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Flat, Tall, or In Between—Is It Time to Evaluate Your Organizational Structure?

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Initiatives are undermined by silos, turf wars, and poor collaboration. No matter how expertly executed, switching roles and responsibilities is disruptive. You can take baby steps and evaluate which strategies are successful and which are not. Collaboration among business units is facilitated and encouraged.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed. Who decides what is measured?

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Build a Mission-Worthy Team

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Bell’s work will play a large role in their success. It’s not difficult to evaluate when someone has the right background and experience to do a job. Our interview process is rigorous. There are role-playing exercises, and the final activity is a cultural fit session. This process ensures that we hire the right people.”

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Going Beyond the Dollar: The Community Leadership Role of Foundations

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Foundations play a crucial role in supporting nonprofit organizations and driving positive change within communities. By embracing a community leadership role, foundations can amplify their impact and empower grantees to achieve long-term, sustainable success.

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Lead From the Human Side of Technology

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That dramatic entrance has changed the role of CTOs. Digital platforms and processes infuse every business activity. As a result, IT leaders are called on to share their wisdom with the rest of us, and they are challenged to help us collaborate in ways that are unfamiliar and sometimes uncomfortable. EI is not a new concept.

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10 Things to Look for When Evaluating a Grant Proposal

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The application process is an organization’s first real look at how you work with grantees. Ensuring that your foundation makes impactful grants to the right nonprofit partners starts with a thorough proposal evaluation. What specific roles will the partners play, and how will their activities be tracked? Program Partners.

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How Grantmakers Can Improve Collaboration Through Empathy and Experimentation

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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. Collaboration in a Crisis.