April 16, 2010 | Read Time: 1 minute
- After getting lackluster results from its evaluation of an antipoverty program, the Bloomberg administration canceled the project. By contrast, microfinance charities stridently defended their work when presented with evaluations suggesting their results were less rosy than anticipated. Timothy Ogden, publisher of Philanthropy Action, criticizes both responses, saying they show an “illogical belief that large, dramatic changes in short time frames are even possible.”
- Katya Andresen, chief operating officer at Network for Good, points out on her blog, Katya’s Non-Profit Marketing Blog that only 10 percent of nonprofit organizations are using mobile communications tools to reach out to potential supporters, according to a study from Kaptivate. The survey found growing interest in mobile technology among nonprofit groups but a lack of confidence in how to get started.
