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My Notes from Next Generation Evaluation Meeting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The conference was framed around the question: Given the convergence of networks and big data and the need for more innovation, what evaluation methods should be used to evaluate social change outcomes along side traditional methods? These methods included: Developmental Evaluation , Shared Measurement , and Big Data.

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Tell the Packard Foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness Program How You Think They Should Do Their Work!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We have set up a Web site, [link] , to share information and conversation about the ongoing review. Here is a partial list of what we’ve completed as part of this review: Program evaluation based on a sample of 169 OE grants closed in 2007-2009, conducted by TCC Group (2011).

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Using Social Media to Share Research

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Note from Beth: Last Spring, Allison Fine and I did an evaluation report for the Case Foundation on the America’s Giving Challenge 2009. The results make me optimistic about scaling social good by leveraging information. Money is tight, but information is elastic. Every year over 7,800 grants are made in the U.S.

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Book Review: Connecting to Change the World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Peter and Madeleine were the among the pioneers in writing about, designing, facilitating, and evaluating networks in the social impact space. ” This books updates their experiences and provides easily understandable, field-tested information on how to form and manage social-impact networks.

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Where to Start with Interactive E-Reports

NTEN

She asked for some help in identifying interactive e-book resources that she could then use to create an annual report, referencing the 2009 annual report from VolunteerMatch as an example of what she was looking for. Once you've got that figured out, evaluate how your audience is likely to receive that information.

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Research Friday: Ten Types of Collaboration (an alternate view)

ASU Lodestar Center

scholar, student, or professional to highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can inform and improve day-to-day. In fact, all but 18 of the collaborations that were included in the top 177 of the 2009 nominations involved some sort of cost savings through shared overhead. nonprofit practice.

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Speaking too soon

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I did a lot of planning, evaluation and training in the beginning – some on my own, some with Summit Collaborative. It will include visioning and planning, evaluation and training. I thought of your recent discussion of open content in journals, but wasn’t sure what post to add the link to.