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Metrics and analysis to change the world. All posts by Nick. How many people are homeless in Portland Oregon? Sources of uncertainty, including semantic ones. It can be exasperating to be asked to define something that everybody knows the meaning of. Consultants are all familiar with the eye-roll that accompanies the question ‘can we define that term? January 2015) isn’t available yet, so let’s look at 2011 and 2013. 2011 point in time count for different definitions of ‘homeless’. 4 ‘Broadest defi...
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Jobs in Texas? | Getting Your First Job in Relief and Development
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Getting Your First Job in Relief and Development. Getting a start in humanitarian aid work. Career Coaching for Relief and Development. July 1, 2015. Q Hi Nick,. Any advice for me on how to get my foot in the door? A Hi Jenni,. Thank you – glad you liked the site! Good luck, and let us know how you do,. From → Questions. Larr; 16 year old with no skills? What subject should I take in school (again)? Leave one →. Matthew van der Wegen permalink. July 7, 2015 10:26 pm. Matthew van der Wegen. You are commen...
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Did Save the Children and Merlin’s merger destroy £30m in annual income? | Effective Action
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Metrics and analysis to change the world. Did Save the Children and Merlin’s merger destroy 30m in annual income? December 13, 2014. I last wrote about Save the Children and Merlin’s merger in January 2014. 8211; and I’m posting this update to reflect Save’s new numbers from their 2013 annual report. Last year we … brought another NGO, Merlin, into Save the Children to help build our frontline health capacity. 8221; Merlin’s website is still active, but they have not posted any financials since 2011.
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What can we learn from very small datasets? | Effective Action
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Metrics and analysis to change the world. What can we learn from very small datasets? October 1, 2013. 8220;We need to evaluate the data not by the standards of a scientific paper, but by the standard of ‘. Does it decrease the degree of uncertainty we have with regard to this decision’.”. The other important element to consider with these kinds of small datasets is context. Since this is a quarterly survey its important to look at it in the context of trend data. Is this an unusual response? Seen in the...
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Will Save the Children and Merlin’s merger help or hurt them? (update) | Effective Action
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Metrics and analysis to change the world. Will Save the Children and Merlin’s merger help or hurt them? January 7, 2014. Mergers remain fashionable in the non-profit world, but the bad news is that statistically speaking they are unlikely to go well. In the for-profit world its a little easier to see this (at least for publicly traded companies) – you can look at the share value of each partner before and after the merger and calculate how much value was gained or lost. Being on the TV every night. The d...
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Career Coaching for Relief and Development | Getting Your First Job in Relief and Development
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Getting Your First Job in Relief and Development. Getting a start in humanitarian aid work. Career Coaching for Relief and Development. Career Coaching for Relief and Development. I have worked with hundreds of people to help them achieve their goal of a career in international relief and development. While this site is the general advice that I give to people interested in the topic, I also get a lot of questions that are very specific and detailed. 1 Setting your goals and creating a job-search strategy.
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Welcome! | Getting Your First Job in Relief and Development
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Getting Your First Job in Relief and Development. Getting a start in humanitarian aid work. Career Coaching for Relief and Development. March 13, 2012. This site is about getting your first job as a humanitarian aid worker. Whether you want to run refugee camps, micro-credit programs or health programs, this is my personal opinion (not my employer’s) about ways to make the transition to international relief and development work. Getting your first job in relief and development. Please read the disclaimer.
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FAQ | Getting Your First Job in Relief and Development
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Getting Your First Job in Relief and Development. Getting a start in humanitarian aid work. Career Coaching for Relief and Development. Q What is the purpose of this site? A I used to run the overseas internship program for a US based international NGO and got asked for my advice on how to get a foot in the door a lot. I’ve also been in the position of being frustrated at not being able to get information on how to break out of the experience catch-22 situation. Q What do you know about this subject?
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How many people are homeless in Portland Oregon? Sources of uncertainty, including semantic ones. | Effective Action
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Metrics and analysis to change the world. How many people are homeless in Portland Oregon? Sources of uncertainty, including semantic ones. It can be exasperating to be asked to define something that everybody knows the meaning of. Consultants are all familiar with the eye-roll that accompanies the question ‘can we define that term? January 2015) isn’t available yet, so let’s look at 2011 and 2013. 2011 point in time count for different definitions of ‘homeless’. 4 ‘Broadest definition’ inclu...So –...
