Category Archives: Conference Blog
Conference Blog: Catapult Labs 2012
Did you miss the Catapult Labs conference on May 19? Then you missed something extraordinary. But don’t worry, you can get the recap here. The event was sponsored by Catapult Design, a nonprofit firm in San Francisco that uses the … Continue reading
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Measuring Impact: Integrating Evaluation & Design (Workshop May 19 in SF)
Interested in design for social change? Curious about how to measure the social impact of your designs? Check out my upcoming San Francisco workshop—Measuring Impact: Integrating Evaluation & Design–taking place on May 19 as part of CatapultLabs: Design Tools to … Continue reading
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Conference Blog: The Harvard Social Enterprise Conference (Day 2)
What follows is a second series of short posts written while I attended the Social Enterprise Conference (#SECON12). The conference (February 25-26) was presented by the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School. I spent much of the day … Continue reading
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Conference Blog: The Harvard Social Enterprise Conference (Day 1)
What follows is a series of short posts written while I attended the Social Enterprise Conference (#SECON12). The conference (February 25-26) was presented by the Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School. What is a social enterprise? The concept … Continue reading
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Evaluation Capacity Building at the African Evaluation Association Conference (#3)
From Tarek Azzam in Accra, Ghana: Yesterday was the first day of the AfrEA Conference and it was busy. I, along with a group of colleagues, presented a workshop on developing evaluation capacity. It was well attended—almost 60 people—and the … Continue reading
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The African Evaluation Association Conference Begins (#2)
From Tarek Azzam in Accra, Ghana: The last two days have been hectic on many fronts. Matt and I spent approximately 4 hours on Monday trying to work out technical bugs. Time well spent as it looks like we will … Continue reading
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From the African Evaluation Association Conference (#1)
Hello my name is Tarek Azzam, and I am an Assistant Professor at Claremont Graduate University. Over the next few days I will blog about my experiences at the 6th Biennial AfrEA Conference in Accra, Ghana. The theme of the … Continue reading
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Conference Blog: The Wharton “Creating Lasting Change” Conference
How can corporations promote the greater good? Can they do good and be profitable? How well can we measure the good they are doing? These were some of the questions explored at a recent Wharton School Conference entitled Creating Lasting … Continue reading →
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