Shared Measure is a collaborative partner offering expert analytics, strategy development, evaluation & learning, and capacity building solutions in the social sector. Recent projects include using data and insights to show impact and guide improvement, developing strategy frameworks, developing resources and trainings on data sharing and place-based partnerships, conducting field research and landscape analyses, and designing and facilitating groups and communities of practice.
Our services
Data-informed insights
We help identify key results, measures, and establish the internal processes and structures necessary to manage performance. We also provide ongoing data collection, analysis, and reporting services to support continuous improvement.
- Quantitative & qualitative data analysis
- Reporting & analytics
- Dashboards
Strategy development
We help organizations design their efforts to lead to real change and ensure that their practices are operating under conditions where they can flourish. We also engage partners and beneficiaries to ensure diverse perspectives inform the strategies that they’re intended to benefit.
- Theories of change, logic models, and frameworks
- Data strategy
- Cross-sector, multi-partner data sharing
Evaluation & Learning
We help organizations learn from their work by collecting data, inclusing stakeholder feedback and perspectives, to understand what's working, why it's working, and develop strategies to continually improve.
- Measurement & evaluation plans
- Data collection strategies
- Surveys & focus groups
Capacity Building
We help organizations build skills and capabilities to learn and continually improve. We work to build data and learning practice with individuals and teams so that reflection, learning, and action is built into everyday practices and work.
- Technical assistance and training courses
- Toolkits, guides, case studies and other resources
- Facilitating groups and communities of practice
Our team
Geoff Zimmerman, Principal and Founder of Shared Measure, LLC, is a social sector leader with over 25 years experience in developing evaluation and learning frameworks, assessment and survey design, qualitative and quantitative data analysis, and broad scale measurement strategies. He is passionate about helping organizations use data to measure progress, advance opportunity, and deepen their impact. Geoff’s recent consulting projects include supporting data sharing strategies across schools and community organizations, assessing the impacts of training and capacity building activites, assessing the supports and impacts of place-based partnership networks, and design and facilitation of communities of practice. Prior to founding his consulting practice, Geoff spent 20 years in the nonprofit, education, and place-based partnership fields where he helped lead the data-driven impact and improvement efforts of those organizations. Geoff has a BS in business administration from Miami University in Oxford, OH, with majors in organizational behavior and human resources management. He also holds a MBA from the University of Cincinnati.
About us
Shared Measure builds on 25 years experience in the nonprofit, place-based partnerships and education fields. We are passionate about helping organizations to clarify goals and strategies, developing measures to guide the work, and using data and insights to learn and improve.
Contacts
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