# Performance Management of Blockchains for Social Impact with Michael Cooper

- Channel: [Ethereum Denver](https://streameth.org/ethereum-denver)
- Date: 2023-10-07
- Duration: 19:38
- Topics: Entertainment
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-JTPhU36dJSU
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTPhU36dJSU

## Description

If blockchain is to be used at scale to achieve social impact, it needs a framework for effective performance management that integrates social impact and blockchain workflows using a common lexicon and key performance indicators. Through research initiatives with the University of Notre Dame and with colleagues from BlockScience and SIMBA Chain, we have developed this framework we call BIF, the Blockchain Impact Framework. It is currently being used with the Innovation Hub of the British Foreign Assistance Agency (UKAID) and has been trained on with the World Bank. This framework builds operational bridges between the emerging Web 3.0 specialties of crypto economics and token engineering, along with the skill sets and functions for each layer of blockchain architecture, with traditional social impact disciplines. These bridges allow for the creation of evidence that can easily be used within performance management of individual applications in addition to higher level policy and guidance decision making.

Michael Cooper
Principle Expert
Impact Plus
Michael Cooper is considered an expert in Policy, Evaluation and Research given his 16 years of experience providing these services to various UN agencies, UKAID, the World Bank, USAID, Millennium Challenge Corp, the U.S. State Dept and numerous NGO’s and impact inventors. Michael specializes in Measurement, Evaluation and Performance Management for blockchain applications in the social impact space. His work includes creating the initial Learning Agendas for the adaptive use and performance measurement of blockchain for Social Impact with the Univ of Notre Dame, research and advisory services to World Bank and trainings for USAID Missions on Web 3.0 solutions.