View the Resource By Michelle Shumate, Andrew Pilny, Yannick Catouba, Jinseok Kim, Macarena Peña-y-Lillo, Katherine R. Cooper, Ariann Sahagun, Sijia Yang Communication network research is increasingly being used across the communication discipline. However, most social network research is limited in its generalizability because it focuses on either a single network case or ego-centric network data. In order to generate knowledge across network studies, a mechanism is needed to synthesize. This

View the Resource By Michelle Shumate, Yuli Patrick Hsieh, Amy O’Connor Using the symbiotic sustainability model as a framework, this research investigates how many and with which businesses top nonprofit organizations report partnerships. We examined the websites of the 122 largest, most recognizable U.S. nonprofits. These websites included information about 2,418 business–nonprofit (B2N) partnerships with 1,707 unique businesses. The results suggest key differences with previous research on how U.S. Fortune

View the Resource By Katherine R. Cooper, Michelle Shumate Although nonprofit organizations are expected to engage in continuous evaluation, its effectiveness is hampered by limited resources and competing and untested instruments. This paper makes the case for the creation and use of more robust measures in nonprofit evaluation. Specifically, we argue for the involvement of nonprofits in the development of reliable and valid instruments that can be used to benchmark

View the Resource By Katherine R. Cooper, Michelle Shumate There’s been a lot of interest recently in collective impact, for good reason; it’s an exciting approach, and it’s demonstrating a growing track record of positive results. But while collective impact partners are increasingly interested in sharing data to identify best practices, learn from mistakes, and implement changes to improve outcomes, they often don’t know how to use shared data programs

View the Resource By Jennifer Ihm, Macarena Pena-Y-Lillo, Katherine R Cooper, Yannick Atouba, Michelle Shumate, Julia Bello-Bravo, Niango Malick Ba, CléMentine L Dabire-Binso, Barry Robert Pittendrigh Development campaigns designed to scale up effective agricultural solutions often rely on media. Information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) proponents argue that increased media penetration is necessary for such campaigns to succeed. Interviews of 63 extension agents and 200 farmers in Burkina Faso

View the Resource By Sophia Fu, Michelle Shumate This study examines a hyperlink network among non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in China. Using social media activity, indicated by the presence of a profile, length of time since social media adoption, number of accounts followed, and number of posts, we investigate NGOs’ hyper linking behaviors from a holistic media ecology perspective. Drawing from homophily and resource dependence theory, this research aims to understand NGOs’