ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. In your organization, this may look like negative attitudes toward evaluation, poor research designs and collecting data but not using the data. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity. The root problem here is poor evaluation capacity.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Program Attitude Instruction 52

.orgSource

JANUARY 2, 2024

Remember that famous quote from Peter Drucker, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” They make the cultural shifts that enable thinking and problem-solving in ways that are compatible with rapid change. It requires shifts in behavior and culture that may be unfamiliar and uncomfortable. And what do people fear most?

Team 221

Team Technology Help Digital 221

.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Evaluating where the blind spots lie in your organization is one way to begin approaching these difficult conversations. These are internal challenges that might be related to culture, human resources, or operations. Evaluate New Initiatives Strategic risk is a different story. Most professionals are happy to help. Sig is right.

Conversation 221

Conversation Challenge Evaluation Associations 221

.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

It’s not difficult to evaluate when someone has the right background and experience to do a job. There are role-playing exercises, and the final activity is a cultural fit session. It’s helpful to outline cultural norms and values in the job description. You have to understand the characteristics of work in your culture.

Team 221

Team Build Skills Interview 221

NonProfit PRO

MARCH 28, 2022

Charity Navigator, the world's largest evaluator of nonprofits, announced a new rating methodology for the Encompass Rating System. More than 10,000 nonprofits are now scored on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices through the Culture & Community beacon.

Charity 246

Charity Impact Rate Strategy 246

.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

Trust and Culture Trust and culture are deeply intertwined. From the beginning of her tenure at ENA, Nancy has made building a positive culture a priority. Nancy MacRae, MS, CAE, ENA, describes the relationship between trust and culture. Nancy MacRae, MS, CAE, ENA, describes the relationship between trust and culture. “As

Associations 221

Associations Leadership Question Wisconsin 221

.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

That’s why they also deserve frequent exploration and evaluation. Values describe the culture that your association seeks to promote. Ironically, it took remote work to bring organizational culture forward. Societal shifts, such as the pandemic, are another reason to evaluate priorities.

Voice 221

Voice Associations Culture Environment 221

ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2022

One CEO of a local behavioral health and human service organization found value in program evaluation measures in his organization where there was no prior initiative to evaluate programs. Investing in a program evaluation department helped the leadership team develop a clear strategy with their first strategic plan.

Measure 52

Measure Culture Arizona Evaluation 52

NTEN

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Director of Evaluation. Your guide to choosing a database your evaluation goals can love. A few months ago, I asked, “ Are You an Accidental Evaluator ?” Data data analysis data culture evaluation IT Staff' Laura Beals. Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Boston.

Evaluation 75

Evaluation Technology Boston Work 75

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 8, 2018

Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Here’s the list: Function.

Culture 125

Culture Activities Active Activism 125

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.

Evaluation 97

Evaluation Generation Method Slides 97

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Empathy is contagious and influences and shapes a work culture of caring. Model and Celebrate Well-being Practices Creating a robust work culture that incorporates well-being is fundamental. Evaluate Empathy Skill s We should also evaluate empathy skills as part of job performance appraisals.

Leadership 118

Leadership Organization Culture Skills 118

.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Be Aggressive About Learning If proactive skill-building isn’t part of your culture, it is time to consider a more aggressive approach to learning, development, and employee retention. A culture of education is exciting. Digital markets don’t allow room to languish. It generates its own energy. This should not be a top-down activity.

Team 221

Team Time Skills Professional 221

.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

I am still evaluating the lessons learned. I can’t remember a time when the cultural, political, and economic environment was fraught with so much uncertainty. Evaluate your current community and identify where expanded representation might be beneficial. The pandemic was a wormhole.

Milwaukee 221

Milwaukee Wisconsin Collaboration Associations 221

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

JANUARY 28, 2018

It took Tech Networks of Networks almost two years to organize and implement a series of candid dialogues about data and evaluation for grantors and nonprofit grantees, and now it’s complete. Factoring in the nonprofit organization’s size, capacity, and budget – making sure that the demand for data and evaluation is commensurate.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Grant Data Boston 52

ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 10, 2017

Impact evaluation in the arts, and its broader use for leaders of any nonprofit, can drive results. Qualitative yet empirically-based impact evaluation bridges the gap left by other evaluative methods providing the context of mission fulfillment for a nonprofit organization. Evaluation can be painful. Cultural Trends Vol.

Evaluation 56

Evaluation Arts Story Impact 56

Eric Jacobsen Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Bill Berman and George Bradt , authors of the book, Influence and Impact , explain the importance of helping your employees to understand what their jobs entails, and what the culture expects, so they can do the work you need from them the most. Given them the time, resources and encouragement they will need. Help them know themselves better.

Influence 94

Influence Culture Evaluation Authoring 94

Candid

APRIL 10, 2024

We continue to refine the data we use for training and evaluating our grants auto-coding system. Additionally, there is a risk that language AI systems can misunderstand special vocabulary or cultural language. These evaluations can provide usage restrictions or even mark an AI tool as inappropriate to use.

Tools 52

Tools Guidelines Model Grant 52

Eric Jacobsen Blog

JULY 2, 2015

"The way we are conditioned to see the world in our own culture seems so completely obvious and commonplace that it is difficult to imagine that another culture might do things differently, "says author Erin Meyer. "It And, that's why Meyer wrote her book, The Culture Map. It's a fascinating read.

Map 40

Map Culture Portugal Sweden 40

Forum One

DECEMBER 5, 2023

We are excited to share that the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture’s Freedmen’s Bureau Search Portal , NYU’s Congressional District Health Dashboard , and March of Dimes have been named Anthem Awards finalists. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands.

Award 72

Award Museum Arts Culture 72

Bloomerang

MARCH 1, 2022

We have many tremendous employers in the state, so it’s great to see more and more companies take part in this effort to evaluate their workplace cultures and gain the recognition they deserve,” says Indiana Chamber President Kevin Brinegar. This year’s list is made up of 125 companies.

Indiana 108

Indiana Place Work Evaluation 108

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 1, 2015

This section of the report covers new ways of thinking about organizational culture based in continuous improvement based on feedback. It speaks to establishing culture norms among staff of curiosity, reflection, and trust. It outlines the practices and skills needed to create a learning culture. Cultural Indicators.

Culture 50

Culture Data Create Reflection 50

Qgiv

JULY 17, 2023

or, “What are the actual actions we can take to realize our vision of a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion?” With that, here are three starting points for activating DEI in your organization: Provide the tools Normalize feedback Evaluate and Reevaluate 1. Your team may be thinking, “equity work is hard.

Activities 97

Activities Active Activism Organization 97

.orgSource

MARCH 28, 2023

We were living in the midst of cultural, technological, and economic instability long before the pandemic. But scenarios are also a tool that can be used to evaluate longer-term initiatives. A new threat is building in the wake of every previous challenge. But, according to Sharon, leadership is the bottom line.

Milwaukee 221

Milwaukee Wisconsin Associations Lesson 221

Media Cause

AUGUST 19, 2023

Let’s delve into how each of these improvements comes to life: Enhancing Internal Collaboration and Workflow One of the key benefits of project retrospectives is the opportunity to evaluate internal collaboration and workflow. Retrospectives provide a platform to evaluate the effectiveness of role clarity and allocation.

Project 52

Project Lesson Learning Roles 52

.orgSource

AUGUST 7, 2023

Organizations that treat culture like an impromptu party will see their “guests” leave early. Culture revolves around personalities and a positive environment depends on understanding the needs of individual players and their interaction as a team. But we realize that building culture isn’t a project with a finish line.

Culture 221

Culture Skills Collaboration Associations 221

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Note from Beth: This post, Evaluation for Learning , was originally published as a guest post on the Good blog as a response to “ How Might We Celebrate Learning through Evaluation? I tweeted the link to the original and one colleague, Michelle Murrain, wrote a reflection called " Evaluation and Being A Learning Organization.".

Evaluation 86

Evaluation Learning Foundation Reflection 86

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

Timm that you can use to evaluate your organization's customer service via the phone: 1. Every business leader should periodically call his/her company to observe how their customers are being treated by their employees -- because, all too often a phone conversation becomes a customer turnoff rather than a relationship builder.

Phone 40

Phone Evaluation Service Team 40

ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 11, 2013

With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. 1 Even those who are eager to conduct evaluations often lack the funding and knowledge to evaluate their programs appropriately. As part of a.

Research 82

Research Culture Evaluation Arizona 82

.orgSource

JANUARY 9, 2023

And individual participation is seldom evaluated in any meaningful way. Once you know who is needed, you must explain exactly what the organization expects from their service both in terms of activities and culture. A buddy system helps to reinforce the culture and model the behavior that you want to promote within the organization.

Mentoring 221

Mentoring Director Associations Professional 221

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

AUGUST 11, 2016

This kind of thinking has lead to a lot of conversations (and a lot of anxiety) in the nonprofit sector about performance measurement, outcomes management, evaluation, and impact assessment. In any case, it will have to work backward from its mission, and understand how each component contributes to achieving it.

Evaluation 52

Evaluation Change Process Measure 52

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2012

A Culture of Learning – Guest post by Teri Behrens. The foundation’s Organizational Effectiveness program evaluation was conducted very publicly, using social media, focus groups, a wiki – lots of mechanisms for getting stakeholders to help interpret the data and give input on the program.

Culture 91

Culture Public Learning Reflection 91

Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

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. The SQ evaluates a leader’s current mindset and behaviors using the “3A Framework” – acumen, allocation, action. Horwath : Killing meetings.

Leadership 92

Leadership Evaluation Brain Business 92

Gyrus

JULY 21, 2016

This will also allow the new employee to evaluate past ventures with a new eye and establish any possible shortcomings, shaping an environment where the organization can actually learn from their previous mistakes. Take the time to evaluate this list and see if any of it could be applicable to your organization.

Culture 60

Culture Learning Create Industry 60

Connection Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2018

This year’s edition of Blackbaud Institute’s npEXPERTS series covered Building a Culture of Innovation. At bbcon this year, the Institute continued the conversation in our featured panel, A Culture of Philanthropic Innovation. However, this kind of culture shift cannot be achieved unless the entire organization is on board.

Culture 30

Culture Blackbaud Philanthropy Sample 30

Eric Jacobsen Blog

MARCH 11, 2022

Bill Berman and George Bradt , authors of the book, Influence and Impact , explain the importance of helping your employees to understand what their jobs entails, and what the culture expects, so they can do the work you need from them the most. Given them the time, resources and encouragement they will need. Help them know themselves better.

Culture 86

Culture Evaluation Influence Authoring 86

Candid

APRIL 11, 2024

Skeptical because Candid is a nonprofit that describes its work ethic and culture as similar to that of the tech sector, which could mean either mission-driven with an innovative mindset, or appropriating the rhetoric of social movements while engaging in extractive practices.

Data 98

Data Demographics Aggregator Participatory 98