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As an organization, our work aligns with this “complex,” or systems, context. This means that our approach is all about probing, sensing, and then responding with an understanding that we cannot predict what will happen and that the system is dynamic. Solutions can’t be imposed; rather, they emerge from the circumstances and are often put into action through influence. Our research efforts consists of...
User research: understand and advocate for our target users in all that we do. Provide information about our target market and business landscape as a nonprofit in the financial health space.
Academic research: explore, develop our knowledge, and make new discoveries and insights in the realm of financial health & equity.
Objectives (research)
43%
Research pre-existing and current financial health metrics to gauge the state of financial health measurement and to analyze their shortcomings.
5%
Propose a methodology in developing a universal financial health metric (for young adults in transition) that we can create and distribute to organizations and policymakers.
72%
Publish “The Mango Model: Best practices in the creation of a COVID-19 Open Data Project through a partnership with Google Health and the non-profit FinMango.”
0%
Prove effectiveness of the the financial health metric tool
0%
Secure funding to scale the financial health metric tool
OKR tracker (research)
Objective
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Research pre-existing and current financial health metrics to gauge the state of financial health measurement and to analyze their shortcomings.
Gain an extensive knowledge of financial health through provided research documents and supplementary research.
000
40Compile a list of recent financial health studies and currently used financial health tools.
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50Determine the pros and cons of each financial health metric for data analysis.
000
40Propose a methodology in developing a universal financial health metric (for young adults in transition) that we can create and distribute to organizations and policymakers.
Handpick select metrics from Objective 1 that may be most beneficial to FinMango
000
20Research extra statistics that a tool could be framed around to satisfy the objectives of the tool.
000
10Test a long list of possible questions based on Phase 1 and 2 to ensure their relevance Perfect the wording and do testing to select a subset of questions as candidates for the tool.
000
0Select a short set of final questions that accurately produce the results we hope to find.
000
0Create a scoring rubric to assess the scores.
000
0Propose financial health tool to FinMango for potential production.
000
0Publish “The Mango Model: Best practices in the creation of a COVID-19 Open Data Project through a partnership with Google Health and the non-profit FinMango.”
Draft an introduction section
000
100Draft a methodology section
000
100Draft the discussions/ conclusions, and acknowledgements sections
000
80Tweak the abstract
000
80Submit to a potential publishing journal
000
0Prove effectiveness of the the financial health metric tool
Pilot the tool with up to 100 people
000
0Analyze the data and share with partner(s)
000
0Identify patterns that act as barriers
000
0Secure funding to scale the financial health metric tool
Secure $100k to scale the pilot up to 5k people
000
0Write a paper with the analysis and repeat with increased funding for new areas.
000
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