Measuring to Improve (And Not Just to Prove)
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Session Description
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.
Time & Location
Time:
15:00 - 16:15, Wednesday, April 10, 2013
BST
Location:
Lecture Theatre 4
Speakers
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Matthew 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 over 4 million African subsistence farmers. Matt played an instrumental role in One Acre Fund’s founding, helping to raise the seed capital and becoming its inaugural Board Chair. Today Matt coordinates the organization’s global operations, including partnership and business development, corporate finance, monitoring & evaluation, and the organization’s governing boards. Prior, Matt was a Manager at the Bridgespan Group, co-heading its performance measurement practice and working in the global development practice area. Matt received his MBA with distinction from the Kellogg School of Management and BA summa cum laude from Northwestern University. Matt writes extensively on the topic of performance measurement, including through a blog series for Stanford Social Innovation Review.
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As 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, DC-based evaluation consulting firm. He brings over ten years of experience managing research and evaluation projects for grantmakers and grantees in the fields of human services, human rights, and advocacy. He is a diehard promoter of evaluation use and a firm believer in the power of evaluation and learning as a support for effective strategy. He speaks frequently on emerging trends in evaluation and has presented at many sector conferences including Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, the Council on Foundations, Grantmakers in Health, the American Evaluation Association, and the Communications Network.
Ehren earned both a B.A. and M.S. in Education from the University of Connecticut. He is an avid fan of craft beers and Nationals baseball, especially when combined.
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Andrew 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 in East Africa. One Acre Fund has 8,000 full-time staff who serve 1,500,000 families per year, plus 2,500,000+ more families through partnerships. Andrew graduated from Yale, is a former management consultant at Oliver Wyman, and received his MBA from Kellogg School of Management.
