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November 2010Challenge Your Assumptions: 2011 Conference Agenda Now Available
November 22nd, 2010
What does it take to really move from data to impact? I’m pleased to share with you the agenda for our May 10-11 2011 conference, Better Philanthropy: From Data to Impact, where we will bring together leading thinkers to try to answer that question. ...
Student Feedback: A Missing Link in Education Reform
November 18th, 2010
The following post by Valerie Threlfall, Director of CEP’s West Coast office, was originally published on the Huffington Post. With Joel Klein’s resignation as New York City schools chief, close on the heels of Michelle Rhee’s departure from Washington, DC, there is no shortage of controversy in today’s education community. ...
Your Feedback Informs CEP’s Research
November 10th, 2010
CEP’s research focuses on bringing data to bear on issues central to funder effectiveness, and we strive to develop findings that are as practical and actionable as possible. We are always seeking feedback on the usefulness of our research. ...
Working with Grantees: Why Good Relationships Matter
November 5th, 2010
After nine years providing comparative grantee survey results to some 200 foundations, we still get resistance to the idea that how grantees experience their relationships with foundation funders really matters. “It’s about impact,” foundation officers often tell us. ...
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Will What Was Said in Detroit Stay in Detroit?
While I unable to attend the conference, I was interested in this edition of your blog. As someone who has moved in and out of...
While I unable to attend the conference, I was interested in this edition of your blog. As someone who has moved in and out of...
Lessons from a Risk Taken
I really appreciate your willingness to share this and your assessment of what didn't work out as planned or anticipated. Thanks.
I really appreciate your willingness to share this and your assessment of what didn't work out as planned or anticipated. Thanks.
Lessons from a Risk Taken
Jon, thanks for the comment. If there’s one thing we learned, it’s that the cost in time and effort and dollars were all higher than...
Jon, thanks for the comment. If there’s one thing we learned, it’s that the cost in time and effort and dollars were all higher than...
Lessons from a Risk Taken
Thanks for sharing the lessons learned, and what I sense are second thoughts about the cost/benefit of the whole enterprise. I appreciate the thirst for...
Thanks for sharing the lessons learned, and what I sense are second thoughts about the cost/benefit of the whole enterprise. I appreciate the thirst for...
Foundations and Impact Investing: What Is Really Going On?
Great insight. Sometimes it's great to invest in multiple countries as security as the economy in one country might decrease and increase in another.
Great insight. Sometimes it's great to invest in multiple countries as security as the economy in one country might decrease and increase in another.
