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Measurement Does Not Equal Wisdom

Posted August 6, 2008 8:35 AM by Ted Jackson

Melissa Berman, the president of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, recently wrote a white paper titled Data, data, everywhere; and not a way to think. In this paper, she describes the difference between philanthrocapitalism and philanertainment, and the insufficient role that data usually plays in nonprofit outcomes.

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