How Our Members Use MicroTest
MicroTest has trained over 185 microenterprise organizations since it first began in 1998. Each year, MicroTest member organizations have the choice of participating in the Program Performance data collection effort, the Client Outcomes Data Survey, or both.
• View a list of MicroTest members that participated in last year’s data collection efforts.
• Explore how our members are leveraging MicroTest
Leveraging MicroTest
How have you leveraged MicroTest? Send a brief description and a link, or electronic document, to microtest@aspeninstitute.org
See examples of how our members are:
• Leveraging Data
• Leveraging MicroTest Membership
Latest News Rising Tide cites MicroTest as essential for the growth of the organization. |
Leveraging Data
ACCION USA includes MicroTest Clients Outcomes data in its successful media campaign, “Microfinance isn’t charity, it’s a chance.” They also incorporate outcomes survey data in their annual report.
MercyCorps Northwest cites MicroTest Client Outcomes data to describe its clients’ business successes on its “Who We Serve” Web page.
Opportunity Fund includes MicroTest Client Outcomes data in its “Social Impact” Web page about small business loans. Results from their Client Outcomes surveys are also included in the one-page Social Impact Highlights report on the Small Business Loan Program.
Renaissance Entrepreneurship Center includes MicroTest Client Outcomes data in its “About Us” Web page.
The Plan Fund describes what it gained by joining MicroTest and shares comparative data with stakeholders drawn from MicroTest Program Performance data.
Washington CASH draws on MicroTest Client Outcomes and Program Performance data in it annual report and in its “About Us” Web page.
Women’s Initiative includes MicroTest program performance data in a press kit.
Women Entrepreneurs of Baltimore, Inc., includes MicroTest Client Outcomes data in its “Impact” Web page.
Women's Opportunities Resource Center contracted MicroTest to produce a key findings report to bolster state support for microenterprise, drawing on data from the Client Outcomes surveys conducted by WORC through MicroTest in 2008.
Leveraging MicroTest Membership
ACCION USA cites MicroTest as a key piece of their ability to assess the impact of their work.
First Step Fund thanks its clients for helping it complete its first MicroTest Client Outcomes survey, p.5.
GMEN cites MicroTest as a key piece of its commitment to measuring the outcomes of microenterprise in Georgia.
Hebrew Free Loan Society says MicroTest is “an invaluable management and fundraising tool.”
Iowa Foundation for Microenterprise and Vitality includes its MicroTest membership on its “Who We Are” Web page.
Maine Centers for Women, Work and Community includes information on its MicroTest membership in its “History” Web page.
Northeast Economic Development includes information on its MicroTest membership in its “History” Web page.
Opportunity Fund describes MicroTest as providing sound evaluation and the benefits of knowing, documenting and sharing the impact of their program. They also cite the benchmark and historic trend data as key to their program evaluation efforts.
Rising Tide cites MicroTest as essential for the growth of the organization.
Women’s Economic Ventures includes the MicroTest logo and its membership on its homepage.
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