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Posted in Data Analysis, Idealistics, Social Services on Nov 23rd, 2008
Our goal at Idealistics is to make it easier for agencies to help their clients better. One way to accomplish this is through the use of data. Geographic analysis is one area that we believe has a great deal of potential to help organizations.
In partnership with the Center for Nonprofit Management, Idealistics will be [...]
Posted in Data Analysis on Sep 18th, 2008
A couple of days ago, I was invited by two of our customers, Reach Out West End and Mental Health Systems Inc, to a presentation by James Mosher, Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Enforcement Policy. Mr. Mosher comes from a community organizing background and had an interesting take on the [...]
Posted in Data Analysis, Technology on Aug 22nd, 2008
The Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) is a great resource for staying up on the latest trends in economic development research. One of their 2007 working papers, Using the Global Positioning System (GPS) in
Household Surveys for Better Economics
and Better Policy written by John Gibson and David McKenzie, talks about different [...]
Posted in Case Management, Data Analysis, Social Services, Technology on Jul 15th, 2008
In a presentation at the Social for Social Innovation at Stanford University (the audio file is available here), Dr. Alana Conner argued for fewer and better evaluations of social service agencies. Her argument hinges on the fact that good evaluations are hard to do. She points out the importance (and difficulty) of finding [...]
Posted in Case Management, Data Analysis, Social Services on Jul 2nd, 2008
I’m sure you all are quite familiar with the debate over non-profit executive compensation and whether or not non-profit professionals should be paid salaries more similar to their for-profit counterparts. This post in the Do Good Well blog draws attention to what matters most when thinking about employee compensation in a non-profit. The blogger writes:
The [...]
Posted in Data Analysis on Jul 1st, 2008
Over the course of several months, from December, 2007 to early March, 2008 Idealistics partnered with the City of Pomona’s Planning and Housing Department to design and administer a survey of its parolee population. During the two months of survey administration, City of Pomona staff collected 106 surveys. In a report analyzing the results, [...]
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