APEP's Brand New--and Super Duper--Deputy Director
We're proud to announce that our mighty APEP team has recently doubled in size. That's right, folks: a full 100%. (and you thought we only did qualitative measures). One of these newbies is deputy director
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Jul 13 2012
Jul 06 2012
Telling your Story in Style
We recently came across a very cool tool: Sparkwise. This website helps non-profits select the kinds of online data they want tracked and puts it all together in a user-friendly dashboard. Want to keep tabs on likes and re-posts of your
Jun 29 2012
On Salience
In a provocative op-ed for Al Jazeera, political scientist Tarak Barkawi explains how “9/11 stole my whiteness.” The politics of race in a post-9/11 world is, let’s just say, tricky—and Barkawi underscores the ways in which a singular, tragic moment
Jun 22 2012
Kiss Me, I’m Irish!
As you may know, last Saturday was Bloomsday, an annual celebration honoring Ireland’s greatest export (not Guinness, that other one). We’ve tried to read Ulysses many times—the operative word here being “tried”—and after returning to the novel
Jun 15 2012
Global Health Policy Networks
At our last advocacy evaluation breakfast, American University professor Jeremy Shiffman presented on his work for the Gates Foundation’s Global Health Advocacy and Policy Project. Focusing on what makes for an effective
Jun 08 2012
How Much For That “Like”?
Three weeks ago, we wrote about the challenges Facebook faces in turning a profit from its massive reservoir of user data. Since its IPO went bust, Knowledge@Wharton asks: what is all that data worth?
Jun 01 2012
Digital Advocacy
Remember Komen’s defunding of Planned Parenthood? (Yup, it’s been a few months—ages in our speedy news cycle.) Well, this week The Chronicle of Philanthropy did a piece on Planned Parenthood’s extremely effective social media response.
May 25 2012
Bipartisanship?! Really?
The Kaiser Family Foundation published the results of their latest poll of the American public—this time on spending in global health projects in the developing world. The majority of Democrats (74%), Republicans (66%), and Independents (66%)
May 18 2012
Our Next Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast: A Closer Look at Global Health Policy Networks
Globally, why have deaths from certain conditions declined faster than others? Typically, people’s answers focus on the quality of medical interventions. What’s missing is consideration of the actors: the individuals and organizations
May 11 2012
City as Laboratory
Living Labs Global, a non-profit based in Copenhagen that promotes innovative solutions to urban problems, recently announced the winners of their 2012 awards. Twenty-one cities from around the world participated, and each selected one
