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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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Trainer’s Notebook: The Importance of Hands-On Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

For the past five years, I’ve been an adjunct professor at Middlebury College in Monterey teaching a graduate course called “ Networked International Organizations ” for students pursuing an advanced degree in International Development. Circles without tables, just chairs helps promote group discussion.

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What can nonprofit technology trainers learn from the social work field to improve their training techniques?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I love teaching (and learning) and it was a pleasure to work with students, nonprofits, and faculty. During the graduate course in evaluation and research methods, I gave an interactive lecture and lead discussion. I also learned a lot working along side Nancy Smyth , Dean of the School of Social Work.

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What can we do together?

Candid

These discussions are a valuable service in itself. Through the resources at TLCPL, customers can find and evaluate grant funders, download a mailing list of constituents for no cost, perform basic research on prospective donors, draft a strategic plan, and learn about trends across the nonprofit sector.

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Basic Facilitation Techniques for Nonprofits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The book is an extremely practical resource whether you are working on improving your skills or teaching others. Facilitated listening is made up of a number of techniques described in more detail in the book. It is used in brainstorming because it speeds up the discussion. This includes: 1. Facilitated Listening Skills.

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Research Friday: Does your nonprofit have an outcome-driven culture?

ASU Lodestar Center

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. With the recent scarcity of grant funding, excellent program evaluation practices are becoming a distinguishing element of effective and grant-competitive nonprofit organizations. There are different approaches to evaluating a program. As part of a.

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The Core Elements of Empathy, Power, and Vulnerability in Grantmaking

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As a re-grantor, my favorite experiences included deeply listening to and honoring the experiences of community organization leaders as they discussed obstacles and we co-created plans to overcome those challenges. They understood the daily life of “Nonprofitland,” they were more understanding, flexible, and reachable.

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