I’ve recently written blog posts regarding the importance of outcomes measurement and offering some advice on how to approach the measurement process. For organizations that have embraced outcomes ...

In May, the United Nations (UN) unveiled the first global blueprint for measuring progress beyond GDP. It consists of a ...

Looking at bottom-line results in areas such as spending, sales or profits doesn't help you understand how or why you reached those results or how to improve your performance. Setting goals and ...

It is hard to improve what you can't measure. However, finding ways to measure progress is difficult unless it is directly related to a certain dollar amount. For instance, how do you measure the ...

“If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.” This famous business maxim, along with several variations, have been attributed to renowned management expert Peter Drucker. They’ve motivated ...

Since last summer the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has gone up — indeed, it grew at a surprising 5.7% rate in the 4th quarter — seeming to confirm what we’ve been hearing: the recession is ...

This post originally appeared on the Buffer blog and has been republished with permission. Although there are some people who advocate for dropping all your goals or focusing on systems instead of ...

Why: Why is a framework important to evaluation? A framework offers signposts for guiding the complex work of evaluation. It highlights the context, activities, and intended outcomes of evaluating ...

The importance of evaluating the relative impact of obesity efforts is well known, and the challenges are not new. Those challenges remain, however, far from resolved. Even modest improvement in ...