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Author Archives: carolinefiennes
Interesting snippets
Some bits & bobs about evidence & effectiveness in giving. Updated as & when. Anonymous giving seems to prompt higher donations from other people. So says this research, in Britain. We’d have expected the opposite, both intuitively and because of … Continue reading
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What is decent evidence?
‘Evidence is not the plural of anecdote’, wags often say. Sure, but what is it? Evidence comes in many forms, some distinctly better than others. Below is a hierarchy produced by NESTA. Is it any good? Level 1 is essentially having … Continue reading
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Tagged cochrane, evidence, hierarchy, systematic
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What was it about 2003?
This seems to be the Year of Tenth Anniversaries of Good Things: evidently 2003 was a bumper year for setting up entities focused on improving philanthropy, charities and social enterprises. Happy tenth birthday to: Innovations for Poverty Action: a global … Continue reading
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Don’t ask “what’s the impact of this charity?”
Longer article on this topic here—>
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What’s the point of corporate philanthropy?
This essay was first published by Ethical Corporation magazine. Climbing Borneo’s Mount Kinabalu is hard work. Climbers are legally required to hire a guide. Not that it always helps: guides sometimes just abandon the tourists and climb with each other. … Continue reading
Why ‘What’s Our Impact?’ is the Wrong Question
This article was first published by the Skoll World Forum and the Society of Impact Assessment Analysts Since there are so many ways that charities and funders can use their finite resources, they must make choices: choices between competing goals (reduce … Continue reading
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Tagged charity, comparison, effective, effective giving, effectiveness, impact, impact assessment, philanthropy
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Why I’m delighted to join the Advisory Board of Evidence Aid
Boxing Day, 2004. You’re in Sri Lanka, and a tsunami has turned a beautiful day into utter devastation. You’re a doctor and everywhere are ill people, injured people, distraught people: you’re also worried about epidemics of cholera, measles and so on. … Continue reading
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Tagged Disaster, Emergency, evidence, Evidence Aid, Health
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Influential charities you’ve never heard of: Index on Censorship
This was the last in an Advent Calendar for Spear’s Magazine of influential charities you’ve never heard of. It features Index on Censorship. To the heart of the law My cousin had a heart attack the week before Advent. He … Continue reading
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Influential charities you’ve never heard of: IPA
In the run-up to Christmas, Spear’s is highlighting four charities which we recommend you consider supporting. You’ve probably never heard of them, and that’s deliberate. This week is Innovations for Poverty Action, which researches how best to structure development and … Continue reading
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Influential charities you’ve never heard of: Beth Johnson Foundation
This Advent Calendar first appeared in Spears Magazine. Just like investment opportunities, the best charities aren’t necessarily the ones which make most noise or which come to find you. So in the tradition of Advent calendars, each week this Advent … Continue reading
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