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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. Who manages the monitoring and evaluation?

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Beyond the Audit: 6 Best Practices to Build and Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Audit Firm

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Audit firms have now, however, transitioned to long-term partners, particularly for nonprofits contemplating transformative system or operational changes. The Audit Relationship: Then and Now Change management has not historically been an area where nonprofits consulted their auditor.

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4 Things Large Nonprofits Miss When Redesigning their Website

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It serves as the digital face of your organization and is the main source of knowledge about the programs and issues you work on. This global ecosystem serves as the digital brand and voice of your organization, as well as the main source of knowledge about the programs and issues you work on, and the audience you are reaching.

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How to Get Leadership Buy-in for Streamlining Your Grantee Application

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Do you use it to inform your decisions, evaluate your outcomes, or improve your practices? You can also look at the response rates, completion rates, and error rates of your application to see if there are any issues or challenges. How are you using each piece of data you collect from your grantees?

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Measuring Impact: Feature Article from the Latest Issue of NTEN:Change

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[Editor's note: The following is an excerpt of an article in the December 2011 issue of NTEN:Change. This person will take the helm on laying out tasks in a sequence, informing other staff of their roles and assignments, and providing assistance to people as they complete their parts of the evaluation.

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Essential Strategies for Your Foundation’s Next Website Redesign

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This global ecosystem includes the digital brand and voice of your organization, the main source of knowledge and data about the programs and issues you work on, as well as detailed information about the audience you are reaching. Establish new digital governance and implement change management.

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5 Questions to Ask Your Fund Accounting Vendor

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On-going training and support enable you and your team to take full advantage of the functionality of the system and help you troubleshoot if there is an issue. Our fund accounting buyers guide will show you the best practices for knowing your organizational priorities and evaluating different software.

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