, written with Annie Duflo, was first published in Alliance Magazine. A pdf version is here. ‘Don’t just tell me what to do, come and help me do it!’ said an Indian government official to a researcher bearing results … Continue reading
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It’s hard to make evidence-driven decisions if loads of data are missing, or garbage
First, missing data. Philanthropic donors, operational charities and others often have to deal with this. Hence unearthing the missing data is a theme in Giving Evidence’s work: Massive emergency aid is now flowing to the Philippines following Typhoon Haiyan. Operational … Continue reading
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Shameful story of Rockefeller and Einstein
This was first published by the Huffington Post. 100 years old this year, The Rockefeller Foundation likes to tell the tale of its founders’ responsiveness and foresight: ‘When a young Albert Einstein sent a request for $500 to John D. Rockefeller’s top … Continue reading
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