ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

As nonprofits attempt to tackle some of our communities' most difficult problems; funders, government agencies and the general public are actively calling for accountability, transparency and proof that a program is producing change. This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. Guide to building evaluation capacity.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today’s business leaders are faced with many challenges: intense competition, increased regulation, and the need for constant innovation. Specifically, you’ll learn about Horwath’s Strategic Quotient (SQ) , a validated assessment tool which evaluates an individual’s ability to lead and think strategically.

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Candid

MAY 1, 2024

To understand how Candid products can best serve our users, we need to know what problems those users are trying to solve. What problems are we trying to solve? For straightforward problems, we produce one design and ask users to confirm that it should work. And as our design and engineering teams build, we test.

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Nimble AMS

JUNE 29, 2023

Often, the road is wi nding, filled with challenges and opportunities for your organization to grow. Your consultant might help you identify the answers to these questions: What does your organization hope to achieve with a new AMS? What problems are you hoping to solve with new technology? Help ask AMS vendors tough questions.

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.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

A new threat is building in the wake of every previous challenge. Learn Through Challenge Resilience goes beyond successfully recovering from a setback. Learn Through Challenge Resilience goes beyond successfully recovering from a setback. Yes, it involves assessing the situation and addressing problems.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Impact Challenge ” is based on Google’s belief that artificial intelligence can provide new solutions to old problems and improve people’s lives. I recently interviewed Brigitte Hoyer Gosselink, Head of Product Impact, who designed the challenged to learn more. Agency for International Development and for an international NGO.

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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

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Use Ability To Tame the Unknown To say that predicting the future of work will be challenging is a gross understatement. Lifelong learners, problem-solvers, innovators, and creative thinkers don’t want to work in an intellectual vacuum. These are questions to ask: Is everyone a competent user of the available software platforms?

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Imagine you’re teed up for a jackpot question on Jeopardy. We were perfectly positioned to contract with experts who could solve these complex problems for our customers.” That’s why they also deserve frequent exploration and evaluation. Societal shifts, such as the pandemic, are another reason to evaluate priorities.

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.orgSource

APRIL 17, 2023

Summit makes short work of analyzing plenty of tough problems. Applying reflection, reasoning, and individual experience to problem-solving is not part of the Summit supercomputer program, but it is an approach that is invaluable in making advantageous business decisions. quadrillion floating-point operations per second.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Today’s business leaders are faced with many challenges: intense competition, increased regulation, and the need for constant innovation. Specifically, you’ll learn about Horwath’s Strategic Quotient (SQ) , a validated assessment tool which evaluates an individual’s ability to lead and think strategically.

Leadership 58

Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 58

NTEN

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

While technology for nonprofits is a win for nonprofits, a question exists about what shapes this technology’s development. It’s inefficient, costly, and it means that nonprofits will always need to evaluate, at some point or another, when to leave one large platform ecosystem behind for another.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

The challenge is part of the fun, right? In the age of AI, “Leadership will be about setting the right questions, rather than just finding the right answers.” Strategists are visionaries, facilitators, and problem-solvers who inspire curiosity. Stuff” is coming your way. No leader expects an easy ride.

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Leadership Associations Skills Digital 170

sgEngage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As leaders, sometimes we need to pump the breaks and evaluate things from a different perspective. Some questions I ask myself: Does the purpose of this new technology align with our school mission and strategic plan? Does it solve a unique problem, or does it solve it more effectively than the software we currently have?

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Candid

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Grant reports provide a formal way for us to share how we used grant dollars, what we accomplished, and what challenges we faced. Our approach to simplifying reporting Reporting templates often ask similar questions in slightly different ways. Grant reporting helps nonprofits evaluate their efforts and be transparent.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 13, 2021

What problems are you trying to solve? The goal is after reading the scope, the prospective vendor should have a clear idea of your overall objectives, the problems you are trying to address and solve with the redesign, target audiences, which features are most important, and technical and other constraints. Target audiences.

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sgEngage

OCTOBER 9, 2023

If we had known the full consequences of Steve Jobs showing us that first iPhone on stage in 2007 and its impacts on our lives, attention, interactions, children, environment, physical and mental health, what hard questions would we have asked? We didn’t ask. Generative AIs have the power to transform education.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 29, 2022

The challenge that many nonprofits experience is that volunteers start out excited, but the excitement soon fades, and so does their participation. Sometimes the most challenging part about creating a plan is getting started. Giveffect, for example, offers online applications with options to customize fields and questions.

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Candid

JUNE 8, 2023

Chatbots developed by nonprofits for programs and services have faced challenges at times as well. For example, DoNotPay , a legal services chatbot designed to challenge parking tickets and navigate small claims courts, faced criticism for potentially oversimplifying legal issues and providing inaccurate advice.

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ASU Lodestar Center

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Make sure you know what the actual crisis is by listening, asking open-ended questions, and challenging assumptions. It is only when you completely understand the problem that you know how to get your organization through it. Ask the questions: What is working? Maintain situational awareness. What are we doing well?

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Philippines Children Lesson Arizona 98

Volunteer Hub

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Supervising volunteers can be a challenging task. Evaluation Process. 10 Volunteer Satisfaction Survey Questions to Ask. Volunteer Satisfaction Survey: Solve Problems by Asking the Right Questions. Effective supervision can empower your volunteers to reach goals and do their best work. Expectations. Objectives.

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Volunteer Management Tips Training 92

sgEngage

JULY 12, 2022

Knowing that applicants are also prioritizing DEI is important, and there are now questions to that end on the grant application. A report from the Equitable Evaluation Initiative found that some perceived “best practices” or unspoken norms in grantmaking may actually have a negative impact on equity efforts.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 13, 2018

” The nickname “brainstorm sessions” because participants were using their brains to storm a problem. Avoid any discussion of ideas or questions, as these stop the flow of ideas. Brainstorming generates creative solutions to a problem in the hope of finding the best solution. Free-wheeling.

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sgEngage

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Essence of knowledge After more than two decades in the knowledge field—located at various times in community program evaluation, academia and philanthropy—I have come to the conclusion that our biggest problem in maximizing knowledge work is that we too often conflate knowledge with learning. Information is all around us.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? During his research, Ng identified the most universal problems early-career professionals face. They do whatever they can to solve problems on their own before involving others. What metrics will you be evaluated against?

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

If someone has a legitimate question, they call the appropriate person before the Board meeting to ask. Questions about minor issues can be handled in those calls. Overcoming Challenging Board Members Almost every small and growing nonprofit Board has problems. People-problems are harder to fix. Solution: Redirect.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? During his research, Ng identified the most universal problems early-career professionals face. They do whatever they can to solve problems on their own before involving others. What metrics will you be evaluated against?

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Job Interview Articulate Problem 52

sgEngage

AUGUST 9, 2022

For example…” What was interesting is that after they made these types of statements, what they all went on to share about how they granted funds, vetted applications, organized their boards, and the process by which they evaluated their grantee partners was very, very similar. Testing Your Assumptions.

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Bloomerang

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Every change, every burst of creativity, begins with the identification of a problem or opportunity that somebody finds meaningful. They didn’t shy away from challenges; they offered stakeholders meaningful ways to engage with the swiftly evolving issues of the day. This is the problem we’ve agreed to focus on today.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2021

Get ready to use the evaluation matrix you created. The matrix is the tool you will use for candidate screening, evaluation, and interview outcomes. Remember to stick to the questions you developed in advance. The questions can be asked in rotation. . Make sure you’ve clearly defined these things in advance: .

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

APRIL 26, 2021

Ng’s interviews included asking these questions: What are the most common mistakes people make at work? During his research, Ng identified the most universal problems early-career professionals face. They do whatever they can to solve problems on their own before involving others. What metrics will you be evaluated against?

Job 52

Job Interview Articulate Problem 52

Forum One

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Some common challenges amongst organizations include: Not knowing where to start. No matter your biggest challenge, the ticket to solving those issues is figuring out how to break down these silos and make your data analysis easier. Here are a few sample questions you might consider adding to your list: How fast are we growing?

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 7, 2021

Our Ask An Expert series features real questions answered by Claire Axelrad, J.D., Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on how to encourage their Development Director to take meetings with major donors. . It’s challenging to do this from behind a desk. Please submit your question here.

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fusionSpan

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Scoring of how good a new lead or prospect is, so your team knows who to prioritize in their interactions, and so you can evaluate the effectiveness of your marketing. Natural language processing to automatically recognize and classify the intent behind a member’s question or request. Automate aspects of your member journey.

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CauseVox

JANUARY 20, 2023

And it’s important to routinely ask the questions: “How are we doing? Threats External factors that may pose a risk or challenge to an organization. May not identify root causes: A SWOT analysis may identify problems or issues, but it does not necessarily identify the root causes of those problems.

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ASU Lodestar Center

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In looking at the problem from the perspective of smaller nonprofits serving high needs communities with growing multifaceted issues, sustainability becomes even more daunting. Answer the question – What community need am I responding to, and how does a social enterprise approach meet the need versus a traditionally funded program model?

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DNL OmniMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

While there are many technology consultants available, take the time to evaluate what they specialize in and the services they provide. Be sure to include evaluating consultants in your timeline, as this process can often take weeks to months. Reach out to candidates with questions if you need additional context to make a decision.

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