Big Data Needs to be Open Data
Big data. We hear about it regularly, but for someone who is a bit of a techno-slug, who moves at a slow pace of adoption, I wonder sometimes just where all this...
How to Create an Effective Monitoring and Evaluation Framework
In recent years, organizations and employees are being measured not on their stories, but on their numbers. When you introduce your organization, people will always...
Why M&E Is LAME (Or Should Be…)
M&E is lame… As is MEL, MERL, MEAL, PME, and PM&E.
Why do we do M&E? To improve our work surely; but how do we improve? By learning what works,...
5 Unanswered Questions on Expanding Digital Economies in Developing Countries
Recently, the Technology Salon in Washington DC asked if Digital Economies Will Empower or Enslave the Next 4 Billion Mobile Users? While there was a general recognition...
A Free Catalogue of Affordable ICT4D Options
Smaller nonprofits and social enterprises often report outdated, small-scale data on their social impact to their donors and stakeholders. Instead, what if they...
Why Does Your Fundraising Team Have the Best Data Analysis?
During M&E Tech DC, we talked often about the need for program staff to have access to better program performance data and analyze it more often. That usually...