All Blog articles
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Standing out from the crowd
By Matt van Poortvliet.
On 22 March 2011.
First used by cattle farmers, made popular by Labour politicians, ringfences are now out of favour.
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Getting started with cost-benefit analysis
By Sarah Keen.
On 21 March 2011.
Cost-benefit analysis is not the boiled egg of impact measurement—Delia Smith would not include it in ‘How to measure impact, part 1’.
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Helping grantees focus on impact
By Sarah Hedley.
On 18 March 2011.
How can a funder provide extra support and advice in addition to money without being seen as interfering unnecessarily?
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A sporting chance
By Matt van Poortvliet.
On 17 March 2011.
Sport is a national obsession. For many, it is source of inspiration and an integral part of life.
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A Tale from Tanzania
By Lena Baumgartner.
On 15 March 2011.
I spent 2 weeks in Tanzania to help a family foundation find new grantees in the area of water, sanitation and hygiene—a dire need in a country where ....
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Getting the word out
By Matt van Poortvliet.
On 9 March 2011.
You’ve done your painstaking research and written your report. Then someone in the communications team says something about ‘dissemination’.
Good ideas, effective research, independent thinking.