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Items tagged with metrics Comment (5) on Introduce Yourself June-July 2007 (1) in Small Pond Welcoming SpaceSteve Chiu said:
Hi - I'm starting a social enterprise and am in the process of raising funding for the project. I have covered most aspects of the business plan but am hoping to find, through this network, some insights into and suggestions for...Updated 28 weeks ago, Tagged by: Michele -> kids+art+charity (CCAL30), Nicholas Bentley (CCAL30), Mark Grimes
Comment (0) on Focusing on: education relating to the benefits of clean, safe & healthy water (0) in WDI: Simple Solutions to Waterborne Diarrheal IllnessesIn re evaluation of water projects for donation I might first say that I don't have money to donate in the first place;-)
Clearly metrics or standards of measure are important for evaluation. When confronted with decisions to be made most people ra...Updated 30 weeks ago, Tagged by: John Powers (CCAL30), Mark Grimes
Comment (5) on Help Eric Wanjamah to fly to Sweden! (57) in Community - Generaldone for richard
what if we all just try to do our best to do it all;
- stimulate others online (time)
- give money where possible (money/bit time)
- participate in projects online (time/ bit effort)
- participate in o.net project -real world- (...Updated 27 weeks ago, Tagged by: Mark Grimes
Comment (0) on Comments on the new LifeInAfrica.com (0) in Life in AfricaHi John,
This is a good starting point:
1. Clearly defined flow chart of which projects are profit making to produce an income for economic independence.
2. A separation of the profit making business from the charity projects.
3. What percentag...Updated 27 weeks ago, Tagged by: Mark Grimes
Comment (6) on Comments on the new LifeInAfrica.com (0) in Life in AfricaThere has to be a starting point and I'm open to suggestions:
In terms of providing financial information I feel we have at least 3 scenerios:
1. A business that is intentionally deceptive in how the solicit funds and how that money is dispersed.
...Updated 27 weeks ago, Tagged by: Mark Grimes
Comment (5) on Comments on the new LifeInAfrica.com (0) in Life in AfricaCharity Navigator will not help you get to true program vs overhead calculation because they dont have the data. All they use is the IRS filings and that data is completely manipulated.
I come from the for profit/ investing world, so I have been ...Updated 27 weeks ago, Tagged by: Mark Grimes
Comment (15) on An Open Discussion About How Omidyar Network Could Work Better (620) in Community - GeneralHow Omidyar Network Could Work Better
I'm fairly new to o-net and have some suggestions coming from a newcomer to this website. I spend a lot of time reading various threads to learn about the projects that are taking place from profit to non-profit...Updated 27 weeks ago, Tagged by: Mark Grimes
Comment (0) on What is the Global Marshall Plan? (20) in The Global Marshall PlanWhat we have to do is establish predictable connections for people that are just as smart hard working and as imaginative creative smart as we are. To take it to scale that's what I would do. I would have the international organizations, philanthro...Updated 28 weeks ago, Tagged by: Mark Grimes
Comment (5) on What is the Global Marshall Plan? (20) in The Global Marshall PlanA Global Marshall Plan under a different name?
A Call to Action with Former President William Jefferson Clinton at the 2007 Global Philanthropy Forum.
I found this worth listening to as it covered a number of the topics raised here and there is ev...Updated 28 weeks ago, Tagged by: Mark Grimes
Comment (6) on Comments on the new LifeInAfrica.com (0) in Life in AfricaHi Christina,
I've been pondering many questions the last few days and perhaps I can clarify what I was looking for.
1. Clearly defined flow chart of which projects are profit making to produce an income for economic independence.
2. A separation ...Updated 28 weeks ago, Tagged by: Mark Grimes
Comment (5) on Project: Water Filters in Africa (0) in UCSC's CMPS80J Technology Targeted at Social Issues>>The question I mainly have is if the money numbers work. Can poor people pay for water? Will they? Will they pay enough to repay the loan for the filter? How cheap would the filter need to be to make it work?<<
Good questions. (and in I like this...Updated 30 weeks ago, Tagged by: Mark Grimes
Comment (21) on Help give feedback to four Net2 projects (0) in Community - GeneralOn social impact...the comments have focused on + changes: What will be improved, increased, etc.
Something else to keep in mind is the net social impact based on potential negative impacts. For every plus, is there a minus? What if helping one gro...Updated 30 weeks ago, Tagged by: Mark Grimes
Comment (11) on Facilitating Flow (0) in Targeted CurrenciesI think I've got a better handle on how to communicate about the importance of currencies in facilitating flow. It came from trying to communicate with my geeks doing software development, why they should care about the currency stuff we're building...Updated last year, Tagged by: Arthur Brock (CCAL30)
Comment (5) on How do we NOT talk about currency? (0) in Targeted Currencies *This is excerpted and patched together text from an IM dialogue with Jean. It illustrates a new non-currency way of talking about these things.* Also, see a more coherent post about this topic.
"Packetizing" Information
Think of computer netwo...Updated last year, Tagged by: Arthur Brock (CCAL30)
 Philo Related Projects (0) in Uplift ExpeditionsUpdated 2 years ago, Tagged by: Arthur Brock (CCAL30)
AlternativeCurrency (0) in Uplift ExpeditionsUpdated 2 years ago, Tagged by: Arthur Brock (CCAL30)
Comment (10) on UPLIFT EXPEDITION: The Philo as a Means of Stimulating Microenterprise at omidyar.net (0) in Uplift ExpeditionsNorbert, actually I think you may be pointing to the opposite of what I'm talking about. Measure what you actually value.
If what you value in church is showing up for services, then measure that. If you value something else (like christian acts...Updated 2 years ago, Tagged by: Arthur Brock (CCAL30)
Comment (5) on UPLIFT EXPEDITION: The Philo as a Means of Stimulating Microenterprise at omidyar.net (0) in Uplift ExpeditionsRegarding Second Life...
Their currency is NOT backed by US dollars. It is used in their "in-world" economy and is doled out to people based on some fairly arbritrary rules. They have restructured their in-world currency a couple of times to make ...Updated 2 years ago, Tagged by: Arthur Brock (CCAL30)
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