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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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Study the Data, But Eat the Cake—Put the Human Factor Forward

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Confirmation bias is the tendency to place the greatest value on information that supports your pre-existing beliefs. Predictive modeling reveals future outcomes and trends with greater accuracy than traditional methods, enabling proactive decision-making and change management. You’ll recognize these examples.

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Navigating Nonprofit Data Warehouses: A Comprehensive Guide

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Nonprofits collect and generate vast amounts of data, ranging from individual donors’ contact information to program outcomes, but they often struggle with organizing and utilizing the information effectively. Monitor program impact. This is why data warehouses can have such a significant impact on nonprofits.

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Fostering User Adoption in your Learning Program

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Fostering User Adoption in your Learning Program. As you transition from your outdated Learning Management System (LMS) to your new GyrusAim v16.1.0.4 application it is important to keep in mind your users’ perception of the change. Allowing them to evaluate and discern features of the products which are available to them.

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Combatting Innovation Creep

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Without a vetting and approval process in place, they can end up in the “Wild Wild West” of technology, with redundant or underutilized tools, wasted human capital, and unnecessary expenses. As leaders, sometimes we need to pump the breaks and evaluate things from a different perspective. That is when innovation creep sets in.

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Is the Higher Education Pipeline Shrinking or Just Taking a Nap?

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Some well-paying jobs only require trade school or technical education programs, and those certifications take far less than four years to earn. For some tuition-dependent schools, that increase necessitated cuts in academic programs and personnel and created an inability to backfill positions when tenured faculty retired.

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A Huge Thanks To Guest Bloggers from the Grantmakers for Effective Organizations Conference 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A huge thanks to the small army of guest bloggers, grantmakers, who attended the GeoFunders National Conference taking place this week in Seattle and published blog posts to share their reflections and thoughts. Adene Sacks, Senior Program Officer, Jim Joseph Foundation. Linda Wood, Program Director, Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr.

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