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%)
Save the Date: Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast on Dec. 15th Colleagues from the United Nations Foundation will be dropping by on Dec. 15th at 8:15am to describe their new internal performance management plan designed to quantify and measure advocacy impact. Central to the plan is the concept
Think Global Your pals at APEP work for the scrupulously non-partisan and open-minded Aspen Institute. We convene folks and let the Ideas fall where they may. Everyone knows that the 2012 election is all about jobs here in the US of A. But we’re glad that the GOP
You've Got Mail The Congressional Management Foundation just released “How Citizen Advocacy is Changing Mail Operations on Capitol Hill” incorporating results from their latest survey of congressional staff. The report shows that from 2005 to 2010 there
Join Us for Breakfast at the Aspen Institute on Oct. 4th at 8:15am When The California Endowment wanted to evaluate the impact of their Clinic Consortia Policy and Advocacy Program (an 8-year, $18.8 million, multi-site project), they turned to Annette Gardner for help. At our Advocacy Evaluation Breakfast on Oct. 4th,
A Question of Trust WAND offered a webinar with the Demos Institute on “Making the case for government”—a timely topic. As pollster Stanley Greenberg argued in the New York Times, the debt ceiling crisis was driven in part by declining public trust in government’s
The Elusive Craft of Evaluating AdvocacyWe were intrigued that the Stanford Social Innovation Review’s summer edition featured a cover story on advocacy evaluation. Steven Teles & Mark Schmitt describe the complex nature of political processes and make the case for funding advocacy.
The Government is Out of Touch With the Average AmericanAnd the average American knows how to reduce the deficit. According to a Program for Public Consultation study released yesterday, most Americans would cut defense spending, increase taxes and spend 130% more
