ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I am still evaluating the lessons learned. Kristine’s Story The goal of the Kitchen Cabinet was to talk about the great things restaurants do in Milwaukee. Here’s an example from my experience. The goals were to talk about the great things that restaurants do in their communities. More likely to achieve their goals.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin approaching these difficult conversations. They are activities that are frequently governed and controlled by policies and procedures, such as: Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin conversations about risk.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

Examine your event goals. . The first step is to critically examine your event goals. What was your goal for throwing your event? . Did you have a clear, measurable goal for throwing it? When you got back into the office, did you revisit your goal to see if you achieved it? So, what event goals should you set?

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.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

Although you’re probably not recruiting a team for an extreme experience, it can be helpful to begin thinking about team building from Bell’s perspective. “A It’s not difficult to evaluate when someone has the right background and experience to do a job. Strive to include a diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and thoughts.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

By Jessica Fox , writer at Eventgroove – a one-stop, integrated platform for events, fundraisers, and e-commerce driven to help its customers amplify their brand and reach their goals. That’s information you can use to do things like create personalized donor experiences , build membership, and identify advocates.

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.orgSource

APRIL 22, 2024

Create Space for Evolution Don’t fixate on giving every goal a finite timeline. It opens services and activities to ongoing evaluation and adjustment. Share your vision for the organization broadly and identify how staffers contribute individually to those goals. Many initiatives can, and should, continue to grow.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

If no one on your team combines the skills of a hand-holder, diplomate, ambassador, influencer, and adept translator of member-speak, it may be time to consider hiring a chief experience officer. Marketers are becoming aware of the important links between experience, persuasion, and the bottom line. Isn’t that a CMO’s job?

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DNL OmniMedia

JANUARY 15, 2021

A nonprofit technology assessment is an evaluation of the digital maturity of your organization. The end goal is to discover opportunities to optimize your tech stack further. Remember— the goal of one of these assessments is to discover areas to optimize your existing tech stack. What is your main goal for the assessment?

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.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

Motivation— supports developing strategy, setting goals, and staying focused. Ensure a long-term commitment to the process by Incorporating EI into your organization’s values and performance evaluations. Ask questions that invite self-evaluation. Provide recognition and compensation that reflect its importance.

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.orgSource

APRIL 1, 2024

Align Strategy and Marketing Align strategic goals with marketing initiatives , and ensure that all teams understand their role and responsibility to deliver results.orgSource Vice President Marketing Communications, Jane Pearson, offers this advice: “The marketing department is not just an external brand ambassador.

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Candid

MAY 13, 2024

In a 2022 survey, nearly 70% of respondents cited building measurement, evaluation, and learning capabilities as a critical area in which they would like to invest. In our study How Philanthropic Collaboratives Measure, Evaluate, and Learn , we examined three levels of impact: grantees, systems or fields, and donors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 17, 2021

To find it, keep your unique goals in mind as you explore this guide to determine what’s possible. To begin, ask yourself how can fundraising software help you achieve your organization’s goals? Goals can include: Gain insight into donor data through reporting and data analytics. Are they financially secure? Show and tell.

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Byte Technology

DECEMBER 15, 2021

To Determine Your Goals for the Coming Year. Those written goals will serve as an overview map for you and your leadership team. Again, the goal is to be proactive and prepared instead of perpetually reactive. A Strategic Marketing Plan brings goals into the picture. Haven’t tried email marketing yet?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 9, 2013

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? I followed the developmental evaluation thread most closely. Here are my notes.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Survey the office and evaluate the comfort quotient. Plans can be tailored to your group’s needs and goals. The goal is to get one or more executives to sponsor the initiative. Although I doubt that many organizations still need a Casual Friday, if your group is a holdout, this is an easy, high-impact fix.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 8, 2024

Try taking these EI quizzes for a more comprehensive self-evaluation. Motivation— supports developing strategy, setting goals, and staying focused. Constructive criticism makes you uncomfortable or even angry. (Be Be honest about this.) You hold grudges and have difficulty moving on after a challenging conversation.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

A global biological disaster was unique in our current experience. But scenarios are also a tool that can be used to evaluate longer-term initiatives. The goal is to develop short, mid, and long-range strategies with flexibility baked into the design. Here’s an example from my experience. But COVID reinforced that lesson.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

One goal was to identify how the pandemic impacted their business models. If your members experience a shift in their professional direction, adjusting the organization’s purpose is critical to keep pace. They point to long-term aspirational goals. That’s why they also deserve frequent exploration and evaluation.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

How are Nonprofit’s Financial Goals Different? It’s a common misconception that nonprofits don’t focus on financial goals since they’re not generating a profit. In fact, most nonprofits require a minimum level of fundraising each year to reach their mission goals. fund accounting software. the use of?funds

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Candid

JANUARY 24, 2023

In September 2022 (and thanks to support from our Innovation Fund, which you can learn more about in Candid CEO Ann Mei Chang’s open grant report to MacKenzie Scott ), we decided to dive into creating short-form videos for social media to evaluate the potential benefits. This experiment was (mostly) a success.

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

The Critical Questions will prompt you to evaluate your organization’s current status. Does your governance structure help or hinder your progress towards goals? Are you creating the best possible experience for volunteers? What could you do to enhance the volunteer experience? It does the association a disservice.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

To successfully implement changes to your grantmaking application, you need to communicate the benefits of data-driven and user-centered design to your leadership, tie the benefits to your organization’s overall goals, and involve your leadership in the decision-making process. Do you analyze it, report it, or share it with your stakeholders?

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Association Analytics

JULY 20, 2021

While usage is a great data point to evaluate your product’s success, there’s so much more to consider when weighing the options to build an in-house solution or use an off-the-shelf product. Throughout the evaluation process, it’s important to keep your association’s unique goals and success metrics top-of-mind.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

It took Tech Networks of Networks almost two years to organize and implement a series of candid dialogues about data and evaluation for grantors and nonprofit grantees, and now it’s complete. What you see here are a few notes that reflect my individual experience. Meanwhile, I’d like to offer my own recommendations.

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Greater Giving

MARCH 7, 2023

Donor engagement at events starts with careful planning Begin by defining your target audience, setting clear goals, and identifying the best event format to achieve your objectives. Once you have decided on the event, think about the attendee experience and create a plan to engage donors before, during, and after the event.

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sgEngage

APRIL 26, 2024

Six Best Practices for a Stronger Audit Relationship Now, however, nonprofits and auditing firms are more likely to share and leverage their diverse experiences to better collaborate with one another. Think of your auditors as trusted advisors to assist your organization in achieving its goals. Collaborate Audits are a team sport!

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Greater Giving

MARCH 22, 2024

We are in the season of renewal, and it’s the perfect time for nonprofit leaders to re-evaluate their fundraising strategies for spring. Reassess Your Goals and Audience Align with Donor Preferences Spring cleaning isn’t just for closets! Take a fresh look at your fundraising goals for the year.

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Volunteer Hub

MAY 18, 2023

Explore how these surveys can provide crucial insights, elevate the experience for volunteers, and optimize processes, to help nonprofits better achieve their mission. To optimize volunteer engagement and ensure a positive experience for both volunteers and organizations, implementing a volunteer engagement survey is an invaluable tool.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

Volunteers can have an enormous impact on reaching your goals. The challenge that many nonprofits experience is that volunteers start out excited, but the excitement soon fades, and so does their participation. Often, the cause for diminished involvement is that the volunteer experience isn’t quite what they expected.

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sgEngage

MARCH 19, 2024

In this blog post, we will share some insights and best practices from our recent webinar, Change Up Your Questions: Exploring and Shaping What You Ask Grantees and How You Ask Them , where Marshall Ginn of Capital Philanthropy discussed how to evaluate and improve your application questions. What am I looking for with this question?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Going for Goal: Shared Knowledge Inspires Successful Giving Days. The network was a new way of learning and interacting with our Knight community foundation partners, and it worked well; the seven participating foundations with 2013 campaigns surpassed their goals, and participants said the sessions had a big influence on their work.

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Bloomerang

JULY 28, 2021

Define your project and the project goals. This will help you discern what you really need in a consultant, how you will evaluate their suitability up front, and how you will hold them and yourself accountable throughout the project. These will likely include: Goals – The S.M.A.R.T. Why is this goal important?

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

In other words, your Board should help you see problems before they occur, they should evaluate how well things are working, and they should help you find new and better solutions. Plus, it’s responsible for ensuring that you meet goals and keep promises to the public, donors, and beneficiaries. And what should they NOT be doing?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 11, 2021

Frankly, the search, evaluation, interview, and selection process can be very rigorous and time-consuming. As we stated in part one of this series , setting SMART goals for the process is key. . Set a SMART goal. Have you evaluated your public-facing JEDI statements and practices? . Go where the candidates you want are.

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 22, 2023

But before you can move ahead in your search, evaluation, purchase, and implementation of new AMS technology, you still need one thing: board approval. Creating a business case requires you to review your organizational goals and challenges and the potential benefits a new software solution can provide.

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sgEngage

MAY 30, 2023

Understanding Community Leadership Community leadership involves actively engaging with local stakeholders, identifying shared goals, and working collaboratively towards achieving them. Evaluation and Learning: Foundations can provide grantees with robust evaluation frameworks and support them in measuring their impact effectively.

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