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Over the last decade, the landscape that NGOs use to communicate with their constituents has shifted dramatically. Instead of organizations and the media being “gatekeepers” and deciding what the public hears, today everyone is at the microphone thanks to social media. But how do you measure your impact? Heather Holdridge, Fenton Communications’ vice president for digital in their D.C. office, and Victoria Marzilli, new media specialist for Oxfam America, examined this issue in an engaging panel at InterAction’s Forum.

The Thursday luncheon plenary---Tough Times, Good Times--Staying Honest with Donors and the Public---began with the presentation of InterAction's annual Excellence Award for International Reporting to Josh Rogin of Foreign Policy magazine and its daily "The Cable" blog. Rogin writes regularly about relief and development issues. 

During some brief remarks, Rogin said that NGOs need to continue their work in international development because it provides essential care to communities in developing countries.

InterAction’s Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Working Group hosted a panel, Cost Benefit Analysis Tools: Proving the Benefit of Disaster Risk Reduction Programs, to discuss tools for measuring the cost versus the benefit of DRR activities and programs and to share experiences of how these tools are used in the field, specifically in Nepal, Vietnam and El Salvador.

The current budget crisis has sparked increased interest in the U.S. budget process. InterAction hosted a timely workshop Thursday morning, “Federal Budget Process 101,” to educate participants about the basics of the budget process. Ken Forsberg, senior legislative manager at InterAction, led a thorough discussion of the process, while the panelists—Khushali Shah, managing director in the Office of the Director of U.S.