Sarah Sterling

Sarah Sterling is the Director of Impact at Pomona Impact. She has several years of work experience in Central America, including two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in El Salvador from 2010-2012, where she focused on rural education and small business development.

She previously worked for the Center for Social Impact Learning at the Middlebury Institute for International Studies at Monterey, and brings her skills in project development and management, logistics, fundraising, and outreach to the Pomona Impact team. She has a BS from the University of Vermont and a MPA from the Middlebury Institute for Internationals Studies at Monterey.

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August 1
2018
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‘Results’ Don’t Equal ‘Impact’: What the Social Business Sector Can Learn from Non-Profits’ Approach to Impact Measurement

It’s common knowledge that non-profits are often beholden to data-hungry donors - hence their focus on long-term impact assessment. But how those organizations measure impact has implications for the rest of the social sector - including for-profits, which often lack a clear assessment strategy. Sarah Sterling of Pomona Impact ponders how impact measurement can be improved across the sector, and discusses a simple tool used by non-profits that could be extremely useful for social business.

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Entrepreneurship, Impact Assessment

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business, entrepreneurship, Impact Assessment, social business, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship, social impact

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‘Results’ Don’t Equal ‘Impact’: What the Social Business Sector Can Learn from Non-Profits’ Approach to Impact Measurement