It is important to understand and to be able to describe the impact that your efforts have had on the world. But that should not be the only reason you collect data about your work. Learn new ways to use performance measurement to drive better results, reduce costs and promote rapid innovation. We will draw upon the example and the expertise of One Acre Fund, a self-identified ‘data-driven organisation’, which regularly gathers data to guide their efforts and to foster real-time improvement.
Session Description
Time & Location
Time:
15:00 - 16:15, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 BSTLocation:
Lecture Theatre 4
Speakers
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SpeakerManaging Director, One Acre FundMatthew Forti is the Managing Director of One Acre Fund, now the largest nonprofit social enterprise working exclusively to improve the yields, incomes, and resilience of ~5 million African subsistence farmers. Matt played an instrumental role in One Acre Fund’s founding, helping to raise the seed…
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Speaker-, IndividualAs Director of Analysis & Insight for the Skoll Foundation, Ehren Reed is responsible for assessing the impact and effectiveness of the foundation’s efforts in order to support ongoing learning and evidence-based decision making. He was previously a Director of Innovation Network, a Washington…
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SpeakerCEO, One Acre FundAndrew Youn co-founded One Acre Fund in 2006. Most of the world’s people living on $1-a-day are farmers, and One Acre Fund helps make them more productive. One Acre Fund provides finance, farm input delivery, and training to smallholder farmers. One Acre Fund has 9,000 full-time staff who…