Summary: Today on Cause Talk Radio, Megan and Joe talk to Leslie Engle Young, Director of Impact at Pencils of Promise (PoP), about how the how organization has become a top philanthropic brand by smashing its goal of increasing access to quality education for children in the developing world. On the show, Megan, Leslie and Joe discuss: - How Leslie got involved with PoP - and she owes it all to Bob Dylan! - Why PoP created a position specifically focused on impact. Should other nonprofits have this role? - What metrics does Leslie measure to determine PoP's effectiveness? Focus is on outcomes not outputs. - How important is data to PoP? - How PoP moves a new program from Pilot to Beta toIntegration. - PoP's quarterly transparency report and why an annual reports wasn't enough. "We want people to see where we are succeeding and where we are struggling." - How PoP communicates with its stakeholders. - PoP's WASH program that teaches kids about WATER, SANITATION and HYGIENE. "If you're not healthy you can't/won't go to school!" - The challenges of being a metric-focused and data-driven organaztion that works in the Third World. - What are PoP's 2017 goals? **Links & Notes** - [Pencils of Promise](https://pencilsofpromise.org/ "Pencils of Promise") - [Cause Talk Radio 88: Pencils of Promise Founder Talks About Building Schools, Cause Marketing](http://rashpixel.fm/causetalkradio/88 "Ep88: Pencils of Promise Founder Talks About Building Schools, Cause Marketing") - [Care Counts School Laundry Program Exposes Link Between Clean Clothes and Attendance](http://www.whirlpoolcorp.com/care-counts-school-laundry-program-exposes-link-between-clean-clothes-and-attendance/ "Care Counts School Laundry Program Exposes Link Between Clean Clothes and Attendance")
