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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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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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Using the ADDIE for designing your workshop, you arrive at the “E” or evaluation. It is tempting to think of this step as only doing a survey to answer the questions, “Did the workshop accomplish its objectives? Evaluation is one of my favorite parts of the instructional design or training process.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 5, 2016

It has been almost exactly four years since I published Measuring the Networked Nonprofit: Using Data to Change the World , with co-author, Katie Paine. Back then, not many nonprofits were talking or practicing the use of measurement and data to improve nonprofit results. The four key questions are: What data to collect?

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Neon CRM

JANUARY 19, 2024

The specifics of your strategy are going to vary depending on your industry or your members’ interests or any one of a hundred other factors—but there are certain best practices that pretty much all successful nonprofit association strategies have in common. Want some help? Addressing cybersecurity and data privacy is important, too.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 30, 2021

There are three main components to integrating impact management practices in your organization: continuous evidence building, participant-centered program management, and integrated financial management. Because traditionally, impact measurement has been performed by siloed teams, the burden on them to collect good evidence is huge.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 17, 2021

Good questions to ask your team: What kinds of partners have we retained/lost over the last 3+ years? During the discussion, use the following business principles to assist in your evaluation: Churn Rate: Churn rate in its broadest sense is a measure of the number of customers moving out of a collective group over a period of time.

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Qgiv

JANUARY 24, 2024

And what’s even better is we’ve compiled some best practices to help you learn how to make one! These are all questions to consider when crafting your fundraising strategy. You can break this into a few separate steps: Evaluate your current fundraising strategy. Make the goal a stretch, but don’t overdo it.

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Candid

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This shift was marked by commitments of increased funding, greater flexibility in grantmaking practices, and a focus on social and economic systems transformation. My many years of experience collecting and analyzing data as an evaluator naturally lead me to ask: What has been the measurable impact of this important shift?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 21, 2023

Multiple, practical action steps are presented below to advance your fundraising based on the survey results. General guidance for fundraisers Here is general guidance on actions fundraisers can take based on fundraising trends and best practices drawn from the report. Your own careful review of the report is encouraged.

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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. January 2018 : Ok, can we agree on some best practices how to address this as grantors and grantees?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2013

How do you measure your network to learn how to improve outcomes? I’ll be participating in the session, as part of the context setting by giving an overview of themes in my book, “ Measuring the Networked Nonprofit ,” co-author with measurement guru KD Paine. Victoria Dougherty (@VJDConsulting) April 18, 2013.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 4, 2017

Capacity building includes both money (grants), consultants/technical assistance, peer learning/communities of practice, and collaboration. But, like anything else, to improve results, you need to measure it. My colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director. My colleague, Teresa Crawford, Executive Director.

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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. They should put internal controls in place and help write policies to prevent loss, theft, or confusion, using current b est practices.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 9, 2023

Many of us have been in the position of loving an idea on paper but later realizing it doesn’t work so well in practice. Regardless of the feedback, make it a practice to acknowledge it, address it, and when appropriate, implement it. Training as demonstration without evaluation is only an overview. It was too stressful.”

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VQ Strategies

JUNE 4, 2022

However, upon occasion, even those established practices aren’t enough, and an individual’s behavior strays beyond the acceptable. Addressing those gaps can help not only the volunteer in question, but others as well. Yet, a PIP is should not be used as a standard training assessment, nor should it be used for regular evaluations.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Here are some questions to ask yourself: How long does it take for your grantees to fill out your application? Do you use it to inform your decisions, evaluate your outcomes, or improve your practices? It may also not align with the latest trends and best practices in philanthropy. Does your application match your values?

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Hard skills are measurable technical skills or certifications such as CRM management proficiency. Soft skills are typically shown through previous experience and hard skills can be measured through technical assessments. Conduct an initial interview with a predefined set of questions and criteria.

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Pamela Grow

MARCH 14, 2024

Hard skills are measurable technical skills or certifications such as CRM management proficiency. Soft skills are typically shown through previous experience and hard skills can be measured through technical assessments. Conduct an initial interview with a predefined set of questions and criteria.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 24, 2011

And though we are making huge strides as a sector to understand the most effective techniques and approaches to using these tools, we still have a lot to learn about one of the most important areas of social media: measurement. Measuring your activities is as important as what you’re posting, or how many times a day you post.

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Greater Giving

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Online support: Add AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants to your website to answer frequently asked questions, process donations, and provide donors with round-the-clock support. To mitigate this, work as a group to evaluate AI outputs across different demographic groups and address disparities.

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Pamela Grow

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Your nonprofit must know the right safety features to look for when evaluating your CRM or looking for a new one. Consider the following security measures to ensure you invest in secure software: PCI certification: If your CRM offers a payment processor, check to see if it’s PCI-certified. But what does secure software look like?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

It can also be used to measure progress and keep the planning team focused. Do they have budget or timeline questions that could help them better prepare a bid for you? A project charter serves as a compass to keep the team firmly pointed at goals established at the beginning. Who are your key stakeholders and decision-makers?

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BoardAssist

MAY 27, 2014

Gail’s list of 26 practices every board should follow: 1. Recruiting New Members. They enforce term limits, no discussion, no question. They are willing to challenge each other, and willing to ask questions. Self Evaluation Process. They have a board self-evaluation each year and they discuss it frankly.

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DipJar

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

According to SureImpact’s Primer on Nonprofit Impact Measurement , impact is “the quantifiable difference an organization makes … the collective effects (intended and unintended) of a nonprofit’s work on the communities it serves.” In this guide, we’ll answer the most frequently asked questions about nonprofit impact metrics, including: .

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Greater Giving

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this guide, we’ll provide four CRM training best practices. Data Security: Explain the measures in place to protect sensitive information and ensure compliance with relevant data protection regulations, such as GDPR or CCPA. A CRM is the backbone of effective communication, engagement , and fundraising strategies.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 28, 2011

The Networked Nonprofit Practice Model. Putting the Networked Nonprofit ideas into practice and using social media and other emerging technologies will only be success if nonprofits take small, incremental and strategic steps. The Networked Nonprofit Practice Model. Their impact is to make the world a better place.

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Bloomerang

MARCH 30, 2023

Evaluate your volunteer program. Your goals should be SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound. However, if your goal is SMART—specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound—you’ll have a clear benchmark to work toward and measure progress. Develop your volunteer schedule.

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Neon CRM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Strategic Goals and Objectives: Specific and measurable targets the nonprofit aims to achieve. Evaluation and Impact Measurement: Methods for assessing the effectiveness and impact of nonprofit programs. Financial Management: Summary of the nonprofit’s financial situation, including budgeting and accounting practices.

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Forj

JULY 8, 2021

We’re going to cover types of eLearning assessments through the following questions: What is an eLearning assessment? What eLearning assessment best practices can strengthen your courses? Then, we’ll wrap up with a few best practices to take your assessments to the next level. Let’s dive in. .

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Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Coffman stated in their 2004 GuideStar article : “There’s no question that nonprofit organizations have an obligation to manage their finances responsibly. There’s also no question that ratios can be valuable tools for evaluating charitable groups. By themselves, however, these figures can be more misleading than helpful. ”.

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DNL OmniMedia

APRIL 1, 2024

Enhanced data quality : A data warehouse helps you integrate your data into one place, but it also offers the opportunity to reinforce your data hygiene practices. Effective impact measurement and reporting: Nonprofits rely on data warehouses to track and measure their impact over time.

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CauseVox

JULY 18, 2023

Here, we’ll explore the benefits and practical ways to revisit your fundraising plan throughout the year. It’s a good practice to celebrate reaching milestones so everyone involved in the process feels valued and motivated to continue. Evaluate your progress and determine whether you are on track to meet your targets.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 30, 2013

So consider this just the first of many posts related to issues of cultural inclusion, evaluation, and impact. My biggest question for these social psychologists is this: how do we apply their lessons to our work? You can measure the change in that comfort before and after the research activity. Direct questioning.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Recent evidence from the Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) indicates that grantmakers are asking the same questions with slight differences across funders, wasting a significant amount of a nonprofit's time during the application process. Data Handling, Overview, Measurement, Evaluation and Reporting (4 percent).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Last week, I facilitated a mini-innovation lab on measuring impact for grantees of the Google Nonprofit program at the Impact Hub. We spent a fair amount of time framing and reframing the problem and ended up with a question that focused on data collection. My Nonprofit Needs A Data Nerd!

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 10, 2014

But do they measure the real impact we’re making in the lives of our beneficiaries? Can attribution hold up when it comes to measuring the human experience of hope, self-worth, or reconciliation? We ask the question: data for whom? These stories about the needs in our communities are data points of real, positive change.

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