What you don't need to worry about as a startup social entrepreneur; questions to ask yourself when you're hating your work – and warnings worth heeding. This week's highlights from Pioneers Post.
Good impact measurement processes supposedly ensure an investment will achieve the desired outcome. But is that the case? New research from NPC suggests we simply don't know – and that's a real problem.
Impact reports deserve more than the usual platitudes and a superficial glance – but without broad agreement on what makes good quality impact measurement, it’s impossible to learn from each other’s work. Time for a new starting point?
NPC turned 15 this year. But is the think tank and consultancy useful to the sector? We sat down with chief executive Dan Corry to talk impact, effectiveness and influence.
The last cover feature of Pioneers Post Quarterly looked at venture philanthropy. Here, Angela Kail of New Philanthropy Capital urges us not to get too excited about it just yet.