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The Manchester Free Software group has invited me to give a talk on GNU-R.

http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Manchester/2010-10-19

We've been busy developing some new products.  We're proud to announce the launch of the Auto-Reporter.

The AutoReporter writes economic and statistical reports automatically.  Our algorithm gathers, analyses, visualises, and interprets data.  Because the process is robotic, it can rewrite whole reports with the tweak of a parameter.  You can follow this link to read a white paper describing the method.  You can may also want to download an example report (showing how the economic downturn will affect Manchester's economy).

This is a brief review of impact evaluation methods.  We consider the: Impact Evaluation Framework for Regional Development Agencies, the English Partnerships Additionality Guide, and the Social Return on Investment method.

We will demonstrate that:

• it's vital to realise that the results monitored by projects should not all count towards a measure of impact (as some of those results may have happened anyway);
• the method of calculating impact may be as interesting as the results of those calculations and, since interpretations may vary, transparency is vital to credibility;
• an appreciation of context is fundamental to successful impact evaluation.

Sorry we've not been in touch since January! Here's an insight into what's been keeping us busy (projects, posts, and publications):

In response to client requests for qualitative methods we've developed a range of tools that we are sharing with our associates.  We hope that you're interested in using these approaches in your projects.

The government has announced a consultation on a new £150m fund (part of HEFCE's strategic development budget) that will invite Towns and cities to bid for new university campuses and centres of higher education. Public agents looking to respond to the competitive bidding process will benefit from the additional resources and specialist skills available from private consultancies.Infonomics offers tools to:

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