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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

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Among grantmakers, there tends to be a lot of focus on impact and outcomes, as well as metrics to measure impact. Here, we explore for whom change is desired and who is defining and measuring that change. But, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) frameworks and approaches may not be as objective as they seem.

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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

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.

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How can nonprofits and funders create mutually agreeable performance measures?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Whitney Herr-Buchholz, Fall 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management Director of Operations & Advancement | University of Arizona School of Dance. Performance measurement (PM) informs strategic decisions. Evaluate and report on the efficacy of methods and measures themselves, not just results.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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ENA Culture Statements Staff The Emergency Nurses Association will seek at all times to foster and maintain a culture of excellence, commitment, empowerment, collaboration, inclusivity, and accountability. You need to constantly evaluate the data and analyze progress. Working on culture isn’t a finite activity.

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The ongoing revolution in philanthropy: An open-ended reading list

Deborah Elizabeth Finn

Letting grantees lead: What we’re learning from the BUILD evaluation. Why Impact-Per-Dollar is a terrible, harmful way to measure nonprofit effectiveness. The Power of Dialogue about Nonprofit Data and Evaluation. Joint Statement of Associations Advancing Equitable Evaluation Practices. Evaluating a Culture.

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Future of Volunteering from the Volunteer Canada Perspective

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We got the opportunity to sit down for an interview with Elizabeth Dove, the Director of Corporate Citizenship for Volunteer Canada. One challenge I foresee for companies is that tracking, measuring, and evaluating will get more complex but not insurmountable. What is the current situation for non-profits? We’re here to help!

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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Take for example deploying 200 sensors throughout the Brazilian rainforest to measure and visualize the effects of climate change. Chatting with David Connor , we both had the same reaction – who knew? Or the Web site Microsoft Hohm that lets people calculate their energy footprint and get tips on conservation.

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