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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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We offer some practical tips, some examples of funders doing this work, and some resources. 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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To Build or Buy a Software Solution: Which is Right for You?

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

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But you also want to respect your grantees’ time and resources and avoid asking them for information that you don’t use or that they have already provided elsewhere. Do you use it to inform your decisions, evaluate your outcomes, or improve your practices? The challenge isn’t knowing what to do. It’s getting buy-in.

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Combatting Innovation Creep

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Schools and other organizations are constantly presented with new applications, software, tools, and resources. As leaders, sometimes we need to pump the breaks and evaluate things from a different perspective. The post Combatting Innovation Creep first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog. Register here today!

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Don’t Let Staff Turnover Affect Your Grantmaking Data Quality

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This effective guide will be a comprehensive blueprint to working at your organization, including links to relevant resources, steps for data entry, and flow charts outlining who is responsible for which tasks. Evaluate the tasks the new user will perform regularly before handing over keys to the system.

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Customized vs. Configurable Software Solutions: Which Should You Choose?

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As we evolve into a society that increasingly relies on software to manage everything from personal communications to banking needs, the debate over the pros and cons of configurable vs. customized solutions is a part of every software evaluation. first appeared on The ENGAGE Blog. You don’t pay for updates.