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Shared Measure builds on 25 years of experience in the nonprofit, place-based partnership, and education sectors. We're passionate about helping organizations clarify goals and strategies, develop measures to guide the work, and use data and insights to learn and improve. The core values that drive our work are collaboration, learning, trust building, and action.


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Meet Geoff

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Geoff Zimmerman

Principal & Founder

Geoff Zimmerman, Principal and Founder of Shared Measure, LLC, is a social sector leader with over 25 years of experience 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 learn, measure progress, advance opportunity, and deepen their impact.

Geoff's recent consulting projects include developing tools and resources on how to leverage data & technology in community organizations and partnerships, assessing the impacts of training and capacity building activities, assessing the supports and impacts of national networks, and designing and facilitating 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 an MBA from the University of Cincinnati.

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